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AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
MIBL0'8 GARDEN, Broadway.?La TxiniTA??T?aM.
WALSAOK'8 THEATRE. *44 Broadway.?Ibblabb As
It Was?Mtscamvois Aetna
UWJttA KBKNB'S TUKATKB, Broadway.-Famohow,
?a TBI Cbic&kt.
WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.?Tu Wuump's Tra
il BW bowery theatre. Bowary.?Maaarra?Poaca
Doom?Bsacoa or Dra'H.
BOWERY THEATRE. M?wrry.?Two OaiL** SlAVB*?
DaooBTaa?Kmobts or the Roan.
BAKNUM'8 AMERICAS MUSEUM. Broadway.-Coa.
ro* ? I.ivino W if a lb. Ac., at all houra?Gwrv a a
auuHAif?Jocbmkt to RituaoKD?JWlaruuon an 1 Bream*.
BRYANTS' MINSTRELS' Mechanics' Hall, 472 Broad
Way.?On to Richbo.>p.
AMERICAN MUSIC HALL. No. 444 Broadway.-Sottas.
Boai ?aiiKs. Ua>cas, Ac.
NATIONAL theatre and MUSIC HALL, Canal
Mr 11.?.-o.fis. Daacsa, Bnaufctituas, ao.
GAJRTIE* CONCERT HALL, 616 Broadway.?Datwiao
Boom Bmtbbtaibsbnts,
PBBPLBS MUSIC HALL. 43 Bowery.?Soaos, D-ittoas,
Bueiam^cks, ac.
Parisian cabinet of wonders, sss Broidway.?
Opou tlwil., Iroui 10 A. M (ill 10 P M.
Now York, Saturday, June Ml, ISttJd,
the situation.
The rebel batteries at City Point on the James
Hrer, below Fort Darling, opened tire on our fleet
on Tueaday. but the gunboats returned it so brisk
ly with shell and shrapnel that the batteries were
soon silenced, and the rebels retired. Bkirmieh
? lag aim continued in front of General McClellan's
army. The rebeU are assuming a threatening at
titude, and seem disposed to provoke a general
engagement.
We publish to-day a very interesting account,
from onr special correspondent, of the visit ot
General Dix to Suffolk, and the opening of the
Kanaemond river by our gunboats.
Late advices from Winchester report that Gen.
Shields has concentrated all hia force at Stras
burg. Tha rebel General Ewell was reported to be
la Lnray with a large body of troopa. General
Fremont was about to advance upon New Market.
General Jackson with his forces is said to occupy
Harrisonburg and Port Republic.
The news from Memphis is important to-day.
General Lewis Wallace is in military command of
the city, and haa taken possession of the Argus
office, a notorious rebel sheet. He has placed two
oompetent men to supervise its future editorials.
The vicinity of the city is infested with guerillas,
many of whom are engaged in burning cotton in
the southern counties of Mississippi and other
points. Trade in Memphis is rapidly improving.
Boats going North are filled to their utmost capa
Oity with passengers and freight.
F A Paris letter, of the 3d of Jane, in the London
JfetM, says:?It is stated that Count Mejan, the'
French Consul General at New Orleans, has sent a
Dote to M. Mercier, French Minister at Washing
ton, complaining of. alleged acta of violence com
mitted by the Northern generals at the French
CmnM*.
In the Senate yesterday, a motion to have the
bill reorganising the navy returned from the
House, In order to reconsider the vote whereby
the Senate agreed to the Hons* amendments there
to, was adopted. A bill granting the proceeds of
certain lands to the Pacific Railroad Company was
referred. A resolution was adopted directing in
quiry into the expediency of appointing consuls at
recently opened ports on tl.o Black Sea. The hill
to repeal the act of Jane 2, to prevent
and punish frauds on tha govsrnment, was
called up, and postponed till to-day. A
Conference Committee was drdered on the
bill defining the pay and emoluments of
certain army officers. Tha Pacific Railroad
bill was taken np. A motion to strike out the
section providing for fonr branch lines at the
eaatera terminus, was rejected?15 to 25? and Die
bill passed by a vote of thirty-five against five.
