The New York herald., 1863-12-09


higher. ranging from 7c. 1879. >sc., with few
fancy at I2c. The supply moderate. and with
good demand the cattle sold out early Tuesday
ing. Mich and vea!s steady. Sheep and
lambs were in large supply bat with good demand;
prices hrmer, at 50 80 SO so a 81. Swine
firm for prime, but rather easier common fed
brough SIC. 63Sc. and still fed 54c &c. The total
receipts 792 beeves. 129 cows 5lT veas. 1913
sheep and lambs. and so ,976 swine.
Lon gstrcct's Retrcat-The Importance of
Our Success in East Tennessee.
Eastern Tennessee, so desperately struggled
for, is now, and we may well hope
definitely. safe. General Longstreet, if he
is still within the limits of that State is
anxious only about the safest way to get out OF
it, Burnsde's noble struggle, which the whole
country has watched with such intense interest,
terminated successfully upon the arrival of
General Sherman with reinforcements on the
4th instant, and the retreat of Longstreet on
the same night.
Lonestreet's line of retreat is up the valley of
the Holston, which he may follow into Virginia.
His infantry and transportation follow the
valley on the south side of the river, which
thus covers his left. His left is also covered
by his cavalry ON the north side of the river
and by the Clinch Mountains the gaps in
which his cavalry will hold or obstruct.
General Foster was at Tazewell, on Long
streets flank, on the 9th, and his cavalry ON
that day had fight with the enemy's cavalry
| in one Of the passes. His despatch indicates
his intention to use his cavalry to the utmost,
and if he does so he will doubtless infict
severe punishment on the enemy. Shermans
cavalry is reported to be on the south side of the
Holston; and, though the country is broken and
bad for cavalry, it is not improbable that this
energetic officer may be able to hold the enc
my's infantry until his own can come up, when
we may reasonably anticipate the destruction
or capture Of Longstreet's entire force.
On Monday the President announced the
retreat of Longstreet by proclamation, and
called upon the people "to render special
homage and gratitude to Almighty God for
this great advancement Of the national cause"
From these words we may gather the import
ance that the President attaches to this sue
cess, and we think that he does not overrate it.
| BY Longstreet's failure we see the rebellion
compelled to relinquish its final hold upon the
last grand outpost by which it might have re-
tanned control over the interior and held the
upper country that forms so grand part Of
the Southern States. Now it is restricted to the
belt that follows the line Of the Atlantic from
Richmond to Mobile, shut up between the
mountains and the sea, aanked on the one hand
| by the Alleghany and Cumberland Mountains,
that brlstle with Northern bayonets, and on the
| other by the ocean, that teens with Northern
gunboats. Its present territory is represented
by the three points OF Richmond Charleston
and Mobile. Such country is inevitably weak
at every point, and, while it hardly possesses a
| sufficient depth for natural cohesion, it will
doubtless soon be demonstrated that it pos
sesses but little power Of resistance.
RECRUITING IN NEw YoRK.-We cannot con-
ceive why any difficulty should be experienced
in this city in filling up the ranks of our armies.
To us it appears that there is nothing so easy.
There are plenty Of men and means; but the
mode Of management adopted, or rather allow
ed to be practised, tends to prevent rather than
encourage enlistment. The men who should
swell our forces from this city are continually
being driven away into Jersey and Brooklyn
by the manner in which the recruiting officers
are treated by the Board Of Supervisors. II
is stated that there are substitute brokers who
control the matter; but it was supposed thai
their improper influence would cease to exist
Immediately after the late charter election
Yet we still have daily delegations Of recruit
ing officers calling upon us and complaining
that they cannot obtain the money for the mer
whom they enlist This Is all wrong; and Mr.
Orison Blunt, who is chairman of the Board o.
Supervisors, and who has high reputation fol
honesty and patriotism, should look into tn,
matter and zee II righted.
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PRESIDENT LISooLN's FORTHCOMING PLAN oI
REsroRArloN.-We are promised the President.
Message to-day, and we are told that its dis
tinguishing feature will be his plan for III,
reclamation OF the rebellious States II is alsc
reported that he will start from the compre
hcnsfvc idea that, under his emancipation pro
clamation, slavery Is abolished in the desig
mated States. II this be so, then our Presi
dents annual Message Of 1868 will be the mos
important document OF the kind In the histor,
Of the country; for It will involve in The re:
toration of the Union a reconstruction of th,
government the final shaping Of which M
human imagination can conjecture. We await
tie Presidents Message