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AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 44 Broadway.—Ba.sera, Paxtouruas, Bunesauas. 26. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Cumiositizs any Lxctunss, from 9 A. M, till 10 P.M. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE. Brooklyn.—Ermroriax tones, Dances, BuRLEsQurE: THE SITUATION. The news from the Army of the Potomac be- speaks movements of great importance in opera- tion or soon to be enacted in Virginia, The caval- ry fight of Sunday may be but the prelude toa gaud battle. Orders have been issued by General Hooker that ‘‘nothing shall be said by correspond- ents in the front until the grand battle comes off.”” This is significant. General Lee occupies the Shenandoah Valley in large force. General Pleasanton’s official despatch of the late cavalry fight at Aldie is dated from Upper- ville, near the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge. The battle of Sunday was not only a des- perate one, but resulted in a decided suc- cess to the Union arms. General Pleasanton en- countered the forces of General Stuart im con- siderable strength in the morning and drove them before him for the entire day, until be reached Uppperville, inflicting severe loss, as the dead and wounded left upon the field testified. He took two pieces of rebel artillery, three caissons, a number of carbines and pistols, and sixty prison- ers, including two field and five line officers. The charges made were terriffic and the sabre was used freely. General Pleasanton reports that the fight was most disastrous to the enemy. Our latest news touching the invasion of Penn- sylvania and Maryland, from Harrisburg and Cham- bersburg yesterday, is to the effect that the rebels are marching in great force upon Harrisburg. They have reoccupied Greencastle, are threaten- ing Chamberburg, from which point Gen. Knipe if hard pressed. His troops were drawn up in line of battle yester- day, awaiting an attack. The enemy visited Mil- lerstown, eight miles from Gettysburg, possibly with the view to a movement against the Northern Central Railroad, to cut off Baltimore. People were flying in crowds from Gettysburg, literally blocking up the roads. The enemy is fortifying Hagerstown. The fine packet ship Isaac Webb, one of the Liverpool and New York line, was captured by the privateer Tacony on the 20¢h inst., and subse- quently released on giving bonds in forty thousand dollars. The brig Umpire, from agua for Bos- ton, with a cargo of sugar, &c., Was destroyed on the lMth by the same vessel. The bark Evening Star was chased and fired into on the 28th ult. by a hermaphrodite brig while on her way to Porto Rico. Recruiting in North Carolina, both of white and black soldiers, is going on famously. The move- ment in favor of the Union is increasing. Our despatches relative to the capture of the rebel steamer Fingal in Warsaw Sound by the Weehawken and Patapsco establish the fact that only five shots were fired by the privateer. We captured one hundred and eighty prisoners, who reached Fortress Monroe yesterday. A day or two since a blockade runner was run ashore just north of Lighthouse Inlet, on the Mor- ris Island shore, by our naval vessels. The batte- ties on Folly Island immediately opemed with their James guns, putting over seventy shells into the veasel. Sinee the firing upon the steamer the enemy's batteries on Morris Island have been en- gaging eur batteries on Folly Island continually, but not aman has been wounded on our side, One battery on Morris Island has been silenced. GA despatch from Murfreesboro last night states that General Carter has made another raid into East Tennessee with 2,000 mounted infantry, spreading terror before him. He destroyed the station and took up the track at Lenor and ad- vanced as faras Loudon, where he drew up in line of battle to meet the enemy. He stated hia is prepared to fall back, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDA city Our correspondence from New Orleans to-day, by the latest arrival yesterday, contains most in: teresting account of the progress of affairs there. The reports from Port Hudson represented the siege as going on vigorously. The rebels seized the steamtug Boston near Pass-a-l'Outre and convert- ed her into a privateer. We give numerous extracts from the Southern journals of Tennessee, Mississippi and Virginia commenting upon the prospects of the rebel arma im the West. Both Vicksburg and Port Hudson appear to be looked upon as doomed. Among other news is the explosion of the boiler on board the rebel steamer Chattahoochie, at Apalachicola, while attempting a raid upon our blockading squadron. The disaster waa a fearful one, resulting in the death and terrible auffering of many of the crew. The Richmond Dispatch of the 19th says:— “Richmond is about to be uncovered of the de- fence afforded by the proximity of General Lee’s army, a part of which is alreadyin the valley of Virginia and probably in Maryland, and the rest will probably follow on, whence they cannot be brought instantly to our assistance, if assist- ‘ance we should need.’ “This, in connection with the doleful tone concerning Vicksburg, looks sig- nificant of coming trouble for the rebels. MISCELLANEOUS WEWS. The steamship City of New York, which arrived last Sunday, after a rapid passage of leas than ten days, will sail for Cork and Liverpool next Satur- day, 27th inst., and not on the 4th of July, as previ- ously announced. We understand this change was suggested by Postmaster Wakeman, in order to secure a fast steamer for the transmission of the United States mail of the 27th. The rebels are busy building the railroad from Danville, Virginia, to Greensboro, North Carolina, by which they will have another line of connec- tion between Richmond and the South. The Kansas negro soldiers receive only ten del- lars month. A census recently taken in St. Augustine, Flori- ds, shows the entire population to be but little over one thousand. There are but one hundred and fifty white men in the place, of all ages, while the women number over two hundred and eighty. The factory belonging to Copeland, Miller & it Evansville, Indiana, was destroyed by fire 8th inst. Loss $75,000. There are over seven hundred gold and silver mining companies in Nevada Territory, with ca- pitals ranging between two hundred and fifty thousand to five millions of dollars. The wheat harvest has commenced in Illinois, and the crop turns out to be very heavy. The citizens of Wilmington, Delaware, favora- ble to the election of Gen. Butler to the Presiden- cy have formed a “ Butler Club.” At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen yes- terday, the nomination of Alderman Boole for City Inspector, in place of Col. Delavan, whose term of office has expired, was received from the Mayor and confirmed by the Board. Mr. Boole will enter upon the duties of his office to-day. A regular meeting of the Board of Councilmen was held at four o’clock yesterday. A communi- cation was received from the Comptroller con- taining a statement of the amount of fines depo- sited in the city treasury by the clerks of the va- rious police and district courts from January 1, 1859, to May 30, 1863, also the amount of fines and penalties deposited by the Corporation Attor- ney during the same period, from which it appears that the whole amount deposited amounted to $98,672 05—being $58,247 96:from the district civil courts, $37,735 66 from the police courts, and $2,688 60 from the Corporation Attorney. After’ transacting a large amount of routine business, a, lengthy debate ensued on paying some bills for, expenses incurred by the Committee on National Affairs in the reception of the returning regi- ments and other public demonstrations. The in- formation elicited during the debate was some- what novel and interesting, as will be seen by re- ferring to our report in another column. The resolution to appropriate $10,000 for the Fourth of July was again lost, for want of a constitutional vote. The two men, named Charles Waters and Mar- tin Cummings, who were arrested on Sunday last, on suspicion of setting fire to William Johnston’s slaughter house and Dr. Jackson’s stables, at Car- maneville, on the old Kingsbridge road, were yes- terday taken before Justice Welsh by Captain Wilson, of the Thirty-second precinct. Fire Mar- shal Baker presented a number of affidavits to the court, which made out a strong case of circum- stantial evidence against the prisoners. Justice Welsh, on the testimony, required the defendants to find bail in the sum of $1,500 each, in default of which the Justice committed them to prison. It jhown by the testimony that Charles Waters was a member of Hook and Ladder Company No. 17, laying only a short distance from where the fire occurred, According to the City Inspector's report, there were 390 deaths in the city during the past week— a decrease of 16 as compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 49 more than occurred during the corresponding week last year. There were 273 natives ef the United States, 9 of Eng- land, $1 of Ireland, 5 of Scotland, 19 of Germany, and the balance of various foreign countries. The stock market was better yesterday. There was more disposition to buy, especially on the New York | In the afternoon there was quite an | railroad share best Appearance of pucyancy in the market. Money was easier than it has been for many days: at T everbody was trying to lend money at 3P. M. Gold was pretty strong