, 1861-09-10
TIE PROEFECTa OF TIE CAMPAIGN.
fFtom the London Globe,l

tFtom the London Globel
Ihe cautious advance Of the Confederates Is
The nearer they caa stand to Washington the
better for them. They gain thereby the enor-
nous political advantage Of covering the
country which has declared itae1f Independent,
a1d they tate the best precautions ia their
power to protract the struggle; for every day
o. Successful resistance must serve to consof.
1date the new Government, and fami1;ariza the
/ Northern States with its existence, The actual
fighting appears to be confined to Missouri,
Ehere Gen. Lyon Is successfully maintaining
his position against. the assaults OF Lawyer
Pillow and Bishop Polk.
Although fortune in this campaign ha5 been
hitherto On the side Of the South, their cause
is far from being secure The larger number
Of small victories have been won by the
North. Ii all the combats that have occurred
the best General has been triumphant. Lyon,
sigel, Mcclellan, with troops OF the same
stuH ae those engaged at Mauassas, have de-
feated their opponents. Mcdowell was in
fsEor to Beeufegard and failed before him.
Teh new leader, McCfe1(aH, is of different
stamp. Hehas shown his mettle. Every or.
der ne l6Eues, every measure he adopts, proves
| that be Is real soldier. His advent In the
camp before Washington has been marked BY
great and salntary changes. The troops will
probably be drilled; the camp, the men, and
their arms kept clean; INSTRUMENTATION wl1 be
put down drunkenness will meet appfo
| PIRATE punishment, and all incompetent
officers will be partially weoded out
It is, therefore, possible that Gen. Mcclellan,
may be able to convert tie material supplied
to him into tolcrab!e army within two or
three months, and thus be able in tt the FaIl''
to renew an offensive campaign. The defeat
and disgrace Of Bull Run renders it impossible
1or the North to negotiate before they have
the ether hand, there Is still foolish reliance
in the North upon mere numbers; as II, in
| Tal+ 100. GOO nae7 were Of any value compared
with Sc 600 aoldie7s The Ndtionalists haze not
YET learned that campaigns ore not elections, ard
that battles are not Ike caueusses, .etere;n tAe
party numerically 0e stronger il ineoitdbzg The
vacsoT. The future OF the contest depends upon
these two things: whether Mcclellan or Beau
| regard vii, in two months, succeed in training
snd sI;a 9SEanizing the better army; and whether
The worth Of the military art to q nation, aud
the true military spirit II q nation, wss never
demonstrated more conelusiVely than in this
American contest; and it caunot be too often
repeated thnt our volunteers should take the
Lesson rad to them deeply to heart, and that
the Whole empire should profit by the example
their kinsmen have set them Of what to avoid.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The English Press had pretty much sus
pended ats commentaries upon American mat
, teri, confning their attention to the mort
pressing question Of cotton
! In reference to italian affairs, the Paris R1
tsie says, with mysterious caution: s'Som,
. English journals have announced that neEo
tiations are On foot for the cession Of Venet:
, to the Kingdom Of Italy. Without wholly de
, nying this assertion, We are enabled to stat
that as yet nothing authorizes Us to beliey
it."
, The Paris papers record the death Of Gen
/ Tom Thumb as having occurred in circum
stances Of great indulgence, at one Of the hos
pitfalls Of that city.
! Our Envoy at Paris had had occasion to yin
! dicste the eanctity Of the Sabbath. onsunda
: night, Aug. IS. = ball was given by the Persia;
e Ambassador In honor Of the Shah'e birthday
e The company, considering the emptiness {
the town, Was very numerous, but ladies Her
: | greatly in the minority. The family Of N,
Dayton, who liyes next door, declined the il
Vftations they received On account Of the da
On which the JSte took place.