The New York herald., 1863-08-30

mainly brought about by series OF brilliant
victories, which have reduced the area OF the re-
beliion TO very small dimensions, and which only
need tho capture OF Charleston 10 give them
ths coup de grucs. BY the military operations
1 Of this sssnmer the oonfederxey -hss besn-
damaged hat ih most ardent supporters,
whether q ~ Houah, 1t the North. or in Eas'
/ lspd, despair of it, iScuperstiea. y is craq-
bling to ruins by4 4piecemeal. like Fort Sumter
before the Irresistible Ore Of the Parrott guns
Of Gilmore, and there u nothing left FOR it but
to suooumb TO its inevitablefafs. which never
ls .s' more than eas...eell .|es:
4sa sspsforsa. 1. Eslsis., ~
Althougkthe rebel cause 10 failingss rapidly
IN Europe as In this ce1ntry, Is supporters
still struggle braveiy TO sustain the Confsde-
rate loan and to urge the Emperor Napoleon
into somsaovert aot Of intervention. Besides
having control Of about two-thisds Of the Eng
lish press, andsef oil TIE French papers except
Prince Napolsen's organ, the Opinion Rationale,
the rebel agents In Europe have a weekly
paper Of tkeir own, called the IndeS. spd pub
lisbed In London, whence it -clsass nedef
English colors, Ike the rebel privss1siS.
This paper is conducted with consldersble-tact.
And ability, but appears 70 have noadvertisiag
patronage and not much circulation. The
Issue for. the week ending August Is has
reached u.s. carefully marked for our .iaspec-
tion, and we propose t6 give our readers .
brief digest Of its contents, that they may SEQ
how the rebel agents operate upon public
opinion abroad.
The names Of the agents Of this rebel paper,
and the manner in which it endesvors to get
hold Of the news and to obtain subscribers, are
fully set forth in the following curious address
"To Our Friends and Subscribers':-
Our friends in the United Kingdom and the Continent
convenience, such information relative TO the military
movements and condition Of airs 10 America as they
may receive through private letters either from the
United States from the Confederate States. They may
rely upon the most scrupulous being observed
that names facts leading 70 Identification will under
any circumstances, be revealed. No communications,
however, will be noticed unless authenticated by
sponsibo Southern newspapers, Of any date, will
be useful and acceptable presents.
the convenience of our distant subscribers all the
receipts for subscriptions signed by any OF the Official
representatives or commissioned officers OF the Conede
rate States will be recognized at this Office.
Our subscribers in the South viii have their paper
supplied through Henry Hotze. Esa the Con ederate
rendered his services In this respect during the
tinuance OF the blockade.
Subscription, 26s. per annum; postpaid, scs Payable
All Communications on business to be addressed and
post OMcs order; s,s made psyaoe TO- Hopkins Is
Tho linden may be obtained and payments for subscrp
tions o. =. other dues 4, 70 the paper made:- 49,,
Liverpool, 70 VIM. Knox, Secretary Southern Club,
AZ Paris. to Messrs pfeiner Muller, So Rue da
At Turin, 70 sr. Filippo Aanetta, Borso Nuovo.
The fact that receipts for the Inder may be
signed by "any of the official representatives
or commissioned officers of the Confederate
States" shows at once that the paper is sort
of ofncial organ Of the rebel government. This
is equally evident from the contents Of this
weekly journal Of (rebel) politics, literature
and news" The number before us opens with
" Notes on Events Of the Week." Of which the
principal are devoted to America. The editor
not less than FIVE thousand" troops to New
York, the riots will not be renewed. "A
more formidable conflict, however, is impend
ing between the federal and State authorities,
as our New York correspondent points out with
great force and clearness." Turning to this
New York correspondents letter, we fnd II
entirely devoted TO the impending conflict
aforesaid. "The drafting will be effected" !"
We are told, without any serious disturbance.
But the drafting presents no point OF collision.
The attempt to seize drafted men who fail to
report and refuse to pay the exemption will
be the point of contact between the opposing
parties. Individual resistance may be easily
overcome; for State and city functionaries
will cooperate with the federal au-
thorities to maintain order. But the
opposition to the act may at that
point take much more imposing shape in the
interposition Of the courts of the State to pro-
tect the liberties Of the inhabitants Of the State,
and the resolution Of the Governor Of the State
to protect the courts in their jurisdiction" !"
The correspondent then goes on to state that
"a call for militia to sustain the State against
military aggression from Washington would be
hailed with immense enthusiasm, and bring
out large majority of the able-bodied men Of
the State glad to have their intense hatred Of
the law and the measures OF the administration
organized into legal opposition" This reads
like an article in the London Times or the New
York Tribune, and will probably soon be re-
hashed by one or the other Of these journals for
their own partisan uses.
From Richmond the Inder learns that "the
Southern people measure fully the whole
extent Of the disaster (vicksburg), and reso-
lutely betake themselves to the supreme
effort Of retrieving it," Before long they
will have Charleston 10 measure also.
The New Orleans correspondent Of the
Inder gives the details of the sur
render OF Port Hudson and "some subsequent
engagements which terminated unfavorably for
the federals'-viE Colonel Morgans tiosco on
the Lafourche Bayou, for which he Ia now being