The New York Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1863, Page 6

ES ED EO SP TT ec SE eC 6 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PKOPRIE/OR. OFFIOS N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 8TS. Volume XXVIII. 167 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING NIBLO'S GARDRN, Broadway.—Tax Duxe's Morro WALLAOK’S THEATRE. Brogdway.—Knicuts oF THE Rouno Tasta, WINTEB GARDEN, Broadway.—Cors1can Baipx. LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE. Broadway.—Wives oF Panis—Pas de (LoRs—Gaas oF Tuk OreRa NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery. —Satcons Asnone— MaTrLe OF BUNKER HILt—MxsmeKise Barrix or Bunxen ¥ THEATRE. Bow panes ouUNG AmmRiOa. Hit—Swow Bicp—Goupan Ax ‘3 AMEBIOAN MUSEUM, Broadway —Gew. Tae R NU tao Wim Com. Mure amb Muna Wanker. at allhours Doxes Bsgusst=Nervous May. Afternoon aad Byening ae BRYANTS' MINSTRBLS. Mechanics’ Hall. 672 Broad- wey.—Ermioriam Songs, Burixsquas, Dances &0.—How ARk You, GwsKNnacks? WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL. 614 Broadwav.—Ermiortas Somes, Danoxs. &c.—Wage Ur Wititan Henry. THE NEW IDEA. 48 Broadway.—Sonas. Butxsquas, Bases, 40.—Konger M oarne AMBRICAN THEATRE. No. 444 Broadway.—Batcers, Pawrouimes, Buaiesqusa, £6. BOPK QOHAPBL, 730 Broadway—Panonama OF THE Hour Lano—Concent sy Tux OLp Fouxs. EW YORK ISEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway.— Guten po gt from 9 A. M. till 10 P. M. si HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. Brooklyn.—Erarorian tongs, Dances, Burtasquns, £0. Now York, Wednesday, June 17, 1863. = ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. weneuoueees Advertisements for the Wexaty Hxratp must be hand- ed in before teno’clock every Wednesday evening. Its circulation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, morobants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- sorted in the Wey Heratp will thas be seen by a large Portion of the active and energetic people of the United States. THE SITUATION. The latost official mews concerning the rebel raid into Pennsylvania was received by the govern- ment last night from Governor Curtin. It states that the rebels had made no progress toward Harrisburg yesterday. They were then at Cham- bersburg and Scotland, within seven miles of Shippensburg, where we had strong works, and were prepared to give them battle. Governor Curtin anys that the people are rising handsomely for the defence of the State. As late as ten o'clock last night the telegraph offices at Carlisle and Shippensburg were in full operation, the rebels not having made their ap- pearance up to that time. Every confidence was felt that Harrisburg could be defended if attacked. Our advices from Harrisburg at one o’clock yesterday report that one hundred wagons of Goneral Milroy's force had just arrived there. The rebel advance yesterday morning was five miles coast of Chambersburg. The reports that General Milroy lost all his wagons, tents, &c., are conse- quently untrue. t waa officially known in Washington last night that tho rebels had not then made an attack on Harper's Forry, although they were in considera- le force at Charlestown, only eight miles distant. The advance of General Hooker’s army from Falmouth to its present position was attended by severe iabors, owing to the intense heat and the drying up of the springs and rivulets on the route. It was belleved in Washington yesterday that the rebel raid would not extend any farther than ite present point, and that Hooker might possibly in- tercept the retarning troops of General Lee. Heavy firing was heard in the direction of Cen- treville yesterday, indicating some fighting between the twoarmies. It was rumored last night that the rebela had crossed the Rappahannock to the north side, and then oocupied the camps just vacated by Gen, Hooker. The most intense excitement, as might be ex- pected, pervaded the whole of Pennsylvania yes- terday. Mase meetings were held at different points, Harrisburg, Pittsburg, dc. At Harrisburg Simon Cameron made a speech, in which he de- nounced the administration as reckless and dis- wraceful in its neglect of Pennsylvania. He ar- gued that Gon. McClellan or Gen. Franklin should be appointed to the command of the militia to protect the State, The people of Philadelphia are actively em- ployed in preparing to reaist the invasion. Ata meeting of the Bounty Fund Committee yesterday it was resolved that ten dollars, in addition to the governmont pay, be appropriated for each officer and private of overy military company organized in Philadelphia and received into the service of the State or of the United States, provided that said amonnt hereby appropriated shall not exceed the sum of 6160,000. The bank presidents have tendered the Governor @ loan of & million of dol- lars to aid in raising and equipping a force to repel tho invaders, The Mayor calls upon the citizens to proceed to Harrisburg to check the advancing foe, and says thet the honor and safety of Phila- delphia are at stake. Governor Parker, of New Jersey, has issued a proclamation, ealling for volunteers to assist his brathron in Pennsyivania, Governor