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Advertisements in- sorted in the Waxaty Hxratp will this be seen by a large portion of the active and onergetic peop'e of the United States. THE SITUATION. Totelligence has been received from Chattanooga up to Monday night. Gen. Thomas retired to Rose- ville on Sunday night, after that day's battle. Gen. Rosecrans then ordered a concentration of all the troops, to take place Cat hattanooga by Monday night. It wasfeared that, in consequence of Gen. Thomas having been engaged with the rebols on Monday, previous to tive P. M., it would Ave fppossible for him to reach Chattanooga that night. would attack Rosecians ou another part of his fine. The latter part of Thomas’ fight had been fought with the bayonet, as his troops had ex- 4 their ammanition w the grrival of the steamship Multon at this port pute us in possession of Charleston harbor dates to Sunday, September 20, The work of mounting guna on Battery Gregg was very slow in couse: quence of the shot and shell from the rebel Bat tery Bee and Fort Moultrie fwlling among the | working parties at intervals of about twenty minutes, The equinoctial gales had done alderable damage to the camps on Morris Island The robe! ateamer Sumter had been sunk hetween Forts Moultrie and Sumter about the 12th inst., but from what cause was not ascertained, con nor Bonham, of South Carolina, had called out by proclamation ‘‘all the arms bearing populati the State over sixteen veare of age’’ for State de fence for six months. The intelligence from New Orleans by the steam transport Continental is to the 15th inst. General rant left New Orleans for Vicksburg on the 14th, | having entirely recovered from the effecta of the socidont which took place at the review of the tocnth army corpa on September KUROPEAR NEWS. ‘The ateamship Etna, from Queenstown on the 10th instant, arrived at this port yesterday. Mer | news fs one day later than the advices of the Flecla. Our special correspondent in London, writing at the letest moment, gives us the very important in. | tormation that the British government hed decided to dotain Leird’s rebel iron rams, This fact had theown a decided gloom aver the rebels and their avmpathiners in the city. Seventy-four men of the crew ef the privatcer Viorida had been despatched from Brest, in Rrance, to Bagland, tn order to form the nucleus af s crew for some new rebel vesee! or vessels, A Four war vessels—tio of them steam clippers—- wore building in the port of Nantes, France, end | {§ was thought they were intended for the service of (he rebeis. ¢ Ganeral Gillmore's opcrations againt the forts in Oherleaton harbor—with his Dahigron and Parrott gone, aboard ship and in battery —attraoted very groat attention in Bugland, being pronounced by 0 leading joufnals as the second revolution in art of war produced by the American contest, London Times has an interesting article on thy bject, and the London Jolegraph saye:—N in aafo, Qo empire secure, which is too to dads (hie lgaton, “4 fa Daligron ot EW YORK HERALD. There were indications that the rebels | Gover | | Gilmore,’ of what gunpowder and forged steel can be made to effyct. We do not hesitate to say to atructare and position if Admiral Dahlgren can | show our enemies—awhoever they may be-—how to fire these guns of his from floating batteries." ‘The London Ties calls attention to the active development of the iron-clad aavy of the United | States. Captain Coles, R.N., publishes an im- portant letter, pointing out the superiority of our central armaments in tarreted iron-clads over the | broadside arrangement observed in the British iron frigates. The Captain says the United States “stole a march’ on England in the matter of iroa veasels for war purposes, The Paris correspondent of the London Herald again asserts that the recognition of the South and the defensive league between the orebel, Trench and Mexican governments, was decided om by the French Emperor. On the other hand, it | was said in very well informed political circles in | France that Napoleon had become seriously un- easy, if not alarmed, concerning the probable issue of the Mexican expedition. The very fre- quent meetings of his Cabinet Council were cited a3 evidence that some subject of great moment pressed on his mind, and it was thought that he was most anxious to bring,the unpopular war in which he has involved France to an end, 80 as to jeopardize his imperial prestige as little as possi- ble, At the same moment the French monarch had his fears awakened lest the coolness which has arisen between himself and the Emperor of Austria should raise a difficulty in the way of the accept- ance of the Mexican throne by the Austrian Arch- duke Maximilian, On the subject of the acceptance or rejection of the crown by Maximilian there is nothing definite. A newspaper correspondent furnishes the remarks of Leopold of Belgium approving his acceptance, but there was no expression from the Archduke himself. The Journal du Havre, of the 8th instant, says: “We learn that the Count de Montholon, the Minister of France to Mexico, will embark on the 16th of September, at San Nazaire, on the packet steamer Florida, en roude for his destination.”’ Polish affairs remained unchanged. The Jour- nal de St. Petersburg of the latest date, denies all the assertions of the ‘foreign preas” relative to the Czar’s intentions towards Poland and Ger- many. The Polish question, it says, will be set- tled on the bases of existing treaties, and “Ger- | many has nothing to fear from Russi Tt was said that on the 8th instant a Russian amnesty | would be offered to all the “insurgents’’ who ; would lay down their arms. | The’number of emigrants who embarked at Ha- | vre for America during the month of August was 598-536 destined for New York, and 62 for Rio de la Plata. The Liverpool cotton market was buoyant at the advance on the 10th instant, but quotations had not changed. Breadstufls were firm, and provisions quiet, Consols closed in London on the 10th inst, at 9324 a 935¢ for money. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A meeting of the loyal young men of New York, invited without distinction of party, was held last evening at the Cooper Institute, for the purpose of ratifying the nominations for State officers, made by the Union Convention at Syracuse. The meet- ing, which was largely, though not over numerous- | ly attended, was addressed by several gentlemen. | Letters were read from General Dix and Mayor Opdyke, expressive of concurrence with the ob- ject of the meeting, these gentlemen not being able to attend in person. In the synopsis of the report of the proceedings will be found General Dix’s letter, as also a resolution drawn up at the meeting and adopted with acclamation, condemna- tory of the course of Governor Seymour. The pro- ceedings were marked throughout with great una- nimity and enthusiasm. The French Socialistic Red Republican Club celebrated its regular anniversary last evening, at the Steuben House, in the Bowery. The attendance was not so large 4s on previous years, nor the de- corations so elaborate. Mr. Hanrot opened the proceedings with a short speech on the advan- tages of the universal republic. He was follow- ed by M. Victor Faider in a similar strain; but in the course of this gentleman's speech he took oc- casion to condemn the new slave republic of the South. The other speakers took similar grounds, and the proceedings lasted till a late hour. It was understood in the legal circles yesterday | that a gentleman connected with one of the | foreign consulate offices of this city was suspended on a charge of attempting to bribe a United States officer. The circumstances have not yet been deyeloped before the coprts, — ~ , ¢ person referred to in the Hensnpsome days | since as having been arrested for frauds on | foreign merchants will be brought up for exami- nation under gthe extradition treaty before | United states Comissioner Osborn, on Friday next at two o'clock. Mr. P, F, Marbery appears forthe extradition order, and Messrs. Edwin James and T. Danphy for the English creditors and assign- Mr. Bayley, an English gentleman, is in | attendance here armed with authority from the | British government.” Mr. Charles Edwards de- fends the accused. | The case of Colonel Geo. W, Jones against | | Mr. Secretary Seward, for false imprison- ment in Fort Laf te, was called up be- | fore Jndge Clerke yesterday on the question | of jurisdiction, but mined to Tuesday of next week. Messrs. J. T. Brady and Traphagan | appear for the retary of State, and Messrs. | Charles O’Conor, John MeKeon and F, Smyth for | the complainant. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, before City JIndge McCunn, the trial of Joseph 'R. Lowenst indicted for receiving stolen goods, was continued. The articles of sil ware whieh had been found in the p ssion | were valued at $40, and Mr. Earle fully identified them as his property, The full value of the arti- cles stolen was about $250, the greater part of | which, however, has not been recovered. Ellen Hardy, the girl who stole the goods, testified that she sold them to Lowenstein for less than one- | sixth of their real value. The majority of the witnesses examined for the defence swore to the good character of the prisoner, and one of them testified that he was present when Ellen Hardy | bronght the silver ware to Lowenstein’s store ‘ where she represented herself to be a soldier's wife in destitute circumstances, and that Lowen- s«toin