P B O P II E i Y 1 N G.all cingThe editor of the Illinoisan has a leng'Uly ^e leader.:* h't last .slt;».e on the present military {on h situation of our armies, and of oar prospects m j J°*clt; the comi g campaign. As the cd:tor is nat- ; he v uralV % rulV^ry genius, his opinionsarcent.il- : ed to some respect; but more especially is such . are 1 the case, yrhiu wc consider the high military j training he has received from that great master af the art of war. (John Powderhorn.) If\\all our Gens* are to bo defeated, and every- I road thing is to go to ruin as he prcd Us, it is at ville least some satisfaction to kno /*it boforhand, to ththat we may prepare for ?ueh an event. Wo ed. would advise our readers however, not to get j expe unduly excited; as all the butternut campaigns ' ly 0 formed heretofore under bis immcdiato aus- . jjar pireS hare fumed out rather ingloriously, al-' mosi though carefully planed upon the most approv- ed w td principles of the Powderhorn science. It ’s , fcrti however, generally supposed to ba merely a* sensation article, designed to keep up the price of gold in Wall Street; a matter in which it is | perj{ thought lie, god his immediate associates are »wouWcat present deeply interested* fWe profesc tojtofiikhdw nothing of military science; as taught byFoirdfrhom, 'lurennc, or VaubaiL Ur. White*bmi has thy adreo trge'df m in that respect- * ' * Jlif.cur pdrate dptnlna is that . Old Grant will 1 out of theVhole rebel crew be-1 Lm% *1 JL . ♦ . r ./• ,| ....L a. . — lt;.^r m V . • V W v v ■ nr k s a^ * fort nc jet September, the opinion of Col! White-icad' Co./to fbo lt;wlt;*rsrr r.oiwUbstand.Lira i Inv*pushterpiiravlt;andRo*c