The New York herald., 1862-07-31

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lish files. published in smother column THIS
morning, that the London Times, through the
simple agencies OF q special telegram and
ponderous editorial, has captured the whole OF
McClsllaus army and hurried OF Mcclellan
himself u marta ,aknown, fugitive on board
the Galena.
The special telegram which has achieved this
triumph is said to have arrived at the Irish port
of Cork. in the steamer Glasgow, on the 18th
July. 1t was dated at Baltimore, July 3, and
porting to be received from Fortress Monroe
on July 2. This communication stated that
Generals German and Meade had arrived
wounded at the fortress, and had reported that
tie divisions of MoCall and Reynolds had sur
rendered to The Confederates; that Mcclellan.
having offered to capitu'ate conditionally, had
retired on board the Galena; that the Confode
rate General Lee had refused to grant any
terms 10 Mcclellan; that General Jackson was
in the rear Of our army and General Price in
front Of it; and that, in consequence Of this ex-
traordinary news 1.-the Union flags had been
taken down from the newspaper offices in Balti-
more" Such as It was, however, the telegram
served the purpose Of the London Times, and
was Immediately given to the world in an
extra edition. TIE excitement it created was
tremendous. Singularly enough the debate
upon Lindsay's motion TO recognize the South
ern confederacy came off ON the very evening
that the Times issued its sangu nary bulletin;
uA Mr. A Ecarfnn and anla nj % uakn
the Under Secretary OF State for Foreign
Affairs whether he had received any con
irlaation of the news, to which question
Mr.. Layard, the Under Secretary aforesaid
as so!emnly replied in the negative. The re
port was generally credited, however, except
by the Americans in London and the
next morning the Times commented upon
it In grave, ponderous, deliberate style
which would have done credit to . first
rate burlesque actor, like Eurton or
Blake, in the character OF an intoxicated Lord
Chancellor.
This hoax exceeds any which has ever before
been practised upon the London Times
or by that journal upon the public, and
even goes beyond Arrows'n tbs narrative
or Bull Run Russell's reports. II com
pares better with the Times special tele
gram announcing the capture of Sebastopol
some months before that place was taken
If this Baltimore telegram was concocted in
Parliament upon Mr.. Lindsay's motion, it does
no credit to its originators; for it did not accom-
plish its purpose, and has greatly damaged the
secession cause in Europe, raising the interven-
ton feeling to fever only to have it cooled
off with . sudden chill. Imagine Slidell
and Mason, for example, rushing franti
cally TO the Emperor Napoleon with the
Times telegram, and being summarily elected
from Vichy rs impostors, upon the arrival OF
later news. If, on the other hand, the seces
sonists Of Baltimore have purposely hoaxed
the Times, the case is no better for the rebel
cause, and the Times will receive no sympathy
When foolish child sits with its mouth open
and its eyes shut, trying to catch flies, no one
pities it il it swallows a wasp now and then.
The Times has caught its wasp now, and we
hope it may be stung into better appreciation
of the accuracy Of intelligence from rebel
sources, and greater respect for the American
press, which, as it appears, is less Influenced by
Secretary Stanton than the Times itself In
conclusion, We heartily wish the English public
better sense; for, ~ the London Times re-
marks, at is Of the highest Importance that
England should commit no rash and ill-consi
dered act and that not even word uttered by
any person in power should hereafter require
modification or rstraction."
AMERICAN POLITICAL WREPULLNG INTRO
DuCED IN EURoPE-The intelligence from the
Continent Is to the effect that the secessionists