loaned her $35 on the goods, and allowed her the privilege of redeeming them within six months without paying any interest. At four o'clock the case was adjourned until this morning, when counsel will sum up, and it will be given to the jury, | Anextensive sale of prize property, consisting | of the prize vessels Dolphin and Kate, together with ® qnantity of cotton, turpentine, rosin and | assorted goods, took place yesterday at the At- } lantic Docks, Brooklyn, under direction of the Cited States Marshal, The amount reallzed is clowe on to $400,000, The following tablo exhibits the militis forces of | Upper and Lower Cannda:— Upper Canada, Lower Comade, Staff of military districts, ery fy Battalion officers, ‘ 4,489 Sergeants... 8,529 First class service me: 33,520 | Second class service men, 63,758 68,213 | Reserve men. oe 95,017 20,105 Total rank end file 173,068 111,048 Total of all ranks. . +. 186,162 119,996 | Your hundred mea, belonging to Col. Tevia' oa- | valey regimont, arrived at Philadelphia on Monday | from Fort Delaware, They wore originally oaptured | rebela, who refused to be exchanged, took the oath of allegiance, and joined the Union service. Ass farther eyidemoe that the government hea | that the Spithead forts must be reconsidered as NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863.—TRIPLE SHEET, abandoned the aystem of conscription, and will not again put the draft wheel in motion, we have the announcement that orders have been sent to Indtana to pay three hundred dollara bounty to new men and four lundred dollars to veterans. There are twenty army hospitals in Philadel- phia, from which, during the week ending on the 19th instant, 463 soldiers were returned to the ar- my, 58 wore discharged as unfit for future ser- vio, 18 died, and 9,189 remained for treatment. Somebody proposes an exchange of colored prisoners of war on the baaia of Southern Con greasional representation—that would bo five ne- gro soldiers for three white rebela. Mra. Margaret Beach, Miss Margaret Beach, Harriet Beach, Mildred Beach, Garrison Beach, Headley Beach and Joseph T. Beach were arreat- ed at their homes, near Fairfax Court House, Vir- ginia, on the 20th inst., for giving aid and infor- mation to the rebels, and provided with snug quar- ters in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington. The Singapore (E. I.) Times, of July 21, says:— Anumber of American ships are offered for sale, consequent on the state of affairs in America, and some have heen purchased by the Chinese of this port. ‘The stock market was lower yesterday morning and better in the afternoon. Gold foll to 136%, closing at 187%. Exchange fell to 160 after gelling at 152. Money was easy: call loans 6 a 6 per cont. Cotton wes firm and in fair demand yesterday, with sales of 1,200 bales, Flour was less active and 5c. a 15c. lower. Wheat quiet and le. a Sc. cheaper. Corn depress- ed, and down Ic. @ 2c, Oats were brisker and firmer. A fair business was reported in hay, sugars, metals, leather, candles, fish, hops, seeds and tobacco at buoyant prices. A moderate inquiry prevailed for hemp, hides, fruit, oils, spices, coflee and molasses. Thero was more doing in pork, at steady rates, an algo in teas, tallow and whirkey, the latter at advanced Ogures. Beef, butter and cheese wore in request, Lard was casier and tn less de- mand, The freight market was quiet, Tbe exports of domeatic produce and migcell goods from this port during the week ending last evpaing, amounted in value to $2,646,366. Notwithstanding the enormoug recoipte of last woek ‘and the large supply of this week (5,776 head), the mar- ket for beef cattle has ruled comparatively active, and good cattle are firm. Priceg ranged from 6c. a llc, ‘but the bulk gold at 8c. a 10c., and the average was about 93g0. Good to prime cattle were rather scarce, very active and firm. Ove lot of Keutucky Durbams arrived yesterday, and sold readily at an average of over $100 each, or Ic. per lb ; some brought 11 5sc.—an extreme prico. Cows sold slowly at from $25 to $65, both ex. treme prices. Veeals were active at Sc. a T3¢c., the latier an extreme price. Sheep aud lambs were very activ, and supply bomg small prices edvanced 60c. a 75c. por head, vary ing from $3 a $6.8 $6 75. Swine were rather lower; corn fed brought 54:0. ab%Xc.: still fed be aSije. The recelpts were 5,775 beeves, 81 cows, 736 veals, 12,352 sheen and lambs and 18,368 The § 1 Rosecrans— The Administration. We are not yet in possession of sufficient in- formation to justify a review of the late sangui- mary two days’ battle in the northwestern corner of Georgia, from which the army of General Rosecrans so narrowly escaped an irreparable disaster. It will suffice for the present that he has regained his