Pierpont, of Western Virginia, also calls upon the people of that new State to turn om and defend their firesides. ‘The military exeitement in this city, consequent onthe orders issued for the departure of the militia to Philadelphis, was also intense. The troopa, however, did not leave, and from the more favorable tone of the news received last night their presence at Harrisburg may not be eee ee immediately required, wherever else their services may bo demanded. The latest news from Vicksburg and Port Hud- | eon is up to the 12th inst. It reports no change. ‘The siege of Vicksburg was going on favorably, aud as Genoral Grant and General Banks are now do close communication, it is presamed that affairs ut Port Hudson continue to progress equally well. RUROPEAR BEWS. The steamship Seotia. from Quecustown on the the Tth of June, reached this port at an early hour yesterday morning. Her news is one week later. The now steamship Southerner, said to be in- | tended for the service of the Confederate govern. | meat, made her trial trip in the English waters, Bho Wo ores Wace buadrod (vob im lommth god very swift. Her cabin furniture and china are marked with the letters “C.S. C.,"’ which are said to mean the “Charleston Steamship Company."’ Earl Rus- sell ordered a search of the steamer Lord Clyde, which was loaded at Cardiff for Nassau, with, it is alleged, arms and supplies for the rebels. The search was carried out in a very strict manner, but nothing of a contraband character was discovered. ‘The steamer sailed the very mo- ment the officers lefther deck. In the case of the English schooner Will 0’ the Wisp, seized by the United States steamer Montgomery off Matamoros, Mr. Layard stated in Parliament that it was doubt- fal if she was in Mexican waters at the time; that it was decided that there were good grounds for her seizure, and that her owners had no mode of redress but by an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Alabama was visited by a party of Englishmen when at anchor at Bahia. She was in good order, and reported a very large number of captures from the commencement of her career. Some particulars of her late depreda- tions against English property shipped in North American bottoms are given. Two American sea- men belonging to the Henrietta, of Baltimore, which was burned by the Florida, had reached England. During an anti-slavery meeting at Manchester quite a riot occurred. For some days previous the “Executive Committee of the South- ern C ub” had placarded the walls of the city with appeals in favor of the Southern Con‘ederacy. At the meeting manifestations of disorder and disap- probation of the sentiments of the speakers were made, and as the evening wore on the dissentients became so vigorous and demonstrative that the oratory was lost in the general disorder that pre- vailed. Several fights occurred. Cheers were given for ‘Jefferson Davis,” ‘(General Lee’ and the “South,” followed by similar demonstrations for ‘President Lincoln’? and the ‘‘North.” The police finally restored order, but mo resolutions were proposed, Lord Elcho, M. P., speaking at a volunteer din- ner in England, expressed the hope that the British yolunteer orgauization would produce such men as “Stonewall” Jackson, Leg gng Boaure- ard. § The managers of the London chartered Bank of Australia state in their annual report that the colony of Australia has been greatly benefited by the existence of the war in American, receiving a large number of emigrants who had commenced to cultivate cotton and tobacco. The French elections, conducted under a uni- versal suffrage franchise, were concluded on the 1st of June. The government candidates were de- feated in every district of Paris save one. They carried the rural districts, with very few excep tions. Of two hundred and sixty-eight elections the Emperor’s friends gained two hundred and fifty-two. It was thought the opposition in the new Legislature would number twenty-six mem- bers of the highest talent and name. This result was regarded as very unfortunate for Napoleon. There did not occur a single riot or breach of the peace in the whole extent of France during the two election days. The London Post looks on the invasion of Mex- ico as the ‘“‘one mistake” of Napoleon. The Lon- don Times asserts that the Juarez Mexicans are not patriots. Ten thousand men had been ordered to reinforce the French army. ‘fhe Poles had again defeated the Russians in battle. France, England and Austria had for- warded a joint note to the Czar, asking a repre- sentative government and an amnesty for Poland. The French Emperor having invited the United States Cabinet to join the Allied Powers in their representations to Russia, Secretary Seward de- clined, on the ground that our traditional policy of non-interference in European affairs must be adhered to, Mr. Seward’s note has: been pub- lished in'St. Petersburg. Prussia was still agitated in & Most serious man- ner by the repressive action of the King towards the Legislature and the press. A royal ordinance against the free discussion of public affairs in the newspapers was issued in Berlin on the Ist instant. Six of the city journals published a joint