The New York herald., 1863-09-02

p4 ~ III T. UA Il lOOO. Is
therefore, that between tho uuwinsness OF the poapo
80 submit lixats md th yre t.p,t.oa 10 repRstl
NJ ib kr. incnn's successor Ia Presidential chair
wil nave but lits choice regarding the 10 bs
pursued. In any case however II is almost purely
domestic concern ami al the close ~ The war the
American nation should start ;ics debt the oss
Wi, ia almost exclusively the mambers o. their o"n
community
The Conde I'M alton or the Peterhon.
FROM the london times (city articic). August ~
IN, parties interested the PeterhoI wh ch
announced by the last I TO have been condemned by
the Prize Court at New York entirely aud cneluivocaiy
the whole OF the points alleged by Judge Belts 10
have been proved asninst her. This will be Ia perfect
accordance with the expectations OF the mercantile public
OF London first the impression his been
general that the fetcrho Sozed simply because she
other been connected with the Con
fedeate ports and because II determined at cost
STOP the British trade to Mntamoros The owners Al
firm fact OF their be 6ubsantiated by
irresistible evidence and the matter has now been
referred to Washington, the ultimate proceedings will be
watched with great interest by the commercial world
from the importance Of their bearing international
law.
Anglo. Southern View OF the ssSttuattOn"
ira America.
(From the London Index trebei orRsn), August ls.l
lhe federas boast OF the territory they have gained
aud their organs this country claim that wherever
federal marches there is lasting gain TO the ede
Now take seeded States IN order we
shalt ind that the progress made by the United states
army in comparison with what remains 10 accomplish s
OF this State the ncghborho.d OF tho Baltimore
and OHIO Railroad, revouti0nized by Mr. Lincoln, was
10 s hn Inc nrss nsa
country with portion of the Yorktown peninsula aud
have temporary occupation OF tho Shenandoah Valley
they hold actually loss OF yirginan territory than they
held this time last year and victory OF the Conede
raies--a very probable ovent-would sweep them once
into Maryland and Washington The fate OF Gen.
Nroy shows how procarious is thor tenure upon the
territory OF the Old Omni0n In North Carolina they
have made no progress Tor twelve mouths. They sti
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and burn but the ground s not theirs five hundred yars
beyond their outlying pckets 10 South Carolina tue
Northern army has still less T. boast or IL has not yet
reached the mainland 1T has not made impress
sion upon tho outer defences OF Charleston It holds
Beaufort and St. Helena Island It did eighteen months
ago Georgia Is intact 10 Florida the federas have de-
str0yed thriving towns but have gained no permanent
sion in Alabama or the upper portion Of Mississippi
They have lost Gavestontheir only foohold In Texas
Thor actual conquests limited TO portions OF the State
OF Louisiana, temporarily by Northern troops
the river districts Of the States OF Mississippi and Arkan
and part the State of Tennessee Now this has been
achieved with the loss OF than five hundred thousand
at Incredible at the cost of civil war; actual
threatening. in Northern cities And what does
amount tor Simply to ths:-That where Northern
army s strong CROUCH, il locates itself in or ravefes5
hostile territory that it holds only the ground upon which
IL is cncampcd, and that the moment II eyacuates
position Confederate troopsgue ias regular forces
occupy il. Why, at this moment we hear OF Rose
pushing forward for Chattanooga and threatening
Is recruiting, and fighting is goiDg ON with varying
Let travel from the seeded States into the
burnside is procamins martial law and issuing procla
against dsaectou large bodies OF Confederate
troops are ravagng the country and DESTROYING Northern
property and pitched battles fought little further
north fnd the edera, States unsafe Indiana and
Ohio tavesed by considerable Confederate force, which
is only defeated aud captured after doing millions worth
OF damage federal property In the ace Of these un
deniable facts talk Of the prospect of subugation
worse ihan absurd. Even there large southern
minority favorable the OF the Union the
work or rcconquerng and Of holding sub ect nearly mil
lion Of square miles Of immensely fertile, thlny popu
afpd md nrcc pCsib
powers OF the North But when every man. woman and
child loahes ana curses the enemy as he passes when
Mr.. valandgham estfes, every Southerncr spurns
the idea OF reconstruction tho task Is physical mposs
biiity.
reduced TO low state of morale and
neciency and 70 the insignificant numbers assigned 70
s in the held and Il has vast resources to fan back
upon There at this mament a least $50 600 men In
arms 10 he s"n's Oh ns oa last Gs q ,nS w
OF and ammunition, nne artillery, and skil(u gene
rails Fighting on the defensive, u can economist It's for
and ought sud Will, account for federal armies
OF greatly superior numbers II must be observed that
the more contracted tho Confederate lines, the
more available strength her commanders have for the de-
fence Of any assailable point. he which the
South has hitherto defended has doubtless told upon
Northern and endurance But had the dsad
vantage OF greatly exposing the weakness Of the defence
The North. BY its enormous naval superiority on the
rivers aud the coasts, always able TO bring
whelmng numbers TO bear at any given point; and
the Conederates were compelled 10 fight the invader
Now that Johnstons army has fallen bnck
from the Mississippi. and Bragg has retired TO the
Tennessee mountains the contest will be more equal.
Henccorh the uDrivaed facilities of transport enjoyed
by the federals iii Their armies, II they march
inland, must carry their own supplies. There no
great rivers aid them. but painful marches through
easily defensibe country OF primeval forests and few
reads await them. Bragg and Johnston must have be-
tween them, with the troops that paro,ed from
vicksburg and In due exchanged least 100 900
men. These with gallant population 10 back them,
make up very formidable arSy, formidable that
doubt very much II the Northern generals viii adventure
any land movement this season. Mobile, &vanpah
ought be secured by the presence OF Johnsons army
al Okoona and Savannah and Chareston il they should
fall, will, doubt, have added their due quota 10 the
bloody lists of casualties which Is last wearying
the savage aspirations CT the Northern mob But
II the remaining ports or the Atlantic coast should
suffer the OF New Orleans. their fall would not alter
the result The might still he carried for twenty
years At the end that time the South will be VIII
derness but IL wculd be still unconquered What the
North would have become il is difficult to guess.