The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-11-01

IL appears that some of the irrepressible re-
publican politicians Of the "Onward to Rich
mona' school, forgetting the Invaluable lesson
of Ball run, have been again buzzing about the
earsof the President the urgent necessity Of
the Immediate advancs.of Gen. Mcclellan upon
The enemy. 1t further appears, however, that
the latest answer Of the President to these
tronblesomc gadaies was the very thing to
drive them of-to wit, that our grand army of
the Potomac is uader the direction of Gen.
Mcclellan, and thai when he shall think fit to
megc forward to battle the administration will
maze, and not before.
From this incident it IS manifest THAI Presi-
Cont Lincoln Is not the man to disregard the
teachings Of experience, nor the nan to be
guided by the clanors of irresponsible and
reckless deinagogaes, after thef ignorance,
selishness ana folly have been established. We
are glad to be assured that Mr. lincoln reyoses
absolute confidence in the ability, sagacisy and
| discretion Of Gen. Mcclellan be is in
reality the commander of our army Of the Po-
tomac, and that the President has given to him
the absolute authority when where and how he
shall advance upon the great rebel army Of
Virginia. We know, t3o, that Mcclellan is not
the man to lose his opportunity, and we enter
tam yesy strong impression that his opportu-
nity y close at band-that his plans, his COM
s.hationS and all his extraordinary labors,
nighk aaa day, since July last, are rapidly
ripening to the most glorious results.
The great rebel army Of Virginia is estimated
at 100000 men, extending in front Of McClel-
lans forces from Lcesburg to Manassas, and
thence to tic Lower Potomac at the outlet of
Aqua creek. The objects Of this imposing
force (since the abandonment of the original
rebel design, the capture Of Washington,)
are to hold fast to the State of Vir-
gna, and to prevent the war being
carried down into the cotton States In
consequence OF our repulse from Manassas in
July, the rebels have succeeded thus far in
holding our armies upon the defensive in the
border slave States, from Virginia to Missouri
To this extent they have succeeded in saving
the States most guilty of this rebellion from the
immediate burthens of this wasting war, and in
saddling them upon the loyal border slave
States Of Missouri and Kentucky, and upon the
unfortunate, betrayed and sorely oppressed
State of Virginia.
But with the lodgmcnt OF our great naval
expedition in come advantageous seaport har-
bor, inlet or estuary Of the cotton States, this
border State programme OF Davis and his con-
federates will be broken up, and with it will
be broken up and dispersed the great rebel
army Of Virginia. The demands Of Reauregard
and Johnston have exhausted pretty much the
Carolina and Georgia, and between the rebel
chiefs in Kentucky and Missouri, and the rebel
camps Of Tennessee and Virginia, the cotton
States of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
have been well nigh exhausted Of ready SOL
diers, arms and equipments.
Our naval expedition, therefore, in carrying
the war into Africa, must inevitably call away
from the rebel camps Of the Potomac from fifty
to sevcnty-five thousand men, and perhaps an
other intalment Of twenty-five or thirty thousand
from Kentucky, Tennessee and the southern Dor
ders of Missouri. With the first satisfactory evil
dence Of a stampede to the South of the cotton
| States troops OF the rebel army Of the Potomac
he will advance in overwhelming force upon
Manassas, and make short work of the rebel
cause in Virginia. Too much is at stake to be
risked in another Bull run affair, and Mcclellan
can afford to await the signal from our great
flank movement upon the enemy down in the
domains of King Cotton.
Johnston, meantime, is evidently in a
Tlandary. He has fallen back, even with his
outposts, to the ncighborhood of Bull run. Our
scouts have reported that not rebel soldier
Is visible at Fairfax Court House. In all proba-
bility even now, and for come days past.
Johnston has been, and is, sending off troops
for the defence Of the seaboard Of the Carolinas
| and Georgia against the forces of our naval
expedition, amusing us, meantime, with his
noisy batteries on the Lower Potomac, and his
show OF an imposing force at Leesburg.
These devices, however, will not much longer
avail. With the news Of the lodgment Of our
seaboard squadron upon the sacred soil" of
either of the Carolinas or Georgia, there will be
a stampede Of the Carolina and Georgia SOL
diers from the sacred sol" of Virginia and
then We shall hear from Mcclellan on his way TO
Richmond. and so on from day to day. until he
announces "happy New Year" in that plea
SAINT and beautiful little State capital of the
Old Dominion.
BY Sunday or Monday, and perhaps even
before the expiration Of the present week. we
may have the tidings Of The successful landing
Of the land forces Of our great seacoast expedi-
ton in the dominions Of King Cotton Let us
be patient. meantime, for surely the day of our
deliverance from this wicked and wasting re-
bellion, North and South is already breaking
| in the East, and even in the West
! ARRIVAL OF THE ARAGo--INTERssyTINe News
BY HER--The steamship Arsgo, which left
Havre on the morning, and Cowes isle Of
Wight in the evening of the 10th of October,
reached this city at an early hour yesterday
morning. This ship brought twelve thousand
Enfield rifles, made in Belgium and Germany.
! for the Governments of the limited Statac She