at 1434{, with more appearance of speculation for the rise than we have noticed for sometime. Fxchange was 156), 0167, The Bank statement shows an increase of $420,078 in specie, and a decrease of $3,725,628 in Joans, and $2,427,849 in deposits, The cotton market was quite active yesterday, mid- lings cloning buoyantly at 49c. There were heavier re- ceipts and sales of breadetuffe reported. Flour, wheat, corn and oats were cheaper. The inquiry for provisions and groceries was jese active, without any general alte. ration in quotations. A fair business was transacted in bay, at steady rates, Tallow was in more demand. ‘Whiskey was steady, but rather quiet. The freight mar- ket was more active, shippers having bad any existing advantage. aT Issue Washington or Richmond. From General Pleasanton's official report of his brilliant and successful. engagement of Sunday last with the cavalry of the rebel Gene- ral Stuart, we think there can be no doubt that the army of General Lee is now in the Shenan- doah valley. General Pleasanton’s despatch is dated “In camp, near Upperville,” which is 60 near the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge and the convenient pass of Ashby’s Gap aa to afford no margin for any extensive military force between the village and the mountains. Assuming, then, that the whole rebel army of Virginia is now acattered along between Winchester and the border counties (beyond the Blue Ridge) of Maryland and Pennsylvania, we must conclude that the design of General Lee is a descent upon the rear of Washington or a summer en- campment near the Upper Potomac, for the purpose of subsisting his army as far as possible upon the loyal States of Maryland and Pennsyl- vania, while manceuvring to entice General Hooker into some position where his army may be cut to pieces. ‘ From the movements of the army of Gen. Hooker, ao far as they are publicly known, it is evident that the administration is satisfied that Lee’s grand object is Washington; and, acting upon this conviction, we are gratified to believe that the needful precautions have been adopted by the War Office te baffle and defeat the movements and calculations of the enemy, whether aiming for the front or the rear of the national capital. We incline to the opinion that these raids of the enemy into Maryland and Pennsylvania, in failing to bring about a division of Gen. Hooker's army, have failed to secure their main object, and that thus the rebel army, considered as an army operating against Washington, is placed in a very dangerous situ- ation. Our army is not only between Gen. Lee and Washington, but between him and Rich- mond, and is so disposed, on its interior lines, as to be able promptly to strike out to the right or the left, en masse, as the occasion may invite or require. But simultaneously from two different sources, widely separated, the idea .has been communi- cated to us that the programme of General Lee involves, in all probability, nothing less than the abandonment of Richmond as the rebel capital, and the transfer of the main body of his army to a junction with the army of Gene- ral Bragg in East Tennessee, for the purposes of demolishing the army of Rosecrans,'‘the army of Grant, and the recovery of the Southwest. There is some plausibility in this theory. With the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson a con- siderable rebel army, perhaps thirty thousand men, will be disarmed as prisoners of war, and a Union army, including the forces of Grant and Banks, will be turned eastward, strong enough literally to walk over the course from the Mississippi river to Mobile, Savannah and Charleston, and thence to Wilmington and Richmond, unless Joe Johnston shall be sup- ported by fifty thousand veteran troops, who can be furnished only from the army of Lee. At all events, while our temporary militia forces, gathering on the Pennsylvania border, are competent not only to guard her border counties and those of Maryland against any mere foraging incursions, but can furnish a conside rable column of troops for the defences of Washington, the issue of this campaign be- tween Washington and Richmond is clearly in the hands of our War Office. We believe that the government can spare a sufficient force to capture Richmond; that that city is now almost destitate of troops, and that General Dix, with twenty thousand men, could take it without difficulty. Let him be promptly furnished with the twenty thousand men and with instructions to move upon Richmend, and one of two things will inevita- bly follow—the city will be taken or the army of Lee will be compelled to return to its relief along a circuitous route, which will enable General Hooker, on his interior lines, to reap all the, advantages of = concentrated