declara- tion reserving their rights in view of the proclama- tion. They say that the government has to far- nish the nation with proofs of the legality of the The Central Relief Committee of Ireland met in Dublin on the 6th of Ji Alderman Carroll presided. The Most Rev. Dr. Cullen handed in the following suma, received by his Grace, amounting to £1,637 19s. 11d., viz:—The soldiers of the Thir- ty-seventh New York Volunteers, per Rev. P. Tis- sott, 8. J., £121 12s. 6d.; Right Rev. Dr. Wood, Bishop of Philadelphia, £760; Right Rev. the Bishop of Pittsburg, per Rev. James Keogh, 2776 1s. 5d. Mr. Richard O'Gorman, who was warmly received, said he had great pleasure in handing to the committee £825 13s. 9d., the proceeds of a ball given in New York for the relief of distress in Ireland. It was proposed and carried by accla- mation—That we hereby tender on behalf of the Irish people our most grateful thanks to their lordships the Catholic bishops of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, as well as to the gallant soldiers of the Thirty-seventh New York Volunteers, who have so promptly and generously come to the re- lief of our abandoned and starving poor. Cotton was slightly lower in Liverpool on the 6th of June. The market closed quiet, with prices unchanged, on the 6th instant. Breadstuffs were dull, but steady. Provisions were steady, with a quiet market. Consols were quoted in London on the 5th of June at 92 a 92% for money. The Stock Exchange was closed on the 6th of June. The Confederate cotton loan was at two and a quarter discount. cog age The Board of Supervisors met yesterday, but transacted no business of special importance be- yond referring the subject of Corporation adver- tising to a committee of four. In the case of William Sheffield against the Mayor, &c., the jury were locked up all night. They were unable to agree to verdict, aad were dis- charged yesterday morning by Judge Shipman, in the United States Ciroult Court. It was under- stood that the jury stood thus:—One for $12,500; eight for $5,000; one for $2,000, and two for no- OTM second trial of Grifim, charged with the poisoning of the captain of the Betsey Williams, was postponed, in consequence of Dr. Hyland, a witness, being ordered to sea. The following State conventions will meet to- “Te republicans of Ohio, under the name of Unionists, will hold their State Convention, and a grand mass meeting in connection therewith, at | Columbus. The most available man in the State | who can be prevailed upon to run, without regard NEW YORK H4Kitiud, WEN the nomination of candidates for Governor and | Hebel Strategy om the Mississtppi, the members of Congress, on a general ticket, is oall- ed to meet at Winchester, Franklin county. There are a number of aspirants for the office of travel- ling executive, among whom are Isham G, Harris, the present Governor; Andrew Ewing, Richard MoCann and Samuel Anderson. Where the seat of government will be located we have not learned. ; Now that the Mississippi has fallen, the cele- brated Yazoo Paas is high and dry, the mouth of it standing away up in the now bluff bank of the great Father of Waters. The same is the case with the celebrated canals which caused so much expense to Uncle Sam, and so many hopes and disappointments to his children. i The stock market was rathor feverieh and irregular yesterdsy, At tho opening everything wastower, At- torward there was some recovery; but prices were not generally maintained in tho afternoon, Gold rose to 14834; exchange to 1613s. Money was casy enough at geven per cent. . ‘The demand for cotton was more active yesterday, and at firmer rates, There was a fair business reported in breadstuffs, which, however, were dull and heavy at the close in view of the unfavorable advices by tho Scotia. ‘The domanti for hog products ‘was moderately active at advancing prices. Beef, butter, cheese, oils, metals, hemp, @sh, fruit, seeds, spices, tobacco, sugars and mo lasses wore generally quiet. Whiskey and tallow wore more sought after, at @ slight rise in prices. Rio coffee ‘was also in botter request. Freighte were quiet, owing in part to the advanced claims of shipowners. ‘Tho market for beef cattle remains substantially the samo as last week. The supply was neither too large nor too small—though more would have sold yesterday had they been on hand. The range of prices ts precisely the same— 90. a 12c.—but the average price is a triflo higher perhaps, owing to the ‘act that the offerings were gone. rally botter. The bulk sold at 10}¢c. a 1 14<0., ama the average was about 10%c.allc. The market for cows was steady at $30.0 $50 to $800 $90. One fancy cow brought $135. Veals wore active at 5c. a 8¢.