The Senate then adjourned, with the understand
ing that the Confiscation bill shall be the first
business in order to-day.
In the House of Representatives the Chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means reported a
bHl increasing temporarily the duties on imports
and for other purposes. It wns referred to the I
Committee of the Whole, and made the special
order for Wednesday. Several private bills were
passed, and the House adjourned till Monday.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
We have papers from Merids, in the State of
Yucatan. Mexico, to the 38th of May, containing
detailed accounts of the recent conflicts between
the French aad Mexicans at Puebla. The spirit of
the people seems to be thoroughly aroused, and
the papers say that the whole French army will
either be cat to pieces or compelled to surrender.
There arc brief statements of another attack on
the French rear during their retreat from 1'uebl.t;
bat the official documents had not been received in
Yueatan. Considerable aickness prevailed at Ve
ra Crus at latest dates.
Major n. Hawks has been chosen by the Ken
tucky Travelling Legislature Provisional (rebel)
Governor of that State, in place of Geotge \V.
Johnson, who was killed in battle at Pittaburg
Landing. The rebel papers congratulate the peo
ple of Kentucky npon the election of old Hawks
to the Executive chair. At last accounts fie wns
making tracks from Coriath, Mississippi, towards
the Alabama line.
The captain ef the prhie schooner Dixie, having
been discharged in Philadelphia, has been re-ar
rested by order of the government and rent to
Fort Lafayette.
The Stars and Stripes now wsvc over the rc
ru tins of svery dead President of the United States
except (hose of Jamee Monroe, whoac remains
were taken, eome years sluco, from this olty to
R . Um?nd.
the fate of New York has now la the field the
following forest:?
fn'sntry 104 regiments.
Cavalry 11 regiments.
Aitiliery 6 regiments.
Marine Artillery 1 regiment.
Artillery 3 battalions.
JtrtJHery Ill batteries.
I'm# c:Um of New Yhu k and Brooklyn have sent
to ths WW six regiments of eavalry. throe regi
ments and four batteries of artillery, and seventy
four regiments of infantry, including the militia
regiments that responded to the last -'all.
When the sick and woanded soldiers arrive in
Albany, the fact is to be annonnoed by the ringing
of one of the ohorch bells, when the citiaens will
send their private carriages to convey them to the
hospital.
As will be seen by our report of the proceed
ings of the General Sessions, in another column,
the Grand Jury have indicted Samuel Hallett for
'orgery, for his alleged criminal connection with
the great Indiana frauds. He was arrested, and
gave bail in the sum of $10,000. Judge McCunn
Muashed a number of indictments against parties
tor alleged violations of the Sunday liquor law.
James C. Lee, who pleaded guilty some time ago
to violating the Concert Saloon act, was fined $100
by Recorder Hofftnau. The punishment was com
paratively light, owing to the fact that evidence
was furnished ta his Honor that defendant had
abandoned the business.
The Bank of Amerioa, in New Orleana, resumed
specie payments on the iith inst., and it waa thought
the other banks in that oity would also aoon pay
specie on demand.
The lovers of open air amusements will re
member that the usual concert will take place
in the Central Park to-day. Tke Cremorne Gar
dens will also open at noon, with their Saturday
afternoon entertainments.
The western part of thia State is sufihring for
the want of rain.
The stock maaket was better yesterday, though not
at active as to the early part of the week. The advance
was chiefly on the Western shares. Hooey was ubun
dsut at four par csut on sail. Exchange 117^. Gold
fell ?!T, in consequence of the large supplies from tbe
p.tblio, who are selling their gold for the sake of the
jirge premium it now c mmasds.
