The New York herald., 1863-09-29

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cheese good request sellers had existing
advantage. The sugars rioe teas nay,
wool and tobacco 70 fair extent, aud prices ere
well supp'ried The inquiry tor hops rsh, fruit. metals
oils. seeds, spices molasses moderate wnsSey
was also in moderate demand without any poceabc al
terat'on in value. the freight engagcm ns were
limited.
The Defeat of Observation-Disclosures Blum
der at Washin q ton-WhaG Next
We have the positive information, from an
intelligent source that the late defeat OF General
Rosecrans was not the result OF any deficiency
Of generalship on his part, but the consequence
of laundering peremptory order from Wash
ingtoh, which compelled him. against his better
judgment. to advance into the plains Of Georgia
against vastly superior army, when he was in
the very act Of falling back to the strong defen-
sive heights around Chattanooga. 1t is only
the old story Of Bull run, the Richmond penin-
sula, the disastrous retreat of Pope aud the
heights of Fredericksburg over again.
In this case of Rosecrsns. however. it ap-
pears that special commissioner from the War
Office did the business. Tie reader OF his
tory will remember that the National Con-
vention OF the first French republic detailed
with each of its armies . corps Of COM
missioners to watch and decide upon the
conduct Of the commanding general; but we are
not aware that these commissioners interfered
with the direction of the army. The French
Convention left the army in every case under
the control Of its general but demanded sue
cess in all cases. Our War Office, on the other
hand sends out its commissioners with positive
instructions to this or that general, and he, If
defeated, must bear the responsibility.
But is it not very strange that with all the
valuable lessons Of experience 1t has received
on both sides, our War Office should still adhere
to its arbitrary Instructions against the opinions
Of our best officers in the field General
Mcclellan was given carte blanche In his Mary
land campaign, and the result was the victories
of South Mountain and Antietam. So, too
General Meade achieved the victory Of Get
tysburg, and SO General Grant captured Vicks
burg and drove the remaining fragments Of the
rebel armies out Of Mississippi. We hope that
the President will return to this sound policy
Of leaving liberal margin Of discretion to the
officer at the head of an army as TO the time
for advancing or falling back, for seeking or
declining pitched battle. Napoleon himself,
at Washington, could not safely undertake the
command Of the Army Of the Cumberland; how
much less, then, the lawyer at the head of the
War Office, who has
Meyer set q squadron In the field
Nor tho division OF . bAtto knows.
But still the question rccurs. what il now to
be done! Rosecrans needs reinforcements. We
arc glad to k..ow that. tn , are pushing forward
10 him, and that considerable accessions have
already beea received; thaa hs can hold his
present position till ready again, 10 ad-
vance. But at the sams time rein
forcemeas from oil sides are pressing
forward TO Bragg; for Jefk Davis has declared
that "tbe Ysnkees shall be expelled from East
Tennessee II tho work requires the combined
msnts, then, to Rosecrans, docs not this concen-
tration Of the rebel forces In Georgia call for
some active diversion against Mobile from the
convenient base Of New Orleans. There are
probably not even five thousand rebel troops
now at Mobile. The troops of the New Or
leans department, who cannot we'll be spared
| for Tennessee, may be rendered quito as SER
| viceable to Roseorans at Mobile Is at Chatta-
nooga to say nothing Of the capture Of tho
great seaport of Alabama, Its military stores,
factories and foundries.
And what Of the Army Of the Potomac. II Hthe
season s too far advanced for General Meade TO
undertake the march to Richmond from tho
north, is not the peninsula still open. Surely fifty
thousand men, with feet Of gunbo oats, may be
spared for an expedition up the James or York
river, and yet leave all army sufficient to pro-
tect the front and rear OF Washington. Or why
not If nothing better can Low be done, send
forward strong column to the south side of
Richmond to break up the railway communica-
tions between that city and Braggs army.
These suggestions, We hope, may result in
some corresponding action by the government;
but above all things. noxt to the strengthening
| Of the central army OF Rosecrans, we regard in
Importance our proposition for levy upon the
loyal States, including also Tennessee, for two
or three hundred thousand six months yolun-
teers and militia. With The addition OF even
| two hundred thousand OF such auxiliaries to
the army at large, the war may still be brought
to an end within six months; and within q few
weeks those auxilaries may be raised and
equipped, aud made ready for active service in
garrisoning the forts, cities, railroads, &c, in
the rear OF our Advancing forces East and
West. We return to this proposition In the
hope Of fixing IL upon the favorable attention
Of President Lincoln; for the way 70 end the
war most speedily is TO push forward our rein
forcements now, whom they can be most effect
lively employed against the limited, half de-
stroyed but still desperate armies Of the re-.
bellion.
NEwsrArrn MxAsSEss Tho newspaper organ
started BY Barlow Company copied in its
yesterdays issue the brilliant account OF the
battle Of Chattanooga written by our special
corrca pondaot and puhI;abod In tho IT.u.u = !. .