strong position at Chaitanooga, that Burnside’s column is with- in supporting distance, that the enemy have “hauled off to repair damages,” and that we have assurances from Washington. which we hope will be verified, that “the government has made preparations for meeting every contin- gency that is lilely to occur in the field of General Rosecrans’ operations.” We cannot, however, resist the question: How was it that Rosecrans, with all his expe- rence, prudence and sagacity, was drawn into the snare from which he bas so narrowly escaped? We have no doubt that this bloody misadventure was due to that oft-repeated mis- take at Washington of underrating the strength, resources and recuperative powers, skill and tenacity of the enemy. When General Lee invaded Pennsylvania, it was not long before he was threatened on the line of the Susque- hanna with fifty thousand of the militia reserves of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, in addition to the Army of the Potomac moving upon his flank. So we have no doubt that, with the presence on the borders of Ccorgia of the army of Rosecrans, menacing the last remaining railway lines whicb conpect that State, and all the States west of it, with Richmond, the Georgia Governor's levy @n masse upon the State eserves, or home guards, for a short term, was fe, and that d ey by thgusands. in aidfiton to Johnston's reinforcements and the rebel bands of guerillas gathered in from all sides, swelled the army of Bragg to such pro- portions asto render him confident of a decisive victory. But we apprehend that our War De- partment took no nolice of these rebel prepara- tions for a crushing surprise, or regarded them with supreme indifference. army, which disappeared #0 mysteriousiy from Corinth, was largely made up of these sixty and ninety days auxil \ It is Somewhat remarkable that this and other | similar lessons from the rebels have never been improved upon by the administration except when Washington has boen in imminent danger of becomiay the beadquarters of Jef. Davia, But suppose that, in connection with this late advance of General Rosecrans, Kentucky and Tennessee had been catled upon for thirty or forty thousand volunteers for ninety days, and that, with those troopa to garrison his depots and lines of communication in the rear, he, with his undiminished army of veterans, had made his advanee, who can doubt that his warch for Atlanta would have been 9 glorious | success to our cause and a crushing blow to the enemy! Or, adopting a more comprehensive view of the subject, suppose the I’resident were to issne a proclamation calling for three bun- dred thousand volunteers and militia for a term of ninety days’ service, who can doubt that with their co-operation our armies in the field, within Mr, Seward’s limitation of sixty days, would bring this rebellion to an end? We consider this proposition as eminently entitled to a favorable consideration by Pre- sident Lincoln, Thousands of able-bodied men, whose private affaires will debar them from volunteering an@ from serving under the con- scription for the long period of three years or the doubtful period of the war, would cheer- fully enlist for the sbort and definite term of ninety @ays, and especially with the oon- viction that our army in the fold, with an auxiliary force of this description of three hundred thougang men, would speedily ex- tinguish the rdmatning armies of the rebellion. There would be no diffloulty in raising this force within a fow weeks, with the assurance from President Idacoln that his policy will | be the restoration of the Union under the con- atitation,and mot the ebolition of slavery in advance of the readmission of any rebellious Beate. In another matter of tho first importance, wo hold that i¢ is mot too late for great reforma in the management of the army and the navy, because “it is never too late to mend.” Tad the present Secretary of War been anything | bat an incurable blundercr this repulse to Rosecrans could not bave followed so soon | breaki: Gispersion | The Exchange of Rebel Prisoners—leame- | pe tie of ne ee and | aise Duty rene Federal Commissioner. the domoralizing retreat of the army of There seems to be grows neglect somewhere Bragg from Tullahoma aod Shelbyville. Nor in the exchange of enlisted men, (the release could atty man at the bead of the Navy Depart- of officers having been suspended long age,) ment, except ® superannuated old granny, re- bg the cartel agreed upon Pf Major General peat at the Sabine Page the same blunder which , on behalf of the United®States, and Gene- was committed at the same place only some ral Robert Toombs, for the rebel govern- twolve or eighteen months ago. While Stanton ment, is apparently a dead letter. On the sur. continues