The oolton market was Arm yesterday, while the ? ties
embraced about 600 balsa, on lbs basis of 31 tjc. a 32c
for mi Idling uplands. The brig Yankee Blade, from
NewOrleans.lt w is said, bad br. twenty-eight bales on
be - miuifost, and p irt of those had boen sold to arrive.
The :|our market exhibited rather more activity, while
pi ices were quite steady and rather flrmer for common
grades of State and Western. Wheat was mora active,
while prices were without change of importance. Corn
wa* Jul! ai I ho ivy, with sales of new and old mixed,
in store an I delivered, at 50c. a53c. Pork was in
modarais demand, with sales of mess at $10 81 a
$10117 tf, with a small lot at $11. Sir irs were steady,
with sales of 850 a POO hhds. and 100 bags. Coffee was
mors active, with tales of 3,000 bags at p. t. and 8.500
(cargo of the Nimburg) on speculation, and a small lot
of Sauiue at auction. Freights were flrmer. Wheat to
Liverpool was taken at 10,i{d. a lid in bulk and bags,
and flour at 3s., with bacon at 27a. 6d. Rates wero also
flrmer to IiOndon.
The French Invailon of Mexico and the
Sllcnee of Congreu.
Of all the humiliation* our country has seen
there is none to compare with the silence of
Congress since the iuvasion of Mexico. They
waste their time in everlasting debates about
the nigger, while they permit the attempted
subjugation of a sister republic without so
much as a protest against so flagrant a viola
tion of the. law of nations?so deadly a blow
at republidho institutions. We have no doubt
that Mr. Seward has done his duty in the pre"
miscs. nnd that he has sent an indignant remon
strance to the Tuileries. But if there was a
spark of patriotism or public spirit in Con
gress?if it was not the meanest body of men
that ever pretended to represent the American
people at Washington?the Capitol would have
been long since made to ring with such elo
quent denunciations of the tyrants of Europe as
would raako them tremble on their thrones.
The question involved is one of the
greatest of modern times. It involves the
independence of free nations, the fate of
republican institutions on this continent, and
of human liberty all over the world. The
ruler of France, overlooking the progress of
freedom for the last three centuries and a half,
disregarding even the principles of the French
Revolution, which first established his dynasty
in power and placed himself at the head of the
French nation, imitates the course of Charles
V., who, in the beginning of the sixteenth cen
tury, sent out Cortez with a handful of troops
to conquer and appropriate Mexico. The fact
of Napoleon sending so few troops for such a
purpose betrays great ignorance of Mexico and
its people. When Cortex invaded the country
he found tho inhabitants semi-civilized Tudians.
their weapons being lances, darts and a kind
of sword, but chiefly bows and arrows, slings
and stones. At that time. too. they had never
seen a h"r-o, though now they excel all nations
in horsemanship. Cortezhad not only small fire
arms and cannon, but cavalry to put their un
disciplined troops into disorder. When Gene
ral Scott invaded Mexico, more than tjiree j
huudted yoars afterwards, he found
the people well skilled in modern war
fare. taught them by their conquerors,
and their cavalry among the most effective in
the world. Being a scientific soldier, Scott,
his operations and battles, gxrve them now les
sons in all the m"dern improvements in the art
t?! war. and they hove had great practice ever
since in their intestine strifes. Such was the
military enthusiasm excited in the United
States by tho war, that in six weeks one hun"
dred and fifty thousand volunteers offerod
themselves to the governm< nt. Of the.-*; one
hundred and twenty thousund were accepted,
one-haif of whom advanced into the heart of
the country and upon th'e capital, while the re
mainder operated in Northern Mexico and on
the Rio Grande, or were held in reserve. It
would therefore take two hundred thousand
French Uoopa to successfully invade Mexico,
considering tho distance from Franee, and the
circumstance of the men being entirely unac
climated. .Such wa-r the sickness among Ameri
can troops, whose climate r esembles that of
Mexico fur more than docs tho climate of
France, that when Scott rosebud I'uebla nearly
one-fourth of his army were on the sick list.