against a divided and widely scattered army. All the advantages of the military situation around Washington are with us, all the disad- vantages are with the enemy, and the results, with the exercise of only ordinary ability on the part of our supreme military authorities, will be the winding up the rebellion. Grant and Banks will finish their appointed work handsomely. We have no doubt of it. Nor have we any misgiving in regard to Rosecrans. He will come in at the proper time with an- other victory. Washington is our only weak point; and there to-day we are strong enough to settle with Lee and to march into Richmond. Let the War Office do its duty, and let General Hooker be wide awake, and the Army of the Potomac will yet achieve the crowning victo- ries of the war. Coxripence Cassipy anp THE CentraL Rat- noap Recency.—Confidence Cassidy, the smart little butcher boy of the Central Railroad Re- gency, says we have libelled somebody con- nected with that tremendous concern. This is utterly false. We have never libelled any of the attaches of the Railroad Regency, simply because it is impossible to libel them. They have broken down their party and broken down the country, and if the democrats of this State do not take care the party will be again smashed at the next elec- tion. The only hope of the democracy is in Ben. Wood and his Daily News. Ben. makes altogether too much fuss about peace, and the beauties of peace, and the advantages of peace; but when he comes to speak of the Regency he is most warlike and chivalric, and delivers his broadsides with great vigor, accuracy and ef- Y, intention to march on Knoxville and destroy that @ne Movements of the Rebel Army of fect. We endorse him, therefore, in his war GeveraL McC.ectay’s Reront.—We again call for the publication of General McClellan's report. The country is anxious to see this re- ply to the false and malicious statements of the Committee on the Conduct of the War. Let it be published, and the responsibility of eur for- mer failures be placed where it belongs. Is anybody afraid of the truth? ‘Tue Pana as 4 Waterina Piace.—The capa- bilities of the Park as a watering place, eape- cially during the beautiful months of Septem- ber and October, are just beginning to be ap- preciated. A mint of money may be made by starting comfortable summer hotels on the heights at the north end of the Park. Who will | be the first to make this fortune * 7 > 5 3 ¢ official report states that | the Collector, Surveyor and Naval Agent of | this port have salaries and perquisites amount- | ing to over eighty thousand dollars per annum | each. No wonder these officials are patriotic. | Who would not be at the orice? against the butcher boys of the Regency, and will give him all the aid and comfort in our power. As for the remarks which Cassidy calls o libel, Mrs, Kimball will be perfectly able to take them up and explain them at the proper time. Thus far she has shown her- self very competent to rebuke pretended friends of her busband—who was brutally mur- dered at Suffolk, after fighting in seventeen bat- tles for his country—end ghoul-like politicians who were eager to secure black kid gloves and crape by professing to shed tears to poor Kim- ball’s memory. Important INTELLIGENCE FROM THE Bprait Laxp.—-The Independent has the authority of spiritualists for declaring that since his death Stonewall Jackson has become a strong anti- slavery man. We have the same authority for the statement that Greeley, Beecher and Cheever will be Union men within five years after they are hung in 1865 by the demooratic administration, JUNE 23, 1863.—TRIPLK SHEET. The Dificuitics of Napuleon's Position. The election to the French Chambers of #0 large a number of opposition candidates has hampered the Emperor’s movements more than would be readily conceived by those aot con- versant with the character of the French peo- ple. The numerical strength of the opposition amounts to naught. As regards votes the gov- ernment of Napoleon will have all its own way; but the outspoken commenta of euch men as Thiers and Berryer upon the actions of the Emperor, although powerless to change them, lead the way for the expression of public opinion; and herein consists the danger which the adherents of the imperial regime are now 60 much in dread of. Thus we hear that one of the first attempts of the newly elected opposi- tion members will be the repeal of what is known in France as “the public safety law;” that is, the right wested in the authorities to take up any suspected persons and transport them to the penal settlements, no knowledge of the fact being imparted even to the relatives of the victim. He is arrested, disappears, and here ends the affair. To the credit of the op- position, be it