The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-07

| make il impossible for Gen. Mcclellan to use il
as means of communication with the govern
ment and for the transportation of reiniorcements
aud army supplies.
Secosd-The occupation of Williamsburg, York
/ town, and the entire peninsula.
Thad-The recovery of the whole of the terri
tory OF virginia and the suppression of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad
Fou1th-The recovery of New Orleans, Memphis
and the Mississippi river, and the expulsion of the
federal troops from Tennessee and Kentucky.
FUfh-To make the, Potomac and Ohio rivers
their bases of operations and frontier lines and
transfer the seat OF war from Virginia to Mary
land.
Sirth-To hurl upon Washington from Richmond
column OF two hundred thousand picked troops,
and by the capture of that city effect the liberia
ton of the city of Baltimore, and then invade the
North from the three points above named.
| A number of conventions and fairs will be held
| in this State during the month Of September On
the I'd the annual exhibition Of the American In
stitute will commence-at the Academy Of Music,
| in this city. On the same day the Republican
| State Convention will be held in Syracuse. On
the sth an international wheat show, in which the
Canadian farmers will participate, will commence
at Rochester, and continue for three days. On
that day also will be held in this city national
convention of manufacturers, for the purpose Of
adopting measures to protect the manufacturing
interests from some alleged injurious features of
the Internal Revenue law. On the 9th the Demo-
cratic State Convention will meet in Albany. On
the 18th the Annual State Fair will commence at
Utica and continue until the 18TH
The Emancipation State Convention of Missouri
is called to meet at Jefferson City ON the LIST of
September.
The Maine Democratic State Contention met at
Portland yesterday and nominated Mr.. Bion Brad
hur fin Gov adv IN
the policy of the federal administration were adopt
ed with great unanimity.
The following members Of Congress are known
to have been elected in kentucky
Fifth Dts,ric-Robert Mallory. Mr. Mallory was a
member OF the last Congress- and acted with the war
democrats.
Si-sh Dntrice-Grecn Clay Smith Ho defeated four
other candidates, among whom John W. Meazies,
who elected to the last Congress Union man but
went over TO the acknowledgements.
SerenM Disrt-Brutus J. Clay. This the district
10 which John j. Crittenden the only canddate but
subsequent to his death three aspiants took the field
MT lay Is an unconditional Union man, and favors the
nd Illustration.
k,ehth D,aict-wlam H. Randall, Union.
Ninth bist'ict-wlliam II. wadsworth, Union. Mr.
Wadsworth was in tho last Congress- and voted mostly
with the war democrats.
Some of the rebel journals are arguing in favor
of the humiliation of the whole canine race. They
furnish statistics to show that there are a million
of dogs in the confederacy, and that in the article
Of bread alone they consume annually over four
million six hundred thousand dollars worth.
The quantity of salt inspected at the Onondaga
salt springs in this State, from January to Au-
gust l, was 2,ss3 ,304 bushels. During the same
time last year the quantity was 3,477 423 bushels.
The War in Neutrality-suspicious. Order
OF General Leo.
The following order Of General Lee, we
trust, has not escaped serious consideration,
with view to some corresponding action by
our supreme military authorities at Washing
tom
HEADQUARTERS, Army NORTHERN VIRGINIA.,
July 20, 1859.
All officers and soldiers now absent from this army who
able do duty and detached special SERVICE
ordered to return Immediately Tho commanding
general calls upon all soldiers rcon their respective
regiments at To remain at home this the hour
counfrys need is un,oorhy tie manhood Of Southern
soldier While you proudly bas that you bcloDg the
Army Of Northern Virginia. lot it not be said that you
deserted your comrades in contest in which everything
you hold dear at stake The commanding general a,-
pcs 10 tie people Of the States send forth ery able
10 bear 70 aid Mo bvare soldiers who have often
beaten back foes, strike decii boO for the safe
ty and sancy of homes and the independence Of
country.
BY command OF General r. f. LEE
H. II. Chiffon, A. A. and l. G.
Here we find, first, that all Lees absentee
soldiers mot detached on special service are
ordered to return immediately" Their 'com-
manding general" calls upon them Ito rejoin
their respective regiments at once" Il is thus
apparent that in its retreat from the Upper Po-
tonac Lees army has been considerably de-
moraized and scattered, and that, like thought
full shepherd, he seizes his first opportunity for
hunting up his stragglers. But they must "ra-
turn immediately" What is the meaning of
this peyemptory order? Lee is not in posi-
ton in which he Is compelled to fight to extr-
cate himself On the contrary, having secured
the inside track, and being within fifty miles or
SO Of Richmond, he can fall back to its de-
fences without the slightest difficulty If he
desires to do so. But he has come to q stand,
and it is manifest that he means to dispute the
advance Of General Meade beyond the Kappa
hammock at or near Gordonsville, or at Frede.
ricksburg, as the occasion may require.
This is doubtless the true explanation Of this
peremptory order from Gen. Lee to his strag-
glers to 'return immediately" We say strag-
glers; for it can hardly be supposed that
during his late retreat, with our victorious
army close upon his heels, Lee could afford
the time or the generosity to grant any con-
siderable number Of furloughs to his SOL
diers. Besides, In this order he has nothing
to say Of furloughs. He calls for his absent
soldiers and, from the earnestness of his appeal,
he evidently has his misgivings that many Of
these absentees, dropped behind on the way,
will require some special looking after. But
he further "appeals to the people of the (rebel-
lous) States to send forth every man able to
bear arms to aid the brave soldiers who have
so often beaten back our foes, to strike de-
oisive blow" nc. In other words, he calls for
all the endorsements from the rebel States