—both ex- treme prices; most of them sold at 6%c.a7}o Sheep and lambs wore less active and a trifle lower; sales were made at from $3 75 a $6 60.a$7. Swins were steady at Sc. a 6340. for corn-fed and 6c. a 63¢ for atill-fed. The receipts were 4,568 beeves, 100 cows, 082 veals, ‘Tennessee and the Rappahannock. Ly our correspondence from Murfreesboro, published yesterday, it would appear that losecrans is making some advances against Lragg, but that be is ordered from Washington not to provoke the rebel general too far, but just to divert him sufficiently to keep him from sending reinforcements to Johnston, in the vicinity of Vicksburg. But from other sources of information, more reliable, we learn that it is highly probable that if Rosecrans boldly and in earnest advanced he would find no Bragg there, but discover, to his great mortification, that the rebel bird had flown, leaving behind only some deceptive appearances of his presence. From the intelligence we have received we are led to believe that Bragg has reinforced Lee with one-third of his army, and Johnston with one-third, while with one-third he amuses Rosecrans, and if pressed by that general will fall back upon the strong fortifications at Chatta- noogs, and hold them till he is reinforced in tura by Johnston or Lee, or from some other quarter. Such is the advantage of interior lines tothe rebels, and the disadvantage to us of exterior lines. The probability therefore is that Johnston has at this moment an army fully as large as Grant's, and that he will speedily operate against his rear, while, by concert, the garrison sallies out from Vicksburg and attacks him in front, thus enclosing him between two fires. It is highly improbable that Lee would make so bold a movement northward if he had not received large rein- forcements from Bragg; and the importance of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and the peril in which these strongholds are placed, have no doubt compelled Jeff. Davis to send every available man from the balance of Bragg’s army to Johnston, The march of Lee is not shoop and lambs; and 11 Aah sag oc aed bd | au isolated mova, Sui part of » comprehensive The Rebel Invasion of the North=The Oppertunity for Richmond. The present aggressive campaign of the rebel army of Virginia is one of the most daring and desperate enterprises in the history of modern warfare. Leaving Richmond, the rebel capital, and his base of operations, to the chances of capture, and with our powerful Army of the Potomac in bis rear, General Lee has pushed his advanced columns through Northern Mary- land into Pennsylvania, while the main body of his army, around through the Shenandoah valley, is streaming along a line of one hundred miles in extent. To an opposing military leader possessed of any Napoleonic ideas no finer op- portunity than this would be desired for cutting this long line of the enemy’s forces and cutting them up in detail. Certainly the War Office has never had a more inviting opportunity for the capture of Richmond. Let us first consider the movements and pro- bable designs of the enemy. From our Wash- ington correspondenee we learn that the seces- sionists of that city have been giving out for some days past the following as General Lee’s programme, his whole army being estimated at 96,000 men :— . First—That one column started six days ago from Gordonsville for Parkersburg, on tbe Ohio river. Second—That another column left Culpepper Court House to proceed by way of Grafton to Pittsburg and Wheeling, with instructions, after occupying Pittsburg, to join the first column for @ march through Ohio. Third—That another column was to proceed by way of Winchester and Harper’s Ferry into Maryland and Pennsylvania, towards Harris burg or Baltimore, in the way of diversion to occupy the attention of the army of General Hooker. This last column, in view of rapid operations, is composed largely of cavalry and mounted artillery. Richmond, mesatime, is to be abandoned, with the expectation that con- scripts and new levies will be brought there in sufficient numbers to garrison the defences. Another correspondent, over in Virginia, is informed that Bragg’s forces have joined Lee, thus increasing his army to one hundred and fifty thousand men. This is probably an exag- geration, although, from various other sources of information, we have no doubt that Lee has been considerably strengthened by Bragg. Thus Lee may have felt himself sufficiently strong to divide his forces in the manner indi- cated; and from the creation by the War Office, within a few days past, of the Department of the Susquebanna, under General Couch, and the Department of the Monongahela, under General Brooks, we conclude that the government has acted under positive informa- tion that Lee’s advance would embrace a move- ment towards Pittsburg as well as a movement towards Philadelphia. The rebel column advancing by way of Chambersburg must be checked on the Susque- hanna, or it may not be arrested short of Philadelphia. But it can be checked on the Susquehanna. A military man, for many years a resident on that river, informs us that from the junction of the Juniata and Susquehanna, fourteen miles above Harrisburg, down to the Chesapeake Bay, the river cannot be crossed even by cavalry without bridges or boats; that the stream, though shallow, is from a mile to a mile and a quarter in width; that it is full of ledges of rocks, boulders, deep holes and rapids; that the bridges aleng the whole line may be destroyed ina few moments and the ferryboats removed to this side, and that squad of riflemen and a few pieces of artillery at any one of the crossing places will be