said, they are determined to ac- complish the repeal of this most infamous law. M. Thiers, it is well known, intends to take the lead in attacking the budget; that is, be will. | demand explanations as to the disbursement of some hundreds of millions of francs which, unaccounted for, are knowa to have gone to swell the already immense outlay necessitated by the Mexican expedition. Upon this subject the Emperor Napoleon and his sur- rounders are most sensitive, and hence they hate M. Thiers all the more heartily for the expose it is well known he purposes making. Then, too, explanations will be demanded as to the intended policy of the imperial govern- ment towards unhappy Poland; and Napoleon does not like to have his actions er his motives discussed. Itis also well understood that the opposition members are all friendly to our government, and that they will make it a mat- ter of duty to undeceive the minds of the French people as regards the true nature of the conflict between the North and South. The misrepresentations of the official and semi-offi- cial French press will be swept aside by the opposition members, who respect our form of government, and would not see France playing the odious role of friend to a slaveowning, re- bellious confederacy. As regards Italy, the opposition will advocate the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome, and the cession by Austria, through the intervention of France, of Venetia to the Italian people. All these ideas are, as may be seen at a glance, in direct opposition to the policy pur- sued by Napoleon up to the present time, and it remains to be seen how he will meet the storm which is brewing. Should he endeavor to resist the efforts of the progressive party by stern and repressive measures, his tenure of power would not long be secure. The peo- ple of France will, now that it is evident that Paris pronounces against Napoleon, follow in the wake of the capital, and were the Emperor to attempt intimidation he would soon find how easily even the most powerful are overthrown in France when once the people are aroused. His only hope for safety is to give way to the popular movement, and stride forward in liberal measures as fast as he can. He mustadopt a system of government similar to that of England—in fact, give France a con- stitutional administration. His present minis- try must be sacrificed anda responsible minis- try appointed. By adopting such @ course Napoleon would insure his tenure of power for some time to come, as the more influeatial classes in France gread the horgors of a revo- fution, which would surely fi. the estab- lishment of any new government. The Emperor's idea of calling around him a garrison of Turcos and Spahis has profoundly annoyed the Parisians, who assert that these revolts in the city. At present the antipathy of the people to the fierce warriors above men- them. Ere long there will be street brawls, and then we shall hear of barricades, and of those bloody and determined street fights which so often desolate the beautiful capital of France. We hear that at a review of the troops above mentioned the spectators broke through the lines and prevented the evolutions of the dis- liked Turcos and Spahis. popular feeling the Emperor took alarm, and, surrounded by his Cent Gardes, hastily left the field. roses. He arrived at the throne through revo- lution, and through the same agency he bids fair to lose it. We shall await with interest the developments of his future policy. the Tribune a few days ago poor Greeley demonstrated that the Pacific Railroad was per- fectly practicable and feasible and a great thing for the country, and that it was soon to be built, with Fremont at the head of it, Gree- ley at the tail of it, and Hallet as its financial manager. In the Independent of hast week, over his own signature, poor Greeley showed that the Pacific Railroad was an impossibility, as there was neither wood nor water for hun- dreds of miles of the proposed route. This ex- hibits poor Greeley blowing bot and cold as an editor in the Tribune and a penny-a-liner in the Independent. He has never been in his right senses since be wrote his “Just Once” confes- sion and ate dirt and his own words before an admiring world. ‘Only a few days ago he wanted the North to go under the feet of the rebels whenever Jenkins’ cavalry watered their horses in the Delaware. Why is be allowed to run loose? Has he no friends to provide him an asylum? ALL For Peace.