The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-04
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New York, Wednesday, December A, 1867.
THE SITUATION.
THE WAR.

The Presidents Message was sent to Congress
yesterday. AS might be expected, it bears mainly
upon the amporant question Of the war. As
we giveit in full in another column, and comment
upon it edi,oraly it is unnecessary to enter into
any remarks upon ii here. We give also the re.
port of the Secretary Of the Navy an ATTRACT
of the report Of the Postmaster General, and the
report of the Secretary of War in full.
Official dispatches have been received relative
to the Reconnaissance of Generals Blenker and
McCalls divisions, which We reported yesterday
The prisoners taken from the rebels have made
some valuable reports to General Mcclellan.
Our naval expeditions form no inconsiderable
part Of the appliances used for the extinction of tie
rebellion, whether on the Atlantic seaboard the
mississippi, the great interior water highway Of the
West In addition to the expeditions against Hat
teras, Port Royal and the Savannah river which
have proved SO successful, another fleet is now in
course of preparation at New London, Conn, and
Jill sail in few days, carrying six thousand tons
y stone, for Charleston harbor These vessels.
numbering twenty, will be sunk in the ship channel,
between Morris and Sullivan islands ard Stono
Inlet. The narbor Of Charleston will thus be efec-
tually blockaded.
Another naval and military expedition is about
TO start from st. Louis and Cairo, under the drec-
ton Of Gen. HaIleck and Commodore Fooie, COM
prisng a force Of from eighty to hundred thou
sand men. The destination Of this grand expedi
ton and its points Of attack will undoubtedly be
Columbus. Ky; Forts Wright, Randolph and Har-
ris in Tennessee, and possibly the city Of Memphis
We give to-day maps Of all these points, together
with the entrances to Charleston harbor.
The expedition on the Mississippi viii consist o
eleven gunhoais, carrying over one hundred heavy
guns; tlrty-eight floating batteries each MOUNTED
with sixt. -four pound coumhiad and twenty
eight river steamboats,. We may expect SOM
brilliant feats from this expedition.
Onr news from the South to-day is interesting
as we gather it from Southern papers. The las
Intelligence from Pensacola represents that til,
fight had not been renewed, but it is said tina
II the fire on the rebel fort McRea had been con
llnueu lHal lIrt WOulu nave Deen QeSuOytus III II
Baid that the planters all along the rebel seaboar,
are destroying their crops, lest they should fal
into the hands of the Union forces.
conspiracy" ofloyal citizens Of New Orleans
who desired restoration of the Union, has beer
recently discovered, and in consequence severa
arrests have been made in that city. Much ex
citeme't exists there or the subject.
The arrival of the transport Patapsco al thi
port yesterday, brings Us the latest news iron
Port Royal. Nothing Of consequence had trans
eired there since the sailing of the Mcclellan
whose news we have already published
Our dispatches from Jamestown, Maryland
contain some interesting accounts from Genera
Banks command. Nothing of striking charac
ter, however. has occurred in that direction.