the Marplot of the army, and Welles | Tender of Vicksburg we came into possession tho ‘old man of tho sea’” astride the shoulders | d soa sig 5 ag pocorn all . wi iene 4 were paroled. From this capture we have uo pe pe fete eripeserd ce eee reaped the alightest benefit. On the 12th inst. and misfortunes on the land and the water. Robert Ould, the rebel Commisafoner of Ex- On the other hand, with a capable, sagacious change, declared all these prisoners liberated and experienced soldier at the head of the War from their parole, and these very men augmented Office, and with an accomplished, energetic, Joo Jobnston’s army, and contributed to the tried and trusty naval commander at the head defeat of General Rosecrans. Be of the Navy Department, the public displeasure | There are at this moment some nincteen which ‘now falls upon the head of President | ousand brave veteran troops of our armies in Lincoln, in consequence of the blunders and paroled camps, under an obligation not to take failures of the war, would be speedily changed up arms against the rebels until declared duly Into a universal recognition of his great abilities exchanged. The question is. naturally asked, and wonderful successes. why does not Major General Hitchcock, the We are not able to discover any alternative Commissioner of Exchange. issue an order or to President Lincoln but the reforms in bis declaration restoring these men to the army, policy and in bis Cabinet we have indicated, or seeing Shes Robert Ould has bimself set the ex- the transmission of this war to bis successor in | *™p!e * According to accounts on record, the rebel pipe Ze) legacy more deplorable then that of prisoners in our bands exceed in number those juchanan. from our armles held by the rebels, independent of the Vicksburg and Port Hudson captures. At first the rebels refused to acknowledge the right of Geaeral Pemberton to accept a parole from General Grant, under the cartel, and Ould was disposed to raise an issue on this subject. Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow, who was at that period acting as Agent of Exchange at Foriress Monroe, however, made Colonel Ould acknowl- edge the fact. As soon a% our government heard of the Vicksburg captures, and had the lists sent in by General Grant, they should at once havo declared an equivalent number—all the prisoners we had on parole-—-exchanged, and at the same time have notified the rebel authorities to select a like number. But it seems that the energies of this de- pertment are lacking fearfully. The rebel agent of exchange is an able. unscrupulous and wily man, and will stop at nothing to overreach our government where and when- ever he can. It is he who raises knotty ques- tlons of legal technicality, and invariabiy construes the cartel to the interest of the con- feteracy. General A. §. Meredith, the suc- cessor of Colonel Ludlow as United States Agent of Exchange at Fortress Monroe, has a3 yet done nothing, probably from the fact that be is not posted on the routine of business connected with his department. It is, however, a fortunate thing that Major Jokn E. Mulford, the effic'ent flag of truce officer, has been re- tained in his position; otherwise the delivery of prigovers would lag cntirely. The last exohanges declared on our side were on or about the 22d of May, inclusive to that date. Since then only a few exchanges of enlisted men kave been made, and even then the rebels received at least two to our one. Commissioner Ould, however, issued the follow- ing declaration, which liberates not only all the Vicksburg prisoners, but a large number of others, delivered at City Point, for whom we hove not yet received the equivalent: — FXCBANOR NOTICE—No 6. Ricumoxn, Sept. 12, 1963. Confederate officers and’ meu, captured at tty paroied, declared: Regards Mexico— ities. It is now made clear, by the indiscreet reve- lations of the Paris journals, that the Emperor of the French will be most sadly bothered in case Prince Maximilian does not accept the throne of Mexico. We shall make this easily understood when we state that the semi official organs of the imperial government announce that the Mexican loan, now in negotiation with capitalists in England and France, will be used to pay the debts due by Mexico to foreign Powers, and that France will take out of the sev en hundred millions—the amount of the loan— two bundred millions to reimburse to herself the expenses of the expedition now on this conti- nent. It is added that France will guarantee the loan upon the Sonora mines—that is, she will keep possession of the Mexican mines and give up to Maximilian the country, the control of which would necessitate more troops than France could keep there. It is evident that, once the loan is