, 1862-10-23

On the recent occasfonr, q. South Mountain and
Antfetan1: there was something 20 glorious in the
the evident determination; OF our forces to m.,:.
that 1t looked like perfect guarantee for all the
iEtufe; AID With the reports Of spfeniid victories
ench rapie SUGGESTION. expectation has been hiv!l
that the le-tcho Of t1iumphs hero would n forth
TO greet tie ce1t edetE Of tie Eaiua everywhere.
This is old vine in a new hottie Il may
burst the bottle. tut it ia excellent wine.
The sole1ers. 100, as AM informed By those
Who hare visited the army at Hsrpcr's Ferry,
are cEatiGs at the delay. They are tired II
the war, nOt in the sense in which Val[an5{fg-
ham, Voorhees, and Richardson regret It's con-
tinuaDce, but in the sense that they would
fght their way to an honorable and : perna-
neat peace as rarfdly as possible A life of
peace it that is to be their fate, they prefer to
live at home where arc familf and frienda.
rather than in their tents. Who can blame
tt.m9 surely not they Who brio. their wives
ard ladies to sharc th.ir quarters.
eha1l spare Eou discussion Of the late elec-
tlo1s and predictions touching those yet to
come. The question how New York is to 20
depends IN great measure upon ones jud,-
ment respecting the real intentions Of Secre-
tasJ Seward and Thurlow Weed II they
choose to work underhand against Wa3swocth,
they may ieopardise bis SUCCESS But, al-
ard means OF information value, think that
If The two candidates they would prefer to
Ete Seymour victorious, and that their follow
e1F are laboring to that end with the view Of
receiving grid pr1 4uo in The United Stats
seEator IL place Of Preston King. I cannot
beli1ve that Seward is the utterly selfish,
course wou1d stamp him to be. Farmer
abel is, learn, working against Wadsworth,
tut TIurlo~ Weed talks both in the Albany
/vn;'nM and conversation with the friends
OF the Tar candidate rs if be were his hearty
supporter; and other strong Seward men, like
hi. District Attorney Smi.a, for ex-
ample, are working far hl1 With might
and f3ain, :ane write to friends here
that be will be chosen. There are
those: h=~evsr, who think that the tint
ci.he IL pnillcaus, the epr;vates in tle Seward
ranks, will belt, "l.tever ih.ir leaders ns1G
%. T3tuse to share this apprehension, Tor
1cilsc to believe it possible that a consider
able Tofii5u Of the rank aid Tile Of party
ca1 BE- i13ucsd t. b-tray it in.o the hands Of
tie enemy, when that enemy is also the eue-
ny Il the country and the more or less un-
disguised ally OF JEFF Davis.
an told by we'll Informed persons t4,at
cFeI5thirg + aWal lng ttg res1lt Of the No
vemGcr elections; that the whole machinery
q the government ls, as it we're, standing
still until they are oGar- The armies are Or
dse:ed forward, 70 he ture; but the Cuiilotine,
tn: op, ration ot which is The one prerequisite
to SUCCESS, will be idle Until tile people have
SPOKEN. II they pronounce in favor OF coatin-
nance Of the reign Of Buell. and Mcclellan aud
Ha]ieck, hy voting against the administration,
it is to be feared that the ship will still labor
on in the trsugh OF the sea with these Jonahs
On board: But if triumphant vote is thrown
for q qni"k,. sharp, unEparing unadulterated
conduct OF the war, the president will Tighten
The ship and selza the helm himself
I Say that this is the case, not that it should
be. I believe on the contrary that it less heed
had betn paid to the counscls Of Kentucky
and more 10 those Of ludia,4a,a ,as rcspec the re-
tention Or removal Of Gen. Bnall, the result Of
the election in The latter State might have
been different. And in New YORK oae of the
heaviest guns Of the opponents OF General N.
Nadsxorth would be spiked, were the govern
ment which agrees with him In bis estimate Of
Gen: Mcclellan, to act upon Its conviction as
i. will do In course Of time.
Gen. Halleck, who is thor ouehly West
Point or, inrcrprets, am told, the Republican
loss jr the October elections, as significant
l..;t oE1y Of popular Opposition to the admin
fs"ration ct Abraham Lincoln, but also OF pop
ular Inclination II favor of q change in the
form Of goyt re1ut nt-in fl, or Of the substitu-
ton Of monarchy OF MI .itsry dcspo:ism for
republic. HIS faith in the n4tior, extremely
week ct best, has betn still further Weakened
by thtEe results.