, 1862-12-13
miles above Port Royal, at which it WIS to

miles above Port Royal, ut which it was to
cross, when tim. storm put stop to further
progress, for the time being. It was also dis
covered that the rebels had moved down
stream 2eari passu with our troops, and the
saSaington iSfur-a yenomons itrlc paper,
Which, The habit Of publishing forbidden
news, under 1@Sxsry nose of tho Administra-
Port Royal.
lave not yet had opportunits; read Sec
Tc12Ey Stewards new volume Of diFss-2satic
correspondence, nor the companion yoluli1->-
by Count Adam dc Gurowski, bein., his tli;,ry
y: Kept from the first month Of tho rebellion
oElre, however, Judging from the extracts
ifem each, that have met my eyc, aud from
| The character Of the contributions 10 each,
| tGas read together they will throT strong
light upon lie character Of Secretary of State.
ana tend to elucitsatc still further tue u1fortu-
Eate inalltles which cninently unfit him FIR
ms place IN a time Of war The * sixty days.
ptiiYs9In5 IS preached with as much unclion
i'll Ills later as in his earlier letters The ab-
sMrd proposition, that the true panace;, by
which to heal the body polite and reunite TIL,
| bleeding members, is q war With Eu~laud-a
proposition attributed to him III the DAYS Of
April 1SGl-is gravcly advanced more than i
year later The same turgid rhetoric and
linked vagneress loug drawn ont would seem
to characterize f0tl volumes. More to our
entertainment, and with directness Of speech
Ii strong contrast with Ills former chief :
cloudlEess, atrabilis GuroTski leads his
readers behind tire scenes.
Defeated Republican Congressman from New
York come to the capital fuu Of wrath against
Sir. Seward to whom they ascribe their tlisas
ter i'll their own districts as well as III tile
State. His personal and political friends
they say all or almost all, held :,,oof entirel5
frum the polls or openly Joined the Democ
racy. Clie Calf hardly help crcditing the re-
| ports 10 this effect. coming us they do from
| 80 many quarters, through SO many independ
ent channels; particularly when one consid
ers III connection with them the we!l-ascer
tained fact that the Secretary Of State person
ally wrote letters tending to defeat the re
election to Congress OF JOHN F. Potter, oni
Of the very Etaunchest boldest and trues
trends tile country or the government pos
sesseS.
Although the announcement that the Com
nittee Of Ways and Means are willing to civ,
| Secretary Chasc's scltme I f:lir trial is rur
rect, if i not to bc supposed that they hay
much faith in its potrncy to achieve the oh
| jcct in view On the contrary some, rcrhap
Q majority Of the members believe that he vii
soon ind that he cannot rroiitably supply tn
sinews If war by means Of loans and that b
will feel obliged before the session closes, t,
recommend the passage Of L law anthurizin!
further issues Of Treasury Notes. At the sam
lime. there is Il strong opposition to his bank
ing project, and although some think other
. | wise cannot but doubt whether even til
: proposition to impose !. slight tax on ban]
, l'aIer, much less that to enforce the scbStitu
! tie., sf national currency for it will secure
majority Of both Houses this winter Th
bank hill embodyIng tlrsc measures. com
1uaEds The support OF only 1 minority Of I'll
Ways and Means