The New York herald., 1863-05-16

X HERALD, > AIUKDAI
ioc and grain was generally lower, with free sales
Of the latter. There more doing in provisions
particularly beef and hog products; bit prices were
essentially unaered The demand for groceries was re-
stricled thore was buoysncy in the MARKET The
transactions hops rice taow and the principal KINDS
Of fruit were fair The inquiry for petroleum was more
active whskey quiet ana tending downward. me
freight market was firm; but the high views OF SHIP
owners checked engagements.
The main business In dry goods during the past weeK
was that In progress with the jobbers, who had
fresh country orders TO Gil, and who reported on the
WHOLE fair weeks trade far as regards the extent or
the sales but prices less satisfactory as In most
Instances, the tendency In favor OF buyers, stocks
reduced and the production Of domestic goods was
restricted yet tho depression in the market was ncreas
ing. 1he commission and importing houses complained
of the general falling Off OF the OF busine with
them reporting only very irregular run Of custom and
much heavness in prices The auction sales OF the
week fewer In NUMBER less attractive aad decided
y less successful than those Of tho preceding three
four weeks. The weeks entries at this port Of foreign
dry goods wore 10 tho vauo OF only 1884 SAT for con-
sumption direct, and $3.50 2o4 for warehousing or
ALL ss4o $751; against the total imports o. tho
dry goods actually uaArk.tsd during tho week was
s734 424, or Se3 ,T73 more than The imports
General Hooker At Washingson-He IL to
Have Another Opportunity. -.
General HOOKER was yesterday in Washing
ton ON official business. Immediately after his
unexpected retreat he was visited at his head
quarters by the President and General Hnlleck
in order to ascertain at once the exact state OF
affairs More recently. Senators Wade and
Chandler the radical chiefs of the Congressional
Wsr Committee, went down to the Rappahan-
mock, and 1t may be in consequence of their
call that General Hooker was yesterday at
the White House. 1t is intimated that he has
lost caste with the General-in Chief, and, If the
Tribune may be considered as speaking for the
radical leaders of its party, Senators Wade and
Chandler are OF the opinion that Hooker has
been tried and found wanting. But President
Lincoln is an amiable and generous man-re-
markably so-and, whatever be may believe, in
regard to the late retreat, we have no doubt that
be has called General Hooker TO Washington
to consult with him, and instruct him In regard
to his preparations, plans and strategy for
another trial.
Thus, concluding that Gen. Hooker is to be
retained at the head Of his splendid army, it is
to be hoped that be will do his very best, when
next he moves, to retrieve his late misfortune
fortunate than Pope or Burnside, who were set
aside, each after his first failure. We trust he
will be more fortunate than Gen. Mcclellan, IL
as lie was in his Maryland campaign,
and that ]" Fighting Joe" will not be removed
while in pursuit Of the enemy. With the supe-
sessed, and after all that he promised and all
that was reasonably expected of him, it can
hardly be denied that his late nine days cam
paign il the most inglorious Of all the failures
Of our generals in Virginia since the beginning
Of the war. Gen. Mcdowell failed at Bull
run because Gen. Patterson failed to
hold in the Shenandoah valley the twen-
ty odd thousand men of 10. Johnston.
which he was instructed to take care Of.
Gen. Mcclellan failed on the peninsula:
frst because his army, instead Of being con-
solidated as much as possible, was cut up into
three or four different armies, and scattered
over half the State of Virginia; and, secondly,
because he was recalled from Harrison's s
Landing when, at that point, he should have
been strengthened for another advance upon
Richmond. General Pope failed because Of the
inextricable confusion created by the War
as they were brought back from the peninsula.
They were scattered along from Washington to
Fredericksburg, while Pope was envclopcd by
the rebel army from Warrenton to Manassas.
General Burnside failed simply because be
dashed his army literally against an impossible
stone wall. On the other hand, General
Hooker-with an army around him greater
than all the forces in August last Of Mcclellan
and Pope combined, and provided amply with
everything desired; after refreshing rest oi
six months to his soldiers; after turning the
flank of the rebels and choosing his own
ground--permits himself to be pushed back
upon the river without a general battle, and
retreats when the enemy is too exhausted to
follow, aud when by advancing en- masse he
might have annihilated the rebel army.
We are told that before recrossing the river
he had q consultation with six Of his corps com
manders, and that four Of them were in favor
Of advancing instead Of retreating. We are told
oficially that in all his late battles only one
third of his army was engaged. We are as
sured that the brave soldiers Of the army had
no idea that In shortening their lines to the
river they were going to recross it, and that
while they were hoping and eager to advance,
or pause for another triGl with the enemy, they
were saddened and disappointed with the orde,
to retreat. We say, therefore, that, under all
the circumstances, the retention Of General
Hooker in command Is an act of great generosi.
ty on the part Of the President, and we hope
that 1t will bring into active exercise ell the
eneroiea of the General thus 20 hIchly favored.