The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-06-27

friendly enough, YET, from the hostile temper Q
'ese countries, 1t vcuio, be prudent fos th
rnitd s.,'cs to ',oh ou, for az efficient ally
and VIC should take advantage q the favoraD.
disposition Of Russia 70 form on effective alliance
as both countries have private griefs agains
France and England, and both seek an exter
sion Of territory, which it is the interest Of thes
nations to prevent. With refssncs to Affairs il
New Orleans, our contemporary Observes 70
spcciing Gen. Buffers deAliags with the forsisl
consuls
While we admire Gen. Buffers acutcness and
doSterty, and heartily approve ~ The uncompf'iht
vgor OF Ills military ad1linisrhton, we rear th" ne
| Ia to fond ~ displaying his talent Tor adros and
| cutting Vep1rtce. An officer who ~ cIpthed WIN
absolute power Ia nnder no necessity oil resorrng o
| arsufnenL much lees Of descending 70 ingenious
| mud cutting turns II expression. A simple and
cain n,umon Of the sroinds Of his action Is All
that he need m case give, and would. especially
In Intercourse with persons holding Officia relations
l. foreign governments. be far more jsdcious.
Whether TIC foreign cOnsils assent or dissent from
bis cunclIauns they are powerless V resist his de-
cisions. H. In nny case, he thinks 1T b. accord u
ticfn the courtesy - nm explanation, nothing would
hr lost by coIcluy IL ia moderate and guarded Ian
| gauge. oar tef,ions with foreign governments
c,nnDt ic ass s,cd by m offensive bearing toward
| their agents. The good Old rule Of "sudrttsr in
pt,Sio, ,Orfi,sr IN re" was never more applicable
| tban ia tie present posture Of affairs.
Tho 1RInrSE replies, in answer to n commu-
niciiion, that in case Of emancipation the South
could raise more cotton without slavery than
with 1t. The negroes would be obliged to work
or lie, anil if they chose the latter alternative,
their places could easily be supplied with a mil
lion white laborcrs, who would be worth the
whole four millions of blacks, while the soil
would bc 70 enriched in ten years Ms to more
than repay the losses by emancipation,
a Washington correspondent writes.
Msior.tienera, Pope spent some time on tho floor
~ TIE II ,Isc today, and many members were In.
rrlucci to linn, to whom he expressed very freely
his views cone, ming the conduct of tie war b, III
IA TIE West .ni IN tile East lie believes that the
forces of the rebels Mt Richmond are ovcrratcd,
the forces Of Beautegsrd at Corinth were, before
tortutu was evacuated.
IL was tue concurrent tss,in,i'y OF spies and de.
.crtor- that f.H loo than 10000 or 2"nOcO armed
rei,.I- ~rrr behind Beaurcsari's intrcnchments
nat NJ "a the occupation OF Coriuth IL was proved
beyond question that lie never had more than ,5..
npo mon t.cfc. ten. Pope does not believe that
the rch,l array at Richmond exceeds the latter
number.
lie laughs NJ the prevalent ilea ,int Gen. B,su-
rrlard has rc.u!or,d that army /. tic extent Of
single soldier. lie considers the war IN the West
Virtually at an csid H., only thing ytt g. Ae done
being t possess aud hold tue Immense breadth
u country air ady really clnlu'rrd. Ia answer
t. question coutt ruing TIE 1900 prisoners
taking by him. Ac.ord,us T. General Hsleck.
he says nat he took 3O,"'o insp, they could hardly
We called soldiers AMI 2, On stands OF arms, most
u tie caIt.vcs, Il whom many were from Ken
tucAy and Tennessee. Beauit cards rear guard
Was driving s1lth. Having no means to feed them,
aud believing that there was Little temptation for
them t. join the rele rout, he released them upon
parole. All who have convers,d with Gen. Plpe
are struck with his unnSsIlning frankness and
ability, aud hope that he Wi. bo assigned an impor.
tant coramand ia tie East.
This correspondent says that Cen Pope cap
turei 10000 meni On the other hand, a
WORLD correspondent teegraphs that Gen
Pope regards the story Of his having taken TO-
900 prisoners a, pure fiction, aud denies that
he ever telegraphed such u statement to Gen.
llalleck
From the editorial correspondence Of tho TIMES
dated at Gen. McClellans Headquarters, June
23i. We select the following news.