raised, France will indemnify herself and retire from an enterprise which has placed her in a most perplexing dilemma. It, however, must be understood that the success of the contem- plated loan entirely depends upon the ac- ceptance by Prince Maximilian of the Mexican throne and the consequent support of Austria, It has confidently been relied upon by tte Emperor Napoleon that England would J in the support of the Maximilian scheme, because she would receive out of the loan which might then be raised the amounts due English holders of Mexican bonds at the present time deemed worthless. But here again occurs a slight difficulty. The canal of Suez is fast approaching completion, and if it should be held, as it is probable it will be, by Franeé, England’s commercial prestige will suffer immensely thereby. So a coolness is arising once more about this affair between the Cabinets of St. James and the Tuileries, and the prospects of England's aiding in the Mexi- can scheme grow less. This is not the only source of fear and dis- comfort which the Emperor Napoleon has upon this tormenting question. He finds Austria singularly cool about the acceptance of the Mexican throne. Whereas she was quite eager that a prince of the family of Hapsburg should assume this proffered honor, she now coquets with the imperial bauble and scems but little avxious for its possession. All this proceeds from the fact that Austria is upon the point of attaining the summit of her ambition in be- coming the leader of the Germanic Con- federation. Her power and influence would then be immense, and she might with reason rival the nation which so recently hum bled her into the dust. She must naturally prefer such a result to helping her former foe out of a most unpleasant dilemma, and we should not be surprised at any moment to bear that all negotiations as regards Prince Maxi- milian’s acceptance of the throne of Mexico are ended by flat refusal on his part to accept any such equivocal position. Napoleon would then be in a most embarrass- ing strait, as he is well aware that without the aid of England and Ausiria he cannot raise the desired loan, and that bis wasted excheqner will furnish no more treasure towards defraying the enormous expenses of the Mexican expedi- tion. As an instance of the increasing coolness of Austria toward Napoleon may be mentioned the fact that Prince Metternich, the Austrian am- bassador at Paris, has been sharply reprimanded ‘Tho followin Vicksburg, M have beou duly 1 ‘5 division. rs aud men of Brig. Gen, Moore's brigede. rs and mea of the second Texss regiment. 6. Tce oficers ard men of Wall's Legion. 6 Also, all Contede delivered at City F 1863, have been duiy clared. gent of Exehang Let General Hitchcock, therefore, issue an order at once declaring all captures made by | the rebels up to July 25 exchanged, and Jet the soldiers be returned to their respective com- mands, and our army will be strengthened by nearly tweaty thousand veteran troops, the cost of whose maintenance is no more in the field than at Camp Parole, while their fighting qualities are equal to fifty thousand conseripts. ‘The rebel government has taken the initiative. Let us follow its example. Men languishing in camp, without doing even guard duty, become indolent, dispirited and unqualified for active duty. . Administrative Incapacity—Disasters In | Georgia and Louisiana. We will believe that General Rosecrans has been “badly beaten” only when we receive such particulars of his recent battle as render | it impossible to look at the result in any other way. Alarmist despatches, dated hundreds of miles in vear of gloriously contested fields, are | too familiar for » despatch from Louisville to be received 4 authority upon what has taken place at the Chattanooga river. Until fuller particulars of Sunday's tight shall be received | the account our correspohdent sends of Satur. | day's fight must be regarded as absolutely the only reliable news from y And this account gives every reason to hop Rosee ar co-operation on the part of the Austrian govern- ment inthe Mexican scheme. That this faet should have been allowed to become public is, | for something better than defeat. After a de- to say the least of it, most significant. Should | fensive battle of seven hours’ duration, princi- Austria find that the influence of Prussia is likely | pally fonght at close qnarters, that account to retard or defeat her ambitious designs for the | leaves Geueral Rosecrans’ lines in the same | atiainment of the position of leader of the Ger- | position in which they were before the battle man States, she may then lend Ni poleon | began. Some ground bad been fost early in | her influence in regard to Mexico; but | the day: bat all of this had been retaken | this she will not do until she loses hope of the | before the close of the fight, at six o'clock in former consummation. To the Emperor of the | the evening. Up till that time, therefore. French these doubts and ancertaintics are fatal, | the rebel attempt to turn General Rese- Fle subjects have ever been averse to the inva- | crans’ left and get between him and Chat- | for | their conflicting claims for adjud i hy tanooga was a failure. Saturday’ battle, as it was a sudden assumption of the offensive, per haps did not fiad Rosecrans completely ready: | His army was not concentrated, and, therefore | was not fought to the best advantage. All thie would be bettor in Sunday's fight. But it ix not improbable that after a bard fight on Sun- day it may have proved that the enemy had too farge a force present, in which case « retire ment upon Chattanooga, to await the arrival of | General Burnside’s column, would be the simple dictate of pradonce, This world be far from a | defeat, as Chattanooga is just aow the real point | atissue, We donot atall credit that worse | than this has teken place. Had General Rosecrans been left aloue, or propeely aupparted in this campaign, tire would have been bardly the possibility of dim aster in it, which now certainly there is. Bat the Washington blunderers have interfered at every step; and if that heroic colvmn of fifty thousand men, pushed forward inte the very heart of the Southern confederacy, snd with rebel armies converging against it feqta ever, sion of this continent; they foresaw that a con- flict with this governmnent was almost inevita- ble, and the traditions of the French are all in favor of alliance and friendsbip with the Ameri- can people. The aotton of the Emperor as regards Mexico is, they well know, most inimical tous, and was | conceived and is carried on in total forgetfuiness of that spirit of chivalry which has ever charac- terized the Frenob. This has rendered the measure unpopular; its long continued non. success added to the displeasure of the people; and, should Napoleon now fuil to retrieve the | blander he bas committed, it will cost him his | throne and entail the rnin of his dynasty! These facts must be as patent to Europe as to ourselves, and we may justly conolude that the Powers, who fear and detest Napoleon, will scarcely aid him out of his dilemma, France bas had to back down from the position ashe assumed so confidently as regards Poland. Should she have to act likewise in Mexico the loss of prestige would be immense, This must bo understood by England and Austria; and, much as the former Power dislikes us, we are sure that she hates Napoleon more, and is not likely to come to his resone in his hour of need. | We await with anxiety the solution of the Mex'- \ oan Imbroglio Halleck and kis supporters in the Whr Dapart- mont are feaponsible for it, They required Goneral Rowerans to pass the Tenngasee river with that inqdequate forces, ga apparentiv ‘ 1 a without the promise of any additions to bis army. After days of vaoi*lation they next or- dered Burnside to abandon hi }ine and reinforce Rosecrans; but, of course, this order was made @ couple of days too late. Such %# another in- Stance of tho absolute unfitaess of tie War De- partment people for their duties—of thelr dia- position to meddle misorably with iatters that they cannot comprehend, and of their \nest- tancy and vacillation in the hour of danget® In the late affair at Sabine Pass we aoe a slat lar proof of the mismanagement of affairs in the Navy Department. Againsi earthworks, mounted with heavy guns—againat such works a8 trouble the Monitors at Cbarleston—they send fn Louisiana an old Staten Ialand ferry- boat. Was the expedition dependent upow what thes: boats should do an important one? We may measure it in this way: At this hour, when mea are wanted, whee an army corps at Chattanooga would change the face of affairs from the worst, an army corps is sent upon this expedition. It must then bave been of great importance. Yot ita success or failure is made to depend upon the resistance that two or three old ferryboate can offer to ten-inch sbell. ed So the War Department and the Navy Depart ment go on, hand in hand, and the people fur- nish blood and money iflimitably, and wonder when they will see the end of the war. The Approaching State Electton—The Dangers of the Conservative Demo- ecracy. At the beginning of the present political canvass for the State election In November we expressed our opinion tbat the conservative democracy would be able to walk over the course. Since then, however, several obstacles have developed themselves, snd now threates, to prevent this consummation so devoutly to be wished. These obstacles are the course of Governor Seymour, who is weakening the