The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-12 00:00:00

" ENCOURAGIN G" A GENERAL.

Briefly, while the public service requires as the
leaders of our armies such men as Nl'Clellan,
Sherman, Rosecrans, Lyon, Siegel, and Sturges
—skilful, vigorous, educated, and experienced
officers—the crisis as sternly demands the weed-
ing out or retirement of all incompetent preten-
ders and superannuated old gentlemen. They
have already sufficiently embarrassed, delayed,
and defeated the plan of the Government and
the expectations of the country. Look at the
example of France amid all the internal distrac-
tions and chaos of her first experimental Republic.
To put an end to her republican heresies—regarded
as synonymous with anarchy and universal brig-
andange—the monarchical Powers of Europe, for
the safety of their divine rights, formed themselves
into an armed coalition. They had counted upon
an easy conquest, considering the internal dis-
orders of the Republic; bnt they were soon con-
vinced of their mistake. Rising with the exigen-
cies of their situation, the people of France raised a
million of men to arms, and very soon expelled their
invaders on every side. But in the outset the
guillotine made such examples of her incompetent,
timid, and treacherous generals as tr teach all
the others that they had but the alternative of
victory or death before them. We may
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and weed-
ing out of all incompetent officers, old and
young, from our army, would be summary
followed
by the grandest results of victory. The loyal
States of the Union are infinitely richer in all
the resources, materials, and facilities for a vigorous
continental war against all corners, domestic and
foreign, than was the first French Republic in its
day. But, conscious of our strength, we have been
lazy and comparatively indifferent in regard to the
desperation of our Southern rebellious conspirators.
They have taught us at length that this rebellion is
no child's play,land that unless we desire a protracted
war, we must resolutely go to work and prune our
armies of all incompetent, ignorant, shrinking, and
superannuated officers and leaders, beginning at
Washington. This is tl.e duty of the President, and
he should proceed to discharge it without delay, and
without fear, favour or affect ion ew Yorkller,rlrl.

deep regret that Sir P. Goodricke andttoatseihteeliet:y,ies:fe'ia:orelntvoliil,eyahvec9i
DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.—It will be heard with
owing, as is supposed, to some want of care or imowl,dgc
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the part of their domestics, been placed in imminent peril
of their lives. It would seem that to provide for the in-
creasing severity of the weather the
pstierr:et.s h.%:;lhethe
com-
menced heating the various apartments of Studley Castle
by the hot air flues provided for that
from want of proper regulating-, or from negligence in re-
moving and not replacing the covers of the apertures, a latge
quantity of carbonic gas was emitted to the several rooms,
The first to feel the perilous effects of this supeveharged at-
mosphere was a lady visiting at the castle. :a itntoogokLt
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