suffi- cient to stop the construction of a pontoon bridge, the great width of the river preventing the enemy on the other side from covering their bridge builders. Above the mouth of the Ju- niata the mountainous and rugged charaeter of the country renders the access to and passage of either river still more difficult. It is probable, therefore, that General Couch will arrest the advance of the enemy on the banks of the Sus- | to political antecedents, will probably be selected | quebanna, and that Harrisburg—whioh is on | to enter the race in opposition to Vallandigham for Governor. | The democrats of Pennsylvania will assemble | to-day in Harrisburg to nominate & candidate for | | Governor and to ‘rescue the constitution from | usurpation and the Union from final disruption.” According to present indications, the rebels will be ravaging the State while the copperheads are de- liberating over the prospects of the party. Major General William B. Franklin has consented to be- come a candidate for the executive chair, provid- ed an unmistakable war platform is adopted. ; the Potomac may have free scope to head off | burg, from which he recoiled and staggered | Whether the convention will consent to such a | the enemy from Washington and Baltimore, and | back by the foree of the shook. | course remains to be seen. The Republican State Convention of California | hope that our forces on the James river penin- | against Vall | eula and thereabouts, and in North Carolina, | ne’ will also meet to-day in San Francisco. ‘The democracy of Illinois will hold a grand mass meeting to-day at Springfield, for the purpose of giving expression, in an ‘ authoritative’’ form, te the views of public policy entertained by the party. ‘The rebel Stgfe Convention of Tenmaguee, for lucky \scane | this side of the stream—will escape capture and spoliation. The greatest danger to be feared is that the Pennsylvanians will delay too long the destruction of their bridges. | Atall events it devolves chiefly upon the | State of Pennsylvania and her locat forces to | drive the rebels from her borders, and upon the local forces of the free States, from Massa- | chusetts to Ohio, to roll back the whole tide of | this rebel invasion, in order that the Army of game which is played on the Mississippi, on the Rappahannock, on the Potomac, and on the Cumberland and the Tennessee. The pieces are being moved simultaneously by an unseen hand on the whole of the chessboard of the war, and .we sball only see the full meaning and drift of the various operations when the game is won or lost. The latest information from Vicksburg goes to show that Johnston has been reinforced and is advancing. Indeed, one rebel journal of the 9th inst, says that Johnston has already suc- ceeded, by an adroit movement on the Big Black, in intreducing a part of his army into the garrison at Vicksburg, while it is added by a journal of this city that the same news had reached Washington from our own generals, but that the despatch had been suppressed. From a telegraphic de- spatch from Baltimore, in another column, it will be seen that the Richmond papers of Sa- turday go still farther, and say that Johnston has cut his way through Grant’s lines with his whole army and entered Vicksburg—an opera- tion by which it is expected he will be abie im- mediately to raise the siege. This is probably premature. But it must be confessed that the rebel papers are growing more confident every day about the ability of their generals to hold Vicksburg aod Port Hudson, while most of the correspondents of the Northern papers write in a far lese confident tone of the ultimate cap- tare of these strongholds than they did at first. A letter in the Knoxville Register of the 9th instant, which we publish elsewhere, represents Johnaton to be in a bad way, and the State of Mississippi to be in extreme danger. But this may be a dodge, and the writer may have re- celved his instructions from Jobnston, in order to deceive Grant and the administration at Washington. Certain it is that other and later advices from the South indicate a vory different state of things. The Chattanooga Rebel of the 13th instant says Johnston is now supplied with commissary stores, transportation and artillery, all of which he wanted before. If this be true it shows the value of interior lines of communication. For the same reason it was equally practicable to have reinforced Jobn- ston, not only from Bragg’s army, but from other points, and we would not be surprised if it should turn out that he is now in command of seventy-five thousand men. Ample time bas been given the rebels by our War Depart- ment to do it. They have had interlor lines, and it would be very unlike the game of strategy they have hitherto played if Jeff. Davis and his generals did not avail themselves of these advantages. A tremendous campaign, pregnant with vast results, is now culminating, and will probably be solved by the Fourth of July. The Rebel Raid—The Generali for the Crisis. The sudden and rapid invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by General Lee’s army, from Culpepper and the upper Rappahannock, after outgeneralling Hooker by turning his