—lIn the midst of this terrible war everybody is in favor of peace. The only ifference of opinion is in regard to how peace should be seeured. One set of men, led by Fer- nando and Ben. Wood, are in favor of'peace by negotiations. Another class, represented by Archbishop Hughes, are in favor of praying for which is much more Christian than the method of Beecher and his brethren, who want to make peace by hanging all the slavebolders. But most people are still In favor of obtaining peace by fighting for it; and this is the best way, no doubt. This unanimity for peace shows the folly of calling peace men traitors and copperheads. Betore long we hope to con- quer the rebels, and then will come the time for negotiations. That will give Fernando and Ben. Wood achance. After the negotiations have re-established the Union we will all fall to praying that it may be eternal. Then Arch- bishop Hughes and his disciples will do their share. So all parties will have something to do in restoring peace, and all will be satisfied. savage troops are to clear the streets in case of tioned confines itself to hootings and jeers at At this exhibition of Decidedly Napoleon is on no bed of } | Military Orders Suppressing and Re- straining Newspapers. We had hoped that the blunder of Burnside {in suppressing the Chicago Times had been suf- | ficiently rebuked by public opinion and by the President directing to revoke his order to prevent other generals from imitating his ex- ample. But there isa classof men whom no signs of the times can instruct. The gods seem to have doomed them to the same kind of blind- ness and insanity which characterized the ac- tions of the rulora of France before the first French Revolution, and afterwards in 1830 and 1848. The Bourbons at Washington and the Bourbons in the army seom incapable of instruc- tion and reform, The Wadsworths, the Has- calls, the Blunts, the Milroys and Schencks, in- atead of attending properly to their military duties, waste their time and energies in politics and in knocking out their brains against the prega. Instead of watching the movements of the enemy in Maryland and on the borders of Penn- sylvania, General Schenck, famous alike for falling into a trap at Vienna, in which his com- mand was slaughtered by the rebels, and for hia raid against a newspaper in Philadelphia, has now again entered the field againat the chewspapers of New York, prohibiting the cir- eulation of three of them in his department—a ‘peemly and grateful return for the promptitude | with which New York troops have hastened to the assistance of Maryland, which General Schenck has now permitted to be overrun, as he has done before, involving the destruction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the loss of millions of property. But it appears from a telegraphic despatch which we publish this morning that the General has discov- ered his error, probably in consequence of a hint from the President, and now he says he only meant that the jour- nals in his department are not to make ex- tracts from certain New York papers. The ex- planation is more absurd than the original order. If extracts from New York journals ought to be prohibited from being published in the Baliimore papers, a fortiori the New York papers themselves ought to be prohibited from being sold and circulated in the same locality. Of course the prohibition against extracts is be- cause the papers are poisonous; but the entire sheets are admissible. The inference wouid thus seem to be that the poison in small doses is dangerous. if not fatal; whereas in large doses it may be swallowed with impunity. General Schenck says “no extract” will be permitted, not even a report of a thunder storm or an amusing comment on the recent movements of Patti, Strakosch and Count De Ville. The explanation, however, distinguishing be- tween the papers themselves and any extracts from them, is too transparent a humbug to de- ceive any person. In the plainest and most unambiguous language, General Schenck says in bis first order, which we published yester- day:—“The following newspapers have been suppressed within the limits of this depart- ment, and the local press will not hereafter be allowed to publish extracts from their columns” (then follows a list of three New York papers and two West- ern journals). This is a consistent order, pro- hibiting the obnoxious journals and any extracts from them. But the order which we publish to- day, prohibiting extracts, but declaring that it was. ‘‘a mistake,” and “perhaps a misapprehen- sion,” to suppress the papers themselves, is ri- diculous on the face of it. Thongh it was pub- liahed in the official organ, the Washington Re- publican, of Saturday evening, and in a tele- graphic despatch to the New York papers yes- terday, with the official signature ef bis “Lieu- tenant Colonel and Provost Marshal, Wm. S. Fish,” it is now declared that “no suck order as thus published has beef issued.” That may do to tell to horse marines. But it is pretty cer- tain that the order had something to do with the approaching Maryland elections. We have heard an explanation of its revocation that fs far more likely to be true than that which is assigned. It is stated that one of the prohibited journals applied to Governor Seymour for pro- tection, and that he made such remonstrances as induced a direction to rescind the order. Had not this been promptly done, it is believed he would have ordered back to this State the militia regiments which he has just sent forward to assist in remedying the neglect and misman- agement of Schenck and the War Department. Tue Orgratioxs or THE Privateens—Wuat Oveut To BE Doxt.