The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-08-17

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| for exchange,
The Montreal Gazette. following in the footsteps
| OF its master the London Tines. in the manufac-
ture of bogus news, says that the report that the
rebel ram Arkansas was sunk was made oat Of
| whole cloth, and that, ON the coatrary, in her
| engagement with the Union feet she destroyed
twenty Union gunboats. The Gazste is hired by
| the rebels.
| Eight deaths occurred in St. Louis on Monday
| last from sunstroke
/ Tuesday, the 18th inst, appears to have been
condagration day. A railroad bridge and woollen
| factory were burned near Manayunk, Pcnnsylva-
nia--loss $50, 800; saw mill at Detroit was de-
stroyed- s7s ,00o and the business portion of
| the village of Horseheads, in this State, was
| burned, entailing loss Of 800 GOO.
| General Wool has ordered that more arrests
shall be made upon hearsay evidence. All charges
| must be submitted in writing, and the truth at
| tested under oath.
| Amos Green, editor, and M. Mehafy and +.
ode, publishers of the Paris (lIlinois) De'aoc,a
tic STANDARD, have been arrested and sent to Wash
| ngtoa, and the paper suppressed, all on account
of :. copperhead" democracy and secesh procli-
yities.
There has been some handwriting on the
wall'' in New Haven, and the citizens are cons
'derably stirred up about it. The Chief Of Police
has offered fifty dollars reward for the culprit.
The writings were as follows
Let the standard of the Confederate States be
carried beyond the boundaries Of the Confederate
States of America, that we may demand from the
federal government our rights and our recognI-
ton; and that the traitor Lincoln shah kneel to
us while we dictate to him our terms.
! Another one read thus:-
II we are drafted. we shall be treacherous to
~ Ca,xf1a is.In or
death.
Another
The federal army is again defeated. Good
Long live Stonewau Jackson!
Down with the Abolit.onists!
The Austrian sailors who had deserted from
their vessel were yesterday returned by the United
| States Marshal to their ship.
| few of the new postage stamp bills are pro-
missed on Tuesday,
Stocks generally better yesterday and tho market
showed considerable strength and activity. Tie most
4ciye among The shares Erie old and preferred, and
| Pacific Mail. Monday ebunaant at per cent Elk
| change closed at 1919 127; gold. 115 u.
The cotton market less buoyant yesterday AID
prices somewhat nominal and sales made varied both
10 qranti,y aSd quality widely to render quo
| tatons dfrcst The saes footed up about 500 a 100
bales closing the basis OF about 47c ~ sc. (some
reported low 4ec) tor middiirg up,ands.
| flour market quiet: and FOR grades rather
easicr though without charge q moment in luoiatons,
| ahio sa,os moderate. wheat less active,
though without essential Change IL prices.
| grades heavy and call, while prime to
| choice qualities were scarce. Corn was in good
| request and prices firm, with sales AZ 52c
$50. fer shipment East, and 1T soc. Gee. loF
good sound shipping lots Of Western aud good yellow do
So. Pork quiet bG stca viii sales Of at
L -rf go xng -
asEy held, while sales Ini ed and conlaei 10
2oc hhas. cubas, raIt aig god refining gods
It SIC. Grocery grades varied from s5sc. &C. 80
lsses were steady. Sales o. 600 hhds Porto Lico
Cuba made private terms. IoIae quiet aud
steady. sale OF geo bags Rio ra cstcd ii
t. Frcsh's exhibited more hrnlness, though without
cnange ia rates, while engage Is moderate.
Whisky irln and a.tive Win sales Of 800 bbls.
a 3ihc. for State, and X PC Ior Western.
| Who Have obs:ructed the Progress o.
the War:
The orators and organs Of the revolutionary
radicals are continually crying out that the
| war is without yigor; that it is a war Of delay
and digging, instead OF activity and fighting;
and that it is OF rose water description, and
hurts nobody; whereas what is wanted for the
country is a war OF energy, that will hurt some
body and make the fur fly on every side.
Now, it is not yet eighteen months since the
|. President issued his FIRST call for troops, and
| during that time more have been raised
| and more battles fought than in any other coun-
I try in the same space Of time. 1t is probable
that one hundred and fifty thousand men have
! persisted on each side. Cassius II. Clay says
that two hundred and fifty thousand have fallen
| on our side alone. During the same period u
| navy has been extemporized which mas already
| wrought wonders, and will soon be in condi-
| ton to resist the combined fleets OF Europe,
should they venture to attack US. How, then
with any truth or justice, can the abolitonists
represent the war as languishing one? But
If there is any weight in what they say,
what is the cause of the war tagging,
and who are the men that have impeded its
rapid progress and prevented a successful ter
mnation Of the struggle within the first year?
Undoubtedly the radicals in Congress and their
organs and orators outside CT it. They forced
| General Scott into premature attack on Ma
nassas by calling him coward and insinuating
that he was a traitor. On still larger scale,
and with more disastrous results, they inter
fered with the combined movements of the
armies OF Mcclellan and Halleck, causing one
TO operate before the other ready 10 co
operate aud thus batting the plan OF the cam
paign. Still later they again interfeicd, aud by
their malign influence caused lie division Of The
Army OF the Potomac, but for which tie digging
in he swamp Of Chick,shaniny wg-Ld never
have been necessary, nor the retreat Y W..
James river, nor the seven days battles which
were fought TO accomplish II.
| The radicals are therefore, the cause Of all
the delay that has already taken place or which
may be necessary hereafter But for their in
reference In the operations Of the army and