The New York herald., 1863-06-17


members of Congress. on general ticket, is call
ed to meet at Winchester. Franklin county. There
are number of aspirants for the Office of travel
ling executive, among whom are lsham q. Harris,
the present Governor; Andrew Ewing. Richard
MoCann and Samuel Anderson. Where the seat
of government will be located we have not
learned.
Now that the Mississippi has fallen. tho cele-
brated Yazoo Pass is high and dry. the mouth of it
standing away up in the now bluff bank of the
great Father of Waters The same is the case
with the celebrated canals which caused SO much
expense to Uncle Sam. and so many hopes and
disappontments to his children.
The stock market rather fevcrish ard irregular
yosterday. At tho opening everything was lower. AZ
forward there recovery; but prices not
generally maintained in the afternoon. Gold rose to
l4sH; exchange to 1919 Money was easy enough at
seven per cent.
The demand for cotton active yesterday, and
hrmer There fair business reported in
breadsts. which, however dull and heavy at the
of the unfavorable advioes by tho Scotia
The demand for hog products moderately active at
advancing prices. Beef, butter, cheese oils, metals,
hemp sh fruit seeds spices. tobacco, sugars aud
asses generally quiet Whiskey and tallow were
sought ater at slight rise in prices. Rio coffee
in part to the advanced claims OF shipowners.
The market for beef cattle remains substantially the
week. The supply neither too large too
sma-though would have sold yesterday had they
been hand The range Of prices precisely the same
90. 12c.-but the average price Is trihe higher
perhaps, owing to the TACT that the offerings were
rally better The bulk sold at 1oKc No., ana the
average was about 10Kc. allc The market for cows
steady at $50 $50 TO $50 500. One fancy COW
brought $l35. veas were active at Sc. 8c-both OK
treme prices; most or them sold at exc. 7Kc Sheep
and lambs less aotive and rie lower sales wore
made from s. rs SO so 81. Swins steady at
&C. 6Hc. for corn-fed and &c. 6x for stlfed. Tho
receipts 4,6es beeves 100 COWS. 6s2 veal, 1867
sheep and '.~ss .sS !! - sE!as: 60
The Rebel Invasien OF tho Nortk-The
Opportunity for Richmond.
The present aggressive campaign Of the rebel
army Of Virginia is one of the most daring and
desperate enterprises in the history Of modern
warfare. Leaving Richmond, the rebel capital,
and his base Of operations, to the chances Of
capture, and with our powerful Army Of the
Potomac in bis rear, General Lee has pushed
bis advanced columns through Northern Mary
land into Pennsylvania, while the main body
Of his army, around through the Shenandoah
valley, is streaming along line Of one hundred
miles in extent. To an opposing military leader
possessed of any Napoleonic ideas no finer op-
portunity than this would be desired for cutting
this long line of the enemy's forces and cutting
them up in detail. Certainly the War Office
has never had a more inviting opportunity for
the capture Of Richmond.
Let US first consider the movements and pro-
bable designs Of the enemy. From our Wash
ington correspondents We learn that the seoes-
sionists Of that city have been giving out for
some days past the following as General Lees
programme, his whole army being estimated at
$4,000 men -
First-That one column started six days ago
from Gordonsville for Parkersburg, on the
Ohio river.
Second-That another column left Culpepper
Court House to proceed by way of Grafton to
Pittsburg and Wheeling, with instructions, after
occupying Pittsburg, to join the nrst column for
. march through Ohio.
Third-That another column was 10 proceed
| BY way Of Winchester and Harpers Ferry into
Maryland and Pennsylvania, towards Harris
burg or Baltimore, in the way Of diversion
to occupy the attention Of the army Of General
Hooker. This last column, In view Of rapid
operations, 10 composed largely Of cavalry and
mounted artillery. Richmond, meantime, ID to
be abandoned, with the expectation that con-
scripts and new levies will be brought there in
sufficient numbers to garrison the defsnces.
Another correspondent, over in Virginia, is
inforucsd that Rrao0,a forcaa havo ioinod ao
thus increasing his army to one hundred and
| nfty thousand men. This is probably an exag-
geration, although, from various other sources
Of information, we have no doubt that Lee has
been considerably strengthened by Bragg.
Thus Lee may have felt himself sufficiently
| strong to divide his forces in the manner indi.
Gated; and from the creation by the War Office,
within few days past, Of the Department of
the Susquehanna, under General Couch, and
the Department Of the Monongahela, under
| General Brooks, we conclude that the
government has acted under positive informa-
ton that Lees advance would embrace move
ment towards Pittsburg as well as movement
towards Philadelphia.
| The rebel column advancing by way Of
Chambersburg must be checked on the Susque-
hanna, or IL may not be arrested short ol
Philadelphia. But Il can be checked on the
Susquehanna A military man, for many years
. resident on that river, informs us that from
the junction Of the Juniata aud Susqushanns,
fourteen miles above Harrisburg, down To
the Chesapeake Bay, the river cannot be crossed
even BY cavalry without bridges or boats; that
the stream, though shallow, is from mile TO q
mile and quarter In width; that IL is full Of
lodges Of rocks, boulders, deep holes and
rapids; that the bridges alsng the whole line
may be destroyed In fsw moments and the
fsrrybosts removed TO this side, and that q
squad OF rinemen and few pieces Of artillery
at any one of the crossing places will be sum