The New York herald., 1863-02-22

orders given after the President had been win
Mcdowell at Manassas, had reached Dristow Sta-
ton on its way to Fredericksburg. McClellaa .
and Mcdowell, however, were still doomed 70
disappointment by the evil genius which
swayed the councils of the War Department.
On the 26th Of June an order from Washington
was issued suppressing the Department OF the
kappahannock, and placing Mcdowell with his
forces, under Major General Pope, to constitute
part OF the Army of Virginia. On the same
day Jackson-concerning the renewal Of whose
attack down the Shenandoah there had been 90
much speculation in the valley--struck tho
right of General McClellan's army before Rich.
mond and commenced that series Of battles
which resulted in the retreat of the Army OF
the Potomac to Berkley, on the James river and
all the disasters that have since followed in the
train of that event. Mcdowell had telegraphed
Mcclellan on the 10th OF June that he would be
with him in ten days, and he adds that il he
had been permitted to withdraw his forces from
the valley at the time he issued his orders
(June 81 he would have formed junction With
him by the goth, or by the time McCslls divL
sion reached him by water from Fredericks-
burg.
Thus not only were Mcdowell and hh
army made football of, to be kicked
about from place to place by politicians,
but Mcclellan and his army were victimised
by the imbccility which rules at Washington,
after which Pope and his army were sacrificed
| in turn by the same ignorant folly and mis-
management The next victims were Burnside
xhoao JofooA -
the delay Of the pontoons. Such continuous
and disastrous blundcring is without q parallel
| in the wars Of any other nation. BY the result
OF this investigation Mcdowell is vindicated,
| and Mcclellan is vindicated; but the War De-
partment is "damned to everlasting fame"
OUR FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS For THE Con-
ma SEAsoN-THE WAR, THE OPERA, &c.-Mr.
! Chase may not be exactly Colbert or
| Necker; but he is not the less one of the luck
| lest of fnanciers. All his schemes thrive,
| though every one predicts their failure. He 10
sort of alchemist, with this exception, that hs
convertible bases have nothing Of the metallic
ring about them. He cannot, like Vespasan,
give cavillers smell Of his coinage; but he can
crafty them with the sight of substitute which
he can produce at pleasure, and which is pic
torialIy infinitely more interesting II is true
that some object to its prevailing color; but
it satisfies the masses there would appear to be
a peculiar fitness even in this Verdant tnts
are always agreeable to the eye of the conliding
and simple minded and Mr.. Chase is very pro
perly determined that the public creditors
shall not have to complain of not having
seen the color of his money. By his new
finance meas ures he has secured an ample pro-
vision of it for months to come. Our fighting
Secretary of War and our fighting Secretary ef
the Navy can therefore go to work In earnest.
Mr. Chase will soon have on hand that is
the Treasury printing presses can be made to
move faster than the usual official pace) enough
for the campaign At vicksburg enough for the
campaign at Charleston enough for the CAM
paign at Savannah, and enough for the cam
paign in New York, when, owing to the arrival
of Maretzek's expeditonary force, money for
the next two months is certain to be very much
wanted.
We have reason to congratulate ourselves
that in his calculation for the present year Mr..
Chase has not overlooked this latter drain upon
our resources. That it will be an unusually
heavy one our community may rest assured
The great chef, like some of our military chiefs,
is weary of being styled unlucky, whilst every
one admits his abilities as leader. He has
been burning for an opportunity to show that,
once he could cast off the paralyzing influences
always originating with the Treasury which
have hitherto beset him, he could har-
ness Dame Fortune to his car. This timo
his calculations seem to have fair
chance Of realization. He has come back
from Havana with his pockets brimming and
with bevy of new singing birds, described to
be of the rarest and most satisfactory quality.
One recommendation they have for certain:
they are all new to us. New faces, new voices
and new operate works are the grand deside-
rata just now in all new speculations Of this
sort. OF these we shall have sufficient to satisfy
us for some time to come. Three prime donne,
tenor, baritone and basso, all strangers
to u.s. and whose European regulations are said
to be first class, constitute force OF attraction
which we have not had an opportunity Of wit
Messing in any one season for many years past.
Their repertoire, Judging from their perform
ances in Havana, takes an unusually wide
range and we are promised four new operas
that have not as yet been produced here. The
season, we are happy to say, is not to be spas
modic, but well sustained, honest, continuous
season, such as we used to have in the good
old times, when managers, like our generals,
had not to give place to each other every fort
night, and to go on a country tramp with her
maphrodite opera to pull up for the shortcom-
ings caused by unsatisfactory metropolitan ar
rangements.
Obituary.
DEATH OF MRS. EDWIN BOOTH.
Mr EdrrinR eadrn facd ina nj