right flank, is to be traced directly to the removal of General McClellan from the command of the army last fall, when he was within two days’ easy march of Culpepper and the enemy. This has been the fertile source of all our troubles and failures and disasters on this side of the Alleghany Mountains since that unhappy 5th of November. McClellan, in the moment of panic last September, when the Cabinet and General- in-Chief at Washington were bewildered and knew not what todo or what orders to give, had taken hold of our army, beaten and de- mornlized under Pope, and with it saved the federal capital, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and, by the battles of South Mountain and An- tietam, had forced Lee to take the back track into Virginia. After reoruiting and refitting the shattered Army of the Potomac he followed the rebel general in tris retreat towards Rich- mond, and would bave compelled him to fight at a disadvantage, and perhaps defeated him in a decisive battle, or forced him to abandon the Confederate capital and evacuate Northern Virginia. But in the midst of this snocessful and brilliant career he was cut short, without cause, by the influence of Wade and the Satanic committee of which he was chairman—a oom- mittee which misrepresented everything, and deceived alike the Chief Magistrate and the country. What was the first consequence of this step, following rapidly upon its heels? Burnside, unfit for the command of an army of 100,000 men, broke one side of his head against Fredericks- He has ESDAY, JUNE 17, 1863.—TRIPLE SHEET, lowed to cross the Rappahannock without aay serious opposition, and boasted that the enemy was completely in his power and could not és- cape. His retreat was as precipitate as that of Burnside, but with far less cause, indeed without necessity; for he said he had “the best army on the planet,” and bad besides an im- pregnable position, from which he could not be dislodged, and Stoneman had accomplished his part in the programme. And what do we find now? Not only that Lee has crossed the Rap- pahannock, but the Potomac, after clearing out the valley of the Shenandoah and capturing Winchester, and even threatens the crossing of the Susquehanna and the capture of Harris- burg, Pittsburg and Philadelphia, to say no- thing of Baltimore and Washington. In fact, there is, in the present stage of our informa- tion, no telling what Lee may do, in what di- rection he may turn, or where he may stop, while, from. all appearances, Hooker and the authorities at Washington are enveloped in a fog of uncertainty. What is to be done under these circum- stances? The people must aid the administra- tion, notwithstanding its disgraceful blunders and misconduct. The wave of invasion must be thrown back, and all hands must come to the rescue. But, in order to further this action let Gen. McClellan be restored at once to his place at the head of the Army of the Potomac. His name is a tower of strength. The force now under Hooker would fight very dif- ferently under its old, beloved commander, who organized it and led it in so many battles, and many of the soldiers who have returned from it to their homes in consequence of their period of service having expired would, under the influence of the enthusiasm created by his restoration to the command of the army, re- nlist for the war. The merchants, the bankers and municipal corporations, under the same potent influence and from a sensp of revived confidence and security, would probably offe? such bounties that a vast number of volunteers from among these veterans would be induced to go back and arrest the onward march of the invaders; for militia and raw troops ‘will avail but little now against the veteran force of Lee. Let Hooker, therefore, be immedi- ately superseded, and let Gen. McClellan be sent for and put in his place. Let this be done before it is too late. Men of all parties, and even some of the very radicals by whose persuasion McClellan was removed, now agree that the government committed an enormous error in setting aside the best gencral that the war has as yet developed; and still greater is the una- nimity that Hooker is the greatest failure among all the generals who have played a part in this struggle. Let not the administration, therefore, persist any longer in a blunder which is now obvious to all the world, and longer continu- ance in which may prove disastrous and-even fatal to the public interests. And let the peo- ple meet in every district of the loyal States and strengthen the hands of the President by crush- ing the radical power and by respectfully ealling upon Mr. Lincoln to put General McClellan at the head of the Army of the Poto- mac before it is too late Important from Europe—Dovelopment of the Polish Question. By the Scotia we receive one week later news from Europe. We get, through our cor- reappndents, full details regarding the Polish insurrection and the action taken thereupon by the great Powers of Europe. An official Lon- don journal confirms the rumor we referred to aome time since as regards the demand made by England, France and Austria that Russia should grant to the Poles a constitutional government, @ general amnesty and an ‘immediate cessation of hostilities. That Austria should have joined in such a demand is, to say the least, a strange course of policy for that government to pursue It is likely that with Austria there is more than a mere form in the demand, which, it is evident Russia does not feel disposed to grant. That France and England wish to put a stop to the Polish war we can readily com- prebend; but Austria has no interest save in the success of Russia. As a participator in the dismemberment of Poland, Austria cannot de- sire for her a constitutional government. In short, it is not likely that Austria would aid in forcing Russia to set an example which she (Austria) would have to follow to her serious detriment. In the meanwhile the Poles are fighting with the utmost desperation and with great success. At Grochow they defeated the Russians with heavy loss, and the following day they again forced the Russians to retreat. These victories of course have a very great effect upon the masses of the people throughout the Polish provinces, and vast numbers flock to their ar- mies, which are now assuming formidable pro- portions. Smarting under these disasters, the Czar of Russia will not feel inclined to give his adhesion to the demand made by the three great Powers. He has, up to the present time, turned a deaf ear to all the representations of both France and Englend, and bas been making immense warlike preparations for a struggle to maintain hie authority over the Poles. Much as we should like to see that unfortunate race freed from the yoke of Russia, we can easily understand the determination of the Czar to op- pose all attempts on the part of the other great Powers at intimidation. It is more than likely that the Emperor of Ruseia is well aware that a great and final struggle between himself and his former enemies, France and England, is near at hand, and that, aided by Prossia, he is ready to accept the combat. The necessities of the position of Napoleon the Third force apoa him a war with some Power in Earope; and, in the Polish revolution, begun at bis instigation and fostered by his encouragement, he finds an opportunity which he will not neglect. Eng- land may or may not aid France in # war upon Russia. Italy, we feel assured, would do so, and we have no doubt that Spain could be in- duced to lend an armed force to Napoleon, as a set-off to her conduct in the Mexican expedition. She fears the power of France, and will seck to keep on good terms with her. We see it stated that Napoleon has made an urgent request upon this government to join with France and England in demanding from Russia a cessation of the war in Poland. In fact, Napoleon desired that our government should associate itself with the diplomatic action towards Russia of the three great Euro- pean Powers. The reply of our Minister of to out off their lines of retreat. Meantime we | since fractured the other side of his skull Foreign Affairs, Seoretary Seward, to this pro- jandigham and the Chicago Times Next, blandering “Fighting Joe position has been published in St. Petersburg. Tie Washington Cabinet refused its co-opera. wapaper. will not be deprived of the opportunity of a Hooker,” by the advice of the revolutionary | tion, on the ground that America can never de. reconnoissance to Richmond; for we believe | radicals, * eomman Jot the rebel capital to the chances of another strengthened and reinforced till be oried | evident mecessity. This course-on the that Lee, in this daring Northern campaign, has er was permitted to assume the role of | viate frem her traditional policy of non-nter- ier of the Army of the Potomac, | yeution in Kuropean affairs, oxoapt in cases of part of « Wold, enews !” Le. like Burnside, was al. ' the Ameriong government le @xactix that which the Emperor of the French should have antici Pated. The people of this country admire the’ great power and prestige of Russia. Her gigantic strides towards progross and civiliza- don are much like our own, and a natural sym- pathy exists between the two nations. France or al Europe combined cannot change this sentiment, We are aware that from Russia alone have we met with due courtesy and sym- pathy in our hour of trouble. When Russia shall have become, as we fear she will, in- volved in a war with France and her allies, we shall instivotively wish her well and succeas- fully out of it. The Americans and Russians are friends. For Poland we have the deepest sympathy; but at the present time it is not her welfare which excites the attention of England and France. The real motives of those Powers are those which caused them to act in their for- mer struggle with Russia—namely, a desire to impede the great progress of that empire, and to cause a corresponding inorease of their own power and influence in Europe. It remains to be seen whether Russia, aided by Prussia, will ve Prove more than a matoh for her ounning foes. Our Returned Veteram Volunteers—A Call Upon Our Merchants. Thore are fifteen or twenty regiments of our returned veteran volunteers in this city and State, and some fifteen more in New Jersey and ; Pennsylvania, ready upon a short notice to assist in expelling