—By the arrival of the ship Isaac Webb from Liverpool yesterday at this port, we learn that she was captured on Saturday by the privateer bark Tacony, whose captain has recently, in that vessel and in that which he previously commanded, inflicted such extensive damage upon our merchant marine. The Isaac Webb was captured in latitude 40 35, lengitude from Greenwich 68 45—which is off Long Island, not more than seventy-five miles from the shore. She was bonded for $40,000. Nor is this all. The Isaac Webb brought the captain and crew of the brig Um- pire, from Sagua for Boston, captured and burned by the Tacony four days previously, in latitude 37 longitude from Greenwich 69 5724—which is about two hundred miles further south, opposite the Delaware Capes. The Ta- cony has thus moved northward, and when last seen was off the coast here, just in the course of our ships between Liverpool and New York. tia promptly to Pennsylvania he cut all red tape obstructions, so let him take the same course now. And, having thus assumed the whole power of the State in the hour of danger, he will be justified in aquelching all the aboti- tion journals of the city, in retaliation for the attempt on the part of cortin generals to inter- fere with the circulation of conservative New York journals in the loyal States of the North. Governor Seymour AND THE Stare Miavis.— Ten days ago the whole country was aroused by the intelligence that the rebels were invading Pennsylvania. The President, unable to apare force enough from the Army of the Potomac te drive them back, called upon the militia of the border States to rally and rout the invaders. Governor Seymour at once tendered to the Governor of Pennsylvania the assistance of the militia of New York to aid in driving the rebels from the sacred soil of that State. Suiting the action to the word, he has already forwarded seventeen regiments, all armed and cquipped, and will have four or five more regiments under way within the next forty-eight hours. Ho has discarded red tapeism and forwarded these regi- ments of copperheads, coppermakers, copper- tinkers and copperfitters with an’ alaority with- out parallel since the commencement of the-re- bellion. These regiments, with thé four or: five thoe- sand men sént by Gov. Parker, of New Jomey, are about all the assistance that Gov. Curtin bas had to aid him in driving the rebels from the Keyatone State. The bluatering abolition Gov- ernors of New England have sent but few, if any, while not one of Greeley’s nine hundred thousand men have responded to the eall or made their appearance in thie crisis. They have left it to those Governors whom the abolition organs have styled as: cop- perheads and traitors to save the State of Penm- sylvania from desolation by the rebel hordes. Whilst it is the duty of the government at Washington to protect every loyal State, the wise men in council there have only been able to protect themselves in the national capital, with a cordon of fortifications around them. Where would Pennsylvania have been had it not been for the so-styled copperhead Gover- nors ? At the same time that these regiments ef militia are being sent forward, Governor Seymour finds ample time to perfect the mili- tia organization of the State. His staff are already in the field organizing. the National Guard. The preliminary steps have been takem to place ona war footing a regiment in each Assembly district, or one hundred and twenty- eight regiments in the State, making a force of about one hundred and thirty thougand men. These regiments are to be organized into brigades and divisions at once, and thus placed in readiness for any emergency. Thus far Governor Seymour acts wisely. But his efforts should not stop there. He should extend bis operations to the navy, and organize a naval force to protect the harbor of New York. Only thr or four days since a rebel privateer captured a vessel within fifty miles of Sandy Hook. The piratical craft is still floating about for other prey, and the national govern-. ment is unable to check its depredations upom our commerce. We fear that unless Governor Seymour takes hold of the matter we shall wake up some fine morning and find some half a dozen of these rebel crafts in our harbor bombarding the city. The national government has shown its inability to protect the harbor. Will Gov- ernor Seymour take hold of the matter and give us a navy that will protect our pert? GensraL MitRoy anp THE Loss or Wivcuss- TeR.