What folly, then, for Napoleon to send such
a handful of troops to take the city of Mexico.
It is extremely probable that not a man of
thorn will ever return to toll tho tale, and
Franco, when she learns their fate, will
boil over with rage. Reinforcements can
not reach them, nor can they retreat
to Vera Cruz; for the fortified pass of
Cblqnlbuite, through which they gained
?n entrance by treachery and breach of faith
is now held by the Mexicans, and they cannot
escape to the seaboard; while the victorious foe
who has driven them back from Puebla to Ori
ziba is still pressing on their resr. Tho com
munication is completely cut off between the
reinforcements at Vera Cruz and the army im
prisoned .behind the impassable Chiquihuite.
starvation, capture or total destruction by the
sword awaits them.
Tho invasion was ooquponced at the wrong
season of the year, and the army took the
wrong road. Hcott began his march in the
middle of winter. At this sea-ion the roads are
impassable, owing to the rains, and partlcu*
larly the road through the valley, between
Vera Cruz and Orizaba. It is deep mud, infi
nitely worse than that of too peninsula between
the Jamee aad York riven. An army with
cannon and storea oannoi pass through it till
late in the fall. Besides, through all that low,
hot region, known as the tierra calienie, the
rouiito, the yellow fever and other Altai fevers,
will continue till October. Oriaaba is the com
mencement of the first range of table land, and
from thence to Puebla the climate is temperate,
while from Puebla to Mexico there is a still higher
rauge of table land, known as the cold region
'1 he French blundered about the road as well
as the time. Cortez and Scott took the same
road from Vera Crux?that over the National
Bridge, by Cerro Gordo, Jalapa and Perote, to
Puebla. The French took the route by Cor
dova, Orizaba and Tebuacan, to Puebla. The
great obstacles that meet an invading army,
especially from Europe, are the extremely dif
ficult nature of the country, the sparaeness of
the population, the impossibility of gotting
provisions, and the almost impossibility of
transporting them for a large army. The peo
ple of Mexico present this dilemma to the
French: "If you come with few, we will over
whelm you; if you come with many, you will
overwhelm yourselves."
The American war with Mexico?which was
only abont a boundary and of short duration
cost this country upwards of a hundred mil
lions of dollars. It will cost the French treble
as much, on aocount of the greater distance
and the greater number of men required to
conquer a people fighting for their indepen
dence and republican institutions, and having
the moral support?and, if necessary, the
physical force?to back It of a great
neighboring republic, which will soon
have its hands disengaged of its domestic
troubles, with three-quarters of a million of
disciplined troops and an iron-clad navy able
to whip the combined navies of the world.
If Napoleon persists in this insane enterprise,
it will end like the expedition of his uncle to
Russ'a. and prove the downfall of his dynasty.
. t may be that at the eleventh hour he will
abandon bis hopeless project and employ his
arms nearer home, where success would be
sure to attend them. That be must either do
that, or prepare for the invasion of Mexico on
a grand scale, is certain. The honor of the
French arms must be redeemed at any sacri
fice of blood and treasure. By the last news
from Europe we learn that Napoleon was
adopting our volunteer system for Mexico, and
that vast numbers were ofFering their services
to the Emperor. Meantime it is the duty of
Congress, in the interest of peace and humani
ty , to warn Napoleon of the consequences of
any further attempt to subjugate the Mexican
republic. The question is one that affects all
Europe, but more particularly the United
States. A cowardly silence now may iovolvo
trouble hereafter, from which a bolder course
at the outset would save the nation.
Tub Tribcnk and thk Niunut Qitsstion in
Nkw OnrjtANS.?Gen. Butler has bad tho labors
of Herottles upon bis hands in restoring law
and order out of the chaos which he found ex
isting in New Orleuns on his arrival there.