the rebels from the last named State. In these veteran regiments, amounting to twenty thousand mera, we have at once the nucleus of a splendid army. But their terms of service have expired. They are back again in the community of our private citizens. How are we to bring them out? We answer that they can at once be brought again into the field, and by a very simple Process. ‘ Let our morchagts and moneyed men of all professions hold a wt meeting, and by sub- scriptions raise a fund which will enable them to offer a bounty of one hundred or one hun- dred and fifty dollars for ninety days’ service toeach man of every one of these veteran yolunteer regiments which, within a short specified time, will report itself for duty sub- stantially aa it returned from the war, and the men will promptly come forward and resume their old regimental organizations. The editor and proprietor of the Heratp, in addition to our war taxes, stands ready to subscribe one thousand dollars towards this object. Twenty thousand of our returned volunteers, disciplined in several campaigns and in many battles, are worth fifty thousand raw troops for the work on hand fn Pennsylvania of ex- pelling the rebels, who are also voteran soldiers. We earnestly call upon our fellow citizens to move at once in this matter. We are ready to prove our faith by our works.. We believe that two or three millions of dollars raisod to secure for ninety days the services of twenty thousand of our returned volunteers in Pennsylvania, ia their old regimental organizations, will be the most profitable investment of the war. Let the . moneyed men of New York city load the way, and New Jersey and Philadelphia will prompt- ly respond. Wilson’s Zouaves, for instance, eight hundred strong, are here in the city. Put them in Pennsylvania at the head of five thou- sand raw militia, and their example will make good soldiers at once of the whole body. And these Zonaves and several other returned regi- mente might be reorganized and sent on their way rejoicing within the next twenty-four hours. Colonel Bendix, a tried and excellent officer, has oalled upon his gallant regiment to come forward without any other inducement than that of patriotism. But the soldier who has faithfully fought his term of two years, is entitled to soniething extra in answer to a special call. : Let Wall street to-day be signalized by a pa- triotic meeting. Let our merchant princes, banks and financiers lead the way; and let the gold speculators, the shoddy contractors, the stockjobbers, and all others who have been coining money out of this war, step forward to assist in sending out to Pennsylvania ten, fifteen or twenty regiments of our most experienced soldiers. And what say our Common Council on the subject? Let them take a hand in the good work. Not a moment is to be lost; for the loss of every day now involves the loss of millions of property to faithful old Pennsyl- vania. Who knows? Tux Navat Excirement.—The activity of the Navy Department since Saturday night is worthy of commendation. Nearly thirty vee sels have been prepared for active service, and others are being fitted as rapidly as possible. Notwithstanding this zeal, there is a lack of judgment in respect to some of the details of fitting out this flying squadron. For instance, we have in port the Illinois, one of the finest steamers afloat. She is all ready forses, even ber coal bunkers filled and crew ready to put on board; yet she is allowed to remain here idle. The Empire City could be sent to sea in twenty hours. Both of these vessels are fast, and could carry a dozen light, serviceable guns, and would de excellent service. There are half a dozen other steamers which could be get ready in a few hours. It is well enough to charter sailing vessels for decoy ducks; but when the news first reached the Department they should have ordered the chartering of every available steam vessel and sent them to sea—if need be with volunteer crews shipped for the cruise of twenty days. Plenty of men now stand ready to go on such service as this who would not ship in the navy for s year or two. The commanding officers of the navy yards are doing all the work in fitting out this fleet, and all are entitled to the credit of the zeal and activity now manifested. Hereafter the public will be able to judge how long it takes to fis out cruisers, and can readily see that if the De- partment had shown one-half this setivity months ago there would have been no rebei pirates now afloat. Gexemat Dox—A Fine w rus Rear-—As General Lee has outgeneralled General Hoolcr. moved his entire army northward, and in ali probability selected Harrisburg and other cities in Pensey\vania as marks to attack, it behooves ws to book to the rear of the enemy, and not only endeavor to cut off “retreat, but capture the rebel capital, with its immense fortifica. tions. It is a well known fact that every avail- fable man bas been impressed into the rebei service to strengthen Lee's columns. Henco Richmond is for the present almost without « garrison. ‘This, then, is the auspicious moment for Gen. Dix to make an advance with his troops. ‘The distance from West Point to the rebal cami-