—The loss of Winchester by General Milroy is @ matter that demands the immediate atten- tion of the government. It is worse than the surrender of Harper’s Ferry and Maryland Heights by Miles and Ford last September, and‘ General Milroy ought to be placed immediately — under arrest and tried by court martial. Winchester is the key of the valley of the Shenandoah, andis a more important position than Harper’s Ferry. The blame of losing it must be equally divided between the War De- partment and General Milroy. The intention of Lee to move North through the valley was known to the government more than a month ago, and it was the business of the War Department to post a sufficient force at Winchester, and to place in command of it areliable general. The force does not appear to have been equal to the emergency; but it was enough for a far better defence than General Milroy made with it. If he was taken by surprise he was unfit for such acommand. If he was not surprised then he ought to have concentrated the troops of the adjoining posts, to the number of fifteen thous- and, which was equalto the attacking force, to say nothing of Milroy’s possession of strong | fortifications. But he did not make what deserves the name of a fight. Had he ever held the enemy at bay for a day or two longer, in order to give time for Hook- er’s army to come up, those two di- visions of Ewell’s corps would have been captured or destroyed, and Lee’s game of inva- | sion would not only have been frustrated, but his | army so weakened by the loss that its destruc- | tion would have been comparatively an easy , task, unless it made a speedy retreat southward through the valley. But the facility with which the key was wrested from the grasp of Milroy | has reversed the picture, and given Lee a tre- | mendous advantage, which he has not failed te In vain have our merchants and the Chamber | use with effect. Itbas not only provided him of Bac aig Nett pa asaya sq | with ammunition and ample stores, but it has ese . The Navy Department have had abundant | rasa Manabe: pdr: rhe ttrni warning of the depredations of the Tacony. ing those States ever since, carrying off horses For some time she has been operating almost | gnd cattle and various supplies, and preparing in sight of Fertress Monroe. Every day the | the way for the coming of the main body, and greater damage to our commercial interests. The impunity they have enjoyed has so encour- aged them that they venture now to make theis bunting ground right off our Northern harbers, and especially the great port of the city of New York, the centre of the commeree of the United States. ‘The federal administration baving thus ne glected to protect our commerce, we think the Governor of the State ought to take the matter in hand at once, and before any further mischief is done. He has sent our militia to defend the property of Pennsylvanians, who ought to have been prepared to take care of themselves. There is as much necessity for the protection ef this great commercial metropolis as there is for the protection of the horses and other live stock of the farmers of Pennsylvania; and, then, chari. ty begins at home. Let Governor Seymour, privateers are becoming bolder and doing | establishing » base of operations from which to march at pleasure either against Baltimore or Washington on the northern side. The loss of Harper's Ferry followed from the loss of Win- chester. Perbape the next thing we shall hear of, a# amother consequence, is the capture of Maryland Heights, the possession of which “would shorten the route to Washington by two days’ march. ‘ panic in Pennsylvania have resulted from the utter want of oapacity and courage in General Milroy, whose military imbecility was long since, well known to the War Department. The public welfare demands that he be arrested, tried by court martial, and shot, as an exampl: the sbipping and cargoes of the merchants of | roam , mre for the future. The interests of the nation equally demand that Mr. Stanton be removed from the War Department, and that a compe- tent officer reesive his portfolio. The country therefore. organize at once a fleetto pretect our coast from the ravages of the privateers and oruisers of the enemy. As in semtling our mili- has no confidence in Mr. Lincola’s Cabinet but, believing in his integrity, it looks to him, as the Chief Magistrate, to secure hereafter a better and more saccegsful management of the war. = *,