No movement yst-nor any sign. Of movement,
This unbroken quiet Is becoming oppressive Sat.
urday night was greatly disturbed. The enemy
Kept our advance on tie alert ali night AMI two or
three Of our mos, esperience generals got but lit
sleep. Al about o'clock the rebels made . bold
tut uJudicious dash at reipubt the left II the
Williamsburg road-,hree regiments pushing up In
tine style towards IL, and hring upon our picke
guards with great impetu, city. They were roceiv-
ell with grape and canister from twy field pieces,
| and by very sharp mu.k.try nom q long rne.pit
whose existence they hal not suspected, and speed
lily turned about, refreshing withn god deal of ,ss
They kept up alarms all night, and a, O'Clock IL
| the morning sent brigade against another redoub
| still further on our LEFT This also had no result
Most ofus Imagined this u be preliminary Nh at
| attack IN force In the morning. But not gun wa
| fred all day Yesterday. II was bot, silent, and .
quiet rs sabbath IN the country should be.
Thi. morning 1t was reported tina, the rebel pick
| cts lad leen withdrawn In front Of our left-anC
| forthwith we had rumors Of evacuation. Amer
while II was discovered that they were very near,
| in their old place
Every days inquiry shows that tho rebels ar,
| forufyus themselves very strongly Mt every poin
| toward Richmond. Prof. Lowe had two splendi,
ascensons In his balloon near the railroad yester
| day, and reports the rebels at work In great fore
| on their d,;cnces. They are unquestionably pre-
| pared h. dispute every inch Of ground.
Gen. Mcclellan il bringing up from Yorkswr
| Snndry Siege guns, some Of which have already mr.
| rived. When, where, or how he intends 10 us
| them, tho rebels viii probably find ont in due tim
ii they visit patiently. They SHOW no disposition !
| aTs me the Offensive again In force, hut are eyi
| IDENTITY preparing To resist attack. Their occasonn
demonstrations. like those OF Saturday night, q,
attended 10 drdr rs into an attack But they hay
no Geueral who Is capable al making McCelml
iicht uutll he gets ready, nor OF making hiin AL
upon plan of their selection. Indeed, doubt We
~ much II secretary stanton himself could do 1t.
NJ au,iine, AL our accounts from Richmond repre-
sent the army as locking slpplies,-and the publ
feeling Us marked hy the utmost Impotence
Two on three de7crters who have come In Il
! hay, state that the only rHtions now iistri
hutod are flour and bacon. The Eichinon
| papers q which ! enclose soiue lata c,ui,s
complain bitterly that lroybluna do not com
ia freely from Ito country 10 Is CHARGED ON NJ
,iio hand t. the rigorosJ police measures adnptc
| ly the military, aud on the other o. an unwilling
ness a. take Confederate money The condition ,
affairs IN Richmond viii probably force the arm
n attack u.s. and Ju+t rs surely as they do SO 4
fill force, Just So surely rU We 90 INTO Rich,d0n
ia pursutcf them. Tho sudden aul terrible raj
Il tho l-t deprived us uf one such OPPORTUNITY
NJ lthor uif, ri 4 will he improved
The dcscrturs Who have como in trlay, connri
the report TINT Cen Julnstous wound is very 81
yerc-two Of his ribs being brolen-snl that lie
Is IN command. WISE Is In di-Irace,au has retire
10 country tesdeucc. Floyd WIS alfo relieved ,
lis command, but has been reinstatel ly the stat
authorities, and authorized 10 rslse - legion ,
10000 Nngimans.
The HERALD states that the reports about tn
Generalization Of Gen. Blcnhcr's troops, an
their pillago OF the rebels, emanatc from CA
Schurz, who wants to obtain command
Blenkor's division and our contemporary thinl
this accounts for the newborn sympathy Of I'll
TGlnrNE and other abolition papers with III
rebels in Virginia while they not ashame
to pursue Gen. Mcclellan with the most veh,
ment abuse for his alleged ccmcncy to the en-,
my.