The New York herald., 1862-08-24

sales were restricted by the rise In freights,
while prices for common and medium grades favored
purchasers Corn heavy and rather lower and less
active The sales embraced and old mixed, the lat
ter part in store at 5sc. 6oc Pork less buoyant,
but active with sales Of at $11 95 $12 and
Of prime $40 12l SO 25 The government contract
for provisions quoted as follows, viz-For pork,
mess, 1000 bbls at $12 25 $12 so; prime 200 bbs.
at $11 sTh; beef mess 800 bbs at $1s % $14 81
bacon 800 600 lbs at 81 20 81 75 per 100 lbs Sugars
less active, while prices, though some less buoyant
without quotable change while the sales embraced
about 200 hhds Coffee steady. sale OF l26 mats
Of Java was made at 261c., and 200 bags ST. Domingo
were made at 21c. 2lHc Freights nrmer wheat,
in bulk and ships bags, engaged for Liverpool at
Id and -four at So. Cd. a 4s.
General Halleck's Final Campaign to
Put Down the Rebellion.
In the absence Of any official or definite intel
ligence for several days past from our Army
of Virginia, mysterious rumors and gloomy
conjectures have filed the public mind, creating
some anxiety as to the safety Of General Pope
and the safety Of Washington.
The fact being established that the rebel
army Of Richmond, en- nsasse, was moving
northward to cut its way across the Potomac, if
possible, before. General McClellans forces
could make a junction with General Pope, and
before any considerable body Of cur new regi-
ments could be thrown forward to his support
was clearly suggestive Of danger The ques-
ton Of the safety or destruction of our forces in
detail by an overwhelming rebel army was re-
duced apparently to nice question of time, in
regard to which the advantages were in favor
Of the enemy. But we are gratifed to assure
our readers that, from lack Of means, or1ack of
energy OF confidence. the rebels have lost their
last golden opportunity, and that General Hal
leck has thus gained the power to advance, to
fall back or to establish his lines at his discre-
ton.
In the first place, Gen. Pope, seasonably dis
covering bis danger in the neighborhood of
Gordonsville. has fallen back to the line of
the Rappahannock. Secondly, he has thus out
witted his crafty enemy. and formed junction
with Gen. Burnsides column and large force
from the Army Of the Potomac, which secures
him from any immediate assault The piece
meal programme of the rebels is thus defeated
in the outset; for Gen. Pope is no longer within
reach of sudden raid a la Jackson. but is in
such position and is surrounded by such
masses Of disciplined troops that he can only
be met by the deliberate and cautious ap-
proaches Of q great army. Thus Gen. Halleck
has secured the incaculable advantage of
choosing his own time for the resumption of the
active hostilities Of grand campaign for there
is very little reason to fear that the rebel Gen.
Lee will now undertake the hazardous enter
prise of pushing forward 10 the Potomac
His plans have been spoiled by his failure to
catch General Pope, and from an offensive he
must now fall back 10 q defensive attitude.
Our absolute command of the magnificent
water communications of the Chesapeake Bay
and our splendid feet Of army transports have
enabled us to defeat the calculations of the
enemy in regard to the transfer of McClellan's
army from the James river TO the Rappahan-
mock, and thus we have gained the all import
ant point Of time upon which everything de-
pended Washington is cafe, Pope is safe,
Mcclellan and Burnside are safe; for they are
all within supporting distance Of each other,
and in the occupation Of a strong military line
along the hills Of the Rappahannock, and within
few hours only, by rail or by the Potomac,
from Washington and its reserves of fifty or
sixty thousand men.
General Halleck, then, has the strings Of
the campaign in his grasp. He is relieved, too
Of those mischievous, intermeddling and dsor-
ganizing military politicians Of Cougros to
whom Mcdowell owes his defeat at Bull run.
Banks bis repulse from the valley Of Virginia
and Mcclellan his terrible seven days fighting
fer the rescue OF his army in front Of Rich
mond. In the absence Of Congress these Con-
gressional Marplots are out Of the way. and
General Halleck has clear field before him
till December for the arrangement and execu-
tion Of the work Of this Virginia campaign.
We expect him to finish it before December
Within week or two his forces around Washing
ton and in Virginia will probably be fully up
to the mark Of three hundred thousand men.
With this force at his command the country
will expect him not only to move forward
steadily ION 10 Richmond" but to put an
end TO the last great rebel army, and thus
end the rebellion itself with his occupation OF
the rebel capital.
From his grand campaign in the West we
know that the military combinations and move
rnents Of General Halleck may be relied upon;
but wo shall expect him to improve upon those
valuable lessons Of experience given him at
Bowling Green, Nashville, Pittsburg Landing
and Cornth. We shall expect him 10 repeat in
Virginia, not the occupation OF cities, towns
and camps evacuated by the enemy between
two days but the complete successes Of such
enterprises as those Of Fort Donelson and
Island No. 10. The opening Of the new cam
paign in Virginia, including the delicate, diffi-
cult and hazardous removal Of ae army oi
General Mcclellan from tic James river around
to the Reppahannock, Is cminently satisfac.
tory, and gives us tho most encouraging sssu-