The New York herald., 1862-07-27


THE SITUATION.
The latest news from the camps on the James
river is up to Friday night, and reports no fresh
movements.
The President has issued proclamation, in pur.
of the sixth section of the act Of Congress
entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to pun
ish treason and rebellion, to seize and
confscate the property of rebels, and for
other purposes warning all persons
to cease participating in aiding, counte-
nancing or abetting the existing rebellion or any
rebellion, against the government Of the United
States, and to return to their proper allegiance to
the United States, on pain of the forfeitures and
seizures as by said sixth section provided.
The call Of Governor Gamble, of Missouri for
the militia to turn out and protect themselves
against the rebel guerillas has created quite
. sensation in st. Louis among those
residents who, it appears, consider themselves
entitled to the protection Of the British Aar.
There was somewhat Of q row about the English
patriotic citizens, il seems, objected TO parties
who had shared the prosperity of the city for %
long. in time Of peace, deserving it in time Of war
and anticipated danger, and consequently there
WAS good deal Of trouble. almost amounting to .
serious riot, while those persons were seeking to
obtain their protection papers.
The extracts which we give from the Richmond
papers throw considerable light on the state o.
affars in the South. Desertions from the army are
complained Of as frequent and demoralizing We
hre told, too, by the Richmond Eramiser, that
there is . lasting stigma left by this war on the
character of the South, and that it is the almost
universal rage in the South of the vile lust. Of ava
rice and extortion, in which native Southern mer-
chants have outdone Yankees and Jews, and have
disgrace upon the nation, prostituted noble war
20 the most infamous purposes, and blackened
their country in the eyes Of the world. The whole
South II says "stinks with the lust Of extortion
The extent to which it prevails in this city il enor
NOUS and shameless; trade is reduced TO a devil.
ish art to make money out of the distresses Of
humanity; and, that hypocrisy may be added to
other diabolical accomplishments"
To Judge irom the tone Of the Tennessee papers,
II would appear that the rebels expect to make
considerable progress in the middle part of that
State, and that Generals Buell. and Mitchell are
about to be vigorously attacked. Dispatches
from Cairo yesterday, moreover, state that the
steamer Evansville, from the Tennessee river,
brings the news Of rebel raid at Florence, Ala,
on Tuesday last The rebels. it is said, entered
the city and burned all the warehouses used
Tor our commissary and quartermaster stores,
also seized the United States steamer Colonna,
nsed for conveying army supplies over the shoals.
They took all the money belonging to the boat
and passengers, and then burned her. small
detachment OF General Mtchel's army was cap
tured. The rebels then proceeded down the Ten
ncssce river TO Chickasaw, Waterloo and the vi
cinity Of Eastport, and burned all the warehouses
which contained cotton. Another band of forty
rebels attacked wagon train near Pittsburg
Landing, and captured sixty wagons conveying
commissary and quartermaster stores.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS
The steamships Great Eastern. New York and
Borussia, which sailed from this port yesterday for
Europe, carried out large number of both cabin
and steerage passengers, besides nearly million
and half in treasure. The Great Eastern left her
anchorage at Flushing Bay under the most favorable
circumstances. The heavy baggage and the steer.
age passengers were conveyed TO the big ship by
The tug Red Jacket on Friday afternoon, and the
cabin passengers we~e taken by the same ting yes
terday morning from Whitehall The passenger
list by the Great Eastern includes three hundred
and seventy steerage and about two hundred cabin
assengers among whom arc Louis r. Mnot the
1dscape artist; Rev. Elan Foster and travellers
n almost every State in the Union, including
isspp large number Of Englishmen and
al Canadians are also on board She took
hit thousand tons Of freight, chiefly bread
Court Of Special Sessions, during the last
cases brought before Justices Brennan,
Steers averaged about forty each day.
~ Of these were for assault and bate.
larceny Small fines. ranging in