Within less than a month, however, he ba<>
done a wonderful amount of work, and has
been amply rewarded for his labors in the vast
ly improved condition of things in the city.
But our negro-worshipping philosophers of the
Trillins have discovered that the New Orleans
newspapers, as reformed and watched over by
Gen. Butler, instead of worshipping Sambo
and raising a hue and cry against African
slavery, are disposed to deal with this question
like sensible men, according to the circum
stances by which it is surrounded. The conse
quence is that the abolition chiefs of the Tri
bune office have resolved to bring these disobe
dient New Orleans editors, or Gen. Butler if
nocessary, to the guillotine. The unpardonable
crime which he and they have committed is
that of making the question of .Sambo's eman
cipation subordinate or secondary to the great
work of the restoration of the Union. We
d ?re say, nevertheless, that President Lincoln
will be unable to discover any very serious of
fence to law and order in this matter, inasmuch
as Gen. Butler and the New Orleans editors
are in the same boat with the President him
self. The New Orleans editors, therefore, and
Gen. Butler, with the right and the President
on their side, may dismiss their fears of Massa
Greeley.
pKSEBTiONH KroM thr Kkiiki. Aumt.?One of
the most undeniable evidences of the collaps
ing of the .Southern rebellion is the frequency
with which desertion* are taking place in the
rebel army. While from Memphis and other
parts of the South now occupied by Union
troops we hear of returning loyalty and the
rush of citlaens to swear allegiance to the old
flag, from every other side comes news of de
sertions from the roTTej cause. The Richmond
Dispatch bitterly complains, of the extent of
Confederate army desertion*; and by an ai-iicU
from that paper, which we publish this morn
ing, it will be seen that great fears are
entertained of the spread of the practice. For
this reason the punishment of death is recom
mended as the only means of intimidating the
rebel army; for tlio Dlnjmkh admits that all
other kinds of punishment are futile to check
desertion among tho soldiers of Kebeldom.
This is one of the best proofs of the waning
fortunes of Jeff. Davis and his deluded follow
ers. The army, on which alone they can rely
to maintain their cause a little longer, is now
rapidly breaking up into disorganized masses
before the pressure of our armed hosts and the
desertions of thoir own soldiers. In this emer
gency Governor Letcher has resorted to the
desperate alternative of issuing a general or.
der offering #30 for the arrest of every ubsconrl.
ing soldier. Will there be funds enough in the
rebel treasury to pay the rewa rds?
Ci'MBKRtaNn Gar at Last.Our readers will,
require no elaborate explanation to satisfy
them that the occupation of Cumberland Gap
by our forces is a very important achievement.
It gives us the command of Mast Tennessee and
of the great railroad artery through that region
which connei-ts the States of Georgia. Alabama
Mississippi, Ac- with Virginia and the rebel ca
pital. Secondly, this occupation of Km! Ten
nessee disposes of tho rebellion throughout the
State, and liberates a hundred thousand Union
men, chiefly East Tennessceans, who have boon
waiting a whole yoar for the day of their deli
verance from a secession reign of terror. We
have no doubt that. General Hal leek wilt take
good ^are tp provide against the reM-pat of the
rebels from Virginia through East Tennessee.
There will.be no lack of volunteers of the very
best, description to fill up bis diminished regi
ment* in that quarter; and Jeff. Davie A Co.
must look very sharply about them, or their
only remaining doors of escape will be closed
against them In North Carolina.
The 1MU? rrwsul?WH. AM tM.
