The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-08-10

Ra ss.se q Aa.srvs
General MoOLxEx.AN 1t Wsshinefon, Cen
srai hASEs a Hnprs Ferry, sad Gsssrsi
fssnosr ss 81 Louis, are making an thing
usw IA thdr several departments Of comm and,
and ere rapidly raising the temper Of ths,s
Forces and q tbs whols country. 70 the b.s,
possible nehting standard. Thorough disci.
pliss and orgrnisstics sr. the order q The day.
Instead ofths nunberisss complaints Of loOss
msnagsmsrt, disorder, and dissaiisfsetion,
poured forth from Wkshingtou prior 10 the lass
dissstrous and yet fortunsts advance Of III.
army, We now hear Of q plaes for every mao,
ana every man In his place." nothing left At
Iooss snds, sv,ry leak In the lines stopped,
and general n command who has the grand
taeuity common 70 NAroLkoS and WsLLue
sos, Of sssiss that every order b. gives Ia
exscutsd.
Gsssrsi BksK, b winning high sneomiu M
Su ssacisney and judgmsn, in eenmspd, and
srspidly restoring 10 his army the cor ienes
and spirit destroyed BY the ssmi traitor PAT
rxRsor.
Ths position Of Fsxnosr has bs.u cri 'ieal
his small ftros being seriously threatened by
large bodies Of rebels under PrLLow JAcG-
SOC. But he has proved hlnssls eq1al to tn.
onsresney. and the wonderful dispatch and
snsrU With which he is s.rons thssins the sx.
poted poibts afford q s,nss OF sscahty In r,la-
ton TO his rtion Of the campaign.
General Wool takes Command at Fortress
Monroe, ard General BurLxR goes into active
snvlcs under MCCLELLAN, In whose army m IN
Of bis abilities srs greatly Ia demand.
Tie slaves In rec ssiondom are b. ginnisR TO
excite profound al arm b. their slrly aud threat
amir & dem amor. Rumors OF m ,ssae,ss are ale
ready fife and most Of the arm aud m,n that
should rsprsss such outrags. are absent on tb.
wicked work o. ovartbro wing the q vernuen,
that protected them. Ia Nr.h Caro- in, the
danger has become 50 imminsnt that tn. Il me
Gusrcs Of the ist.r v and w,,,srn portion, OF
th' sta's, are sntrsAt ID to in,s p ~ thsi. pro-
lection TO tbs more slav,h jlj'ng dtstiicts The
Hems guards arc Uo,on m "a. aud init on
marching only u7d,r tbs stars and ,trlo.s, and
on having the sec ,ssiol aIS struck shsreyer
shsy cone.
Upioa Lo'ges are organized throughout a
large part Of North Carolina, aud viii s.od a
iuli d'iss alton to Congress at tn, approach ny
regular day Of election. Its asserted that
thar statist cal returns Of mem ,. rship Jo1 ND
a rojcrIy Of he 'OhOle vJting populdtiOu orhe
state!
Cosgrss has done Its work well prom silly,
GENEROUSLY and unanimously, aud 10 nearly
fssdy tor adjournment. Much imprt.ction
must necessarily attend mass Of measures 90
vast and % rapidly adopted. But the only in
tolsrsbls inPSfsetion, would have bsen tn.
BiiRhtsst show Of hesitation disssnsiop, or
Over esution, 10 arming the Executive with
llsary au .hOriiy aud putting III, Who'll. re-
sources Of the nation In hi, hands, for the SUP.
preston Of the rsb,llion. Toe Albion of thi,
city, With true British spleen, sff.es to dispa.
rage the sublime demonstration which al
departments Of our Govern oent are max
ing under popular inspir alton, Of the
solidity and concentration Of patriotic energy
Of which Republic is o'p ,bls. 1t insinu.ts
that thsrs would be more evidence o. vii ing
ness 10 make sscri6cs, for ths preservation Of
ths Govsrpmsnt, II our representatives did
not "bNggls" ovu the tax bill. The tax bill
Is passed, with far less Of Jealous scrutiny from
ths vast diverse interests which are af,c,sd
more or lsss unsqually by IT, than misht have
b,en reasonably sxpssted. tn, bssl itish
friends Of all absolu ian aud the world con-
ts,hs no better may be dsdsi to point to a
pobl.r example Of generous uIosloalstiDg
aud heroic love Of couutry, th,n the American
People and Government are now exhibiting.
We remark with Rra,idestion that the "con-
trabaud" negro policy iuAuSuta'ed by GsnefL
Boiler, has bs.n Gu asntlAlly maintained by
the s1AetDeut OF tho col Hsc,,lon bin .Wh'ch
was rscommitted to the Ju'ieiA,y Com niuss,
without material change. True, the act dos
not uch slaves not sc u,lly s'oploy ed in tho
service Of the rebellion; bu' as AL slave,
o. tbs rebels must be prssun,d to have
been 10 employ cd, our military ofhces will
ex srloaes no embarrassment from those
claiming to be- free by virtue Of tuch abuse Of
thsir services In the b,snce OF clear pcOof to
the contrary.
L,,ftrs frsm different tficsrs in the G aK
ceGg, grnss d,roliati n upon Captain Pooh
cfvs Brookl,u in alb ~ing the pi'a's Sumter
TO { to sea from New orleans. Hs CHI as,d
hsr for me hours, and as toon as her cap.
ture became csrts,l. he gave It up and re-
iu ned to anchorage, Ia con'smpt OF the
urgent r,mons races OF bis officers. II Is to
be hoPd tba. this matter viii be vigorously
Investigated.
The good cause grows daily stronger In the
hopes ~ wall as the Dissemination Of Us
friends kvsn Vail street feels decidedly bot
ter over the &C ion Of CjngrsAs on the amend.
ed t.riG and dir,c tax bills Holders Of gov.
ann sut stock a'o getting l}1,2 par cent be-.
tsE prices, and The six per cents are now near
~ ~ high As previous TO ths misGhAoss az Ill
Run, a. tee bills p,ss.d fully provcs for tho
pav msn. Of interest on all the loan oaLstaad-
inE al d author d.
fsO2 wRsnssatsB.
IEdShin1t0n August 3-Ye.terdAy three