The national Republican., 1862-07-21
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me steaner sCi,y q Bossps,' - whicA I
len New York last evsaias, y Que VI The assst
boas ever % Long Island Sound, fau0ss .
that always has been for the excsllence Of its
steam navigation. With the city Of New
York" n makes NE regular tine IRON New
York 10 Boston, Via New London and Norwich,
which leaves Pier No. 80, North river, every
evening. 'fhsss two bosts, the "City Of Boz
ton /" and City OF New York," srs no. year
old. Each cost two hundred thousand dollars.
They are Of 1900 horse power, sl6 feet long
on deck, and have breadth Of beam Of 10 feet
and Z breadth over oil OF ~ feet They are
literally floating palaces. u- DO
The machinery Of the City Of Boston . op.
crates without the slightest jar Indeed, Il re-.
quires close attention to know, BY The ear,
whether II is In motion or not.
Everything about this boat deserves praise,
but l particularly note the excelleocs Of the
supper arrangements That msul s furusf I'd
at any time from 81 70 10 O'Clock p. m and
instead Of an overcrowdsd steambost liable,
with everybody struggling 70 get the attention
OF walters, the business Of supper is 80 spread
over three hours and half, that everything b
~ quiet o. private dining room. As to the
fare, nothing can be more sumptuous and d.
versined. The steward of the boat, who re-
joices In the goodly name Of Burns. avails him
self, with unsduted ibsrality, Of all the aslica.
cies Of the market Of the city OF New York,
where, It Is said, anything can BE- had By
paying for 1t, from an alderman down to an
oyster.
Trade does not seem 10 be wholly extinct In
New York. Mr.. Martin, the agent Of the line
OF steamers referred TO above, showed me
where be was adding two hundred fssl 10 hIs
freight shed, already three hundred feet long,
and said be was about putting on boat special
ly for freight, the City Of Norwich" This does
not look as II everybody was ruiued.
The New York Eprsss OF last evening,
which have had very lsi.urely opportunity
to read, Ii quite as brimiui Vi treason a. even
the Herald. Just note how II speaks of The
war:
!" we are free to admit that tho advocates of
despotism and aristocracy have =. .metbing OF
rght. Just now. to laugh 1t the stupendous folly
liberties Of 25 or so 600 900 of Willie peopis. in
African"
II at any time, certainly at this lime, when
100000 recruits for the army are urgentl,
needed, and when the patriotic are everywhere
endeavorins to arouse the spirit of the people,
be can only be more fatally bent on mischief
who will stigmatizs this war ss "stupendous
misrsprsssnt it as wsged merely to Iibe.
rate tlaves. and denouuce II as "sacrifeino N,
liberties Of rs Or 3O,dOO,OO Of people"
The Express lectures the Republicans for re-
fusing to touch the President's proposition to
appropriate money for the purchase of slaves.
1t is very careful not itself to endorse hat
proposition, but 10 exceedingly angry brcaus-
the Republicans will not do il. But its wall
ingA,are faint iu comparison With what they
would have been, II the Republicans had voted
the appropriation ssksd for. The Express de-
nouncsd them for voting the comparatively
small SUN needed to fres the national capital
from the shame Of involuntary servi,uds With
what blazing capitals It would have held up to
publis execration, ths vote of hundreds of mil.
lions for the object Of general emancipation
in the Statesl
The following Is q specimen oiSthe milit.ry
articles Of the Express:
THE ARMIES IN VIRGINIA. The PhIsdelpbia
Press says:
".We have now two splendid and effective
armies in Virginia, both working for comm on
end. which we may hope to see attained before
the summer months have passed."
" II strikes us, as newspaper generals that
II the splendid and effective srmles' were one
instead of two or three, the rebels osuld not. a
third time, In virginia, concentrate against One
OF the TWO or three: while another was won.
dsring where the rebels where! The Wash
ington generals however, continue TO differ
from us in opinion. Our army Mathematical
teach US. that an army On \ centre can mass
and move against fanks at will; but the Wash
ington generals work another sort of arithme
tic In the War Department" -
This same number OF the Express has not less
than twenty articles, great and small, suloqiz
ing Gen. Mcclellan, who il "As Washington
General" who divided our Virginia army, BY
taking part Of II down to the Psuinsula, thus
necessitsing the leaving Of another part in front
Of Washington for the defence OF the national
capital. Whether hat was right or wrong,
Gen. Mcclellan. whom the Erprtss pralssA, was
the man who did II, aud against the. strenuous
opposition and remonstrances of the Secrs tsry
OF War, whom the Express dsnounces.
But upon whomsoevsr the criticism may bear,
the point Is good QUE, that the advance upon
Richmond should only be made by one column.
".
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNOR OF AKKANsAs,--
Hon. John s, Phelps, Of Missouri, haa been ap.
pointed military governor Of Arkansas. The
appointment was bestowed by the President
and, as II was upsought, is, doubtless, the more
highly appreciated by the recipient, whose
qualifications for the important position, In.
Guiding his character for loyalty, are matters
Of general appreciation. We presume bis
powers are ample aud similar to those I others
now discharging the duties Of military gov.
srnors In Tennessee, Louisiana, and North
Carolina.
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