oon- servative party in this clty daily; the proceed- ings of the Albany Regency, who are trying te break up the party now as they did at the Churleston Convention, and the treacherous policy of the Woods, who are doing more harm to the conservative cause than all the radical politicians and papers between here and Sericho. Last year we suggested General Dix as the democratic nominee for Governor. Had this sugvestion been adopted we could have carried the State by at least fifty thousand majority. Governor Seymour was nominated, how- ever, and then came the tug of war. The efforts we made to get Seymour to deliver a war speech, and then to rally the people to his sapport. would have triumphantly elected a dozen ordinary candidates. Aa it was, we elected Seymour, as Adam and Eve were condemned to earn their living, by the sweat of our brows. No sooner bad we fairly fucced him upon the patriotic, conservative platform, however, than he slid off again, like an obstinate monkey down a greased plank. Once more, with a painful expenditureof labor, we hoisted him to the position he should bave occupied: but he had not pluck enough to etay there, and again slipped down into the mire with the Albany Regency. Since then we have let him alone severely, and have watched his tricks, dodges and spoutings more in sorrow than in anger. He has done and fs doing nothing to prove his capacity for his high ste- tion. He bas apparently tried hard to demon- strate that he would not be fit even for the office of constable. He did nothing in regard to the draft; has done nothing in regard to the Po- lice Commissioners; is doing nothing in regard to the habeas corpus. His pen and his tongue are kept constantly busy; but writing balder- dash with the one, or uttering worthless, windy words with the other, is notstetesmanship. Hie endorsement of the State ticket will do it» great deal more harm than good, and any ab tempt to identify bim with the conservative party will ruin the party without benefiting Seymour. The Albany Regency have their dirty hands in this pretty kettle of fish, and keep stirring it up continually, They have frequently trotted your aa their next Presidential candi- ch is precisely equivalent to cutting the throat of the party to which they profess to belong. Not that we believe that the Regency politicians are sincere in this or in anything else. On the contrary, they will sell ont Sey- mour, body, soul and. boots, if they bave the chance to make anything by it. The-sole ob- ject of the Regency, in their management of polities as well as railroads, is profit. They had a splendid opportunity to do a great deed party and the country at the last Con- ny and Mozart presented ion. The Regency knew that Tamunany was the represea- tative of the yenuine democracy of this city, veu ant that Mozart was a bogus, spurious concern. This may not always have been so; but it is so now. Mozart was started as a reform party; but it has ended opting as its own the very evils it waste remove, while Tammony bas reformed itself and worked out tts own salvation. In this state of ailuivs, what did the Regency decide? Why, to adinit « sort of mixed delegation—half Tan- many and half Mozart, half war aad balf peace. half five and half water, half right and, half wrong. Then a conservative platform, with a large rotten Seymour plank, was carefilly built up for the party to stand upoa, This is all characteristic of the Regency. It may lowe the aleetion; but what dows the Regency care for that? Whoever ia defeated. Regency iy all safe. When the Regeney beve knocked they party to pieces, they pick vp what seatt fragments they can find, to as te havethe fi fun of knocking ft to. pieces again, au playing with a lot of toys. Meanwhile the country may be racked and torn asunder; bolt the Regency will not concern itself about thd t. The little game which was played so nicely at Charleston must be played over again at Puny cust. ‘Cho Woods are working their own privat > tot. tery in a most curious manner. We bave: read of an Irlebman, swapendtt over a dadgerois precipice, who shouted to his comraden above, “Come dewn to me, of L'il ont the coy.” The Woods are rathes more foolleh than the Trish. many for they are hacking «way at the ropa while thoy shout to the conservative «gy mocraay % come down the pence prec’ pice with them. Suppose the democracy were to comet ‘The rope would browk, and that / would de the ond of the adventure. Snp the Woods cut the rope’ They will be/gashod te polat, has suffered a sorious divasteg, Genegal | pinoes at the bottom of the precipice, anicss \ague friendly crag of tree “atobes them by | the waistband aod folds thom up @ while , a4 the conse yyathy6 cesction did at ction Yen Weed hae not senna lon has wanes,