UrMtMl ?H?" *
The affair of the fraudulent issue of Indiana
Sute bond. i? evidently coming to a head. In
ve.terday'8 Uue we published un obscure,
oracular letter from Mr. Samuel II^tt' of tLe
firm of Samdel llallett A Company. Wall street
upon the subject; and on Thursday." our
reader, will *>y our le?al 'T^ctedby
other column, this Mr. llallett was tad oted by
the Grand Jury upon the charge of foigery in
the woond degree, and gave bail in
ten thousand dollar, to appear and answer the
indictment. Mr. Hallett, it will be remember
ed, i. the Wall .treat broker in whose nam
the fraudulent bonds were issued; and, as Mr
D C. Stover, the confidential clerk of the for
mer Sute Agent of Indiana, who teued the
bonds, is also before the Grand Jury, and will,
it is presumed, turn State's evidence, there is
every prospect that this mysterious businto.
will soon be subjected to the searching light of
a thorough legal investigation.
The fact is now before the public tha
fraud has been committed, and it Is admitte
that the overissue of bonds amounts to two
and a half millions of dollars?a swindle
greater than that of Schuyler, and equalled in
this country only by the stupendous operation,
of Floyd and Thompson. It is admitted, also,
that the officials of Indiana knew of the ex
istence of these fraudulent bonds for a long
time before the matter became public. Mr.
Hudson, the State Agent of Indiana here, is
said to have been cognisant of the fraud fifteen
months ago. Governor Morton, of Indiana,
knew of it five or six months ago, and came to
this city to consult with attorneys and brokers
upon the subject. Other Indiana State officials
are also implicated, siuce an arrangement was
made by tl.em with the Wall street brokers for
the concealment of the fraud aud the redemp
tion of the fraudulent bonds through the legiti
mate State Agent in New York. Such being
the facts of the case already developed, the
question of interest to the bondholders may
bo whether or not those fraudulent issue* will
be redeomcd by the State; but the interesting
question for the general public Is, Who are
the greater rogues, the officials of Indiana
or the brokers of Wall street f
There are two sides to every question, and
there is a great deal to be said upon both sides
of this question of comparative roguery,
long established and well maintained bad
reputation would seem to entitle the brokers
to the palm; but then official corruption is by
no mean, so new a thing in this country that
the officials of Indiana may claim a presump
tive innocence. If it had not been for the
roguery of the State officials there would have
been no fraudulent bouds: but, then, if it had
not been for the suggestions of the Wall street
brokers?who probably devised the whole
-cheine, and tempted unsophisticated Stover,
as Satan tempted Eve-there would have been
no roguish officials. Verily, the question be
comes difficult, and needs the acumen oj a
Philadelphia lawyer for its solution. The
vcxeft"query in regard to the assault upon
Billy Patterson is nothing to this. T hat both
brokers and officials were cheek by jowl in tho
matter it is only fair to believe; for when the
officials came on here, some time ago. the
brokers entertained them with dinners, suppers
and yacht excursions; and when the brokers
found themselves In a very tight place the offi
cials reciprocated by hushing up the ran
from the public. In order, as is now stated, to
seenre for themselves a new war loan of two
millions of dollars more. This patriotic com
pounding of a felony is a noticoable feature or
this extraordinary affair. We are of opinion
that the Indiana Stato officials might better
have adopted the policy of honesty, and al
lowed other States, not thus embarrassed, to
carry on the war. Perhaps patriotism was not
the only motive for silence, however. It very
seldom is in such cases.
Put while this patriotic sham moves us to
award the merit of the greater roguery to the
SUte officials, the course of the New Aork
Tribune also impels us to the same decision.
The Ti ibdue, having a government job or two
on hand itself, very naturally favors the worst
rogues, upon every ocCuaion, particularly 11
these rogues happen to belong to the republi
can party. In this affair the Tribune throws its
hat into" the ring in dcreoce of the Iudianu
part v7?n<l even goes so far as to insinuate that
our Attorney General, Mr. Dickinson, and our
District Attorney. Mr. A. Oakey llall, were the
parties who advised tho concealment from the
public of all knowledge of this fraud when it
was first revealed to Governor Morton and his
friends. It will be difficult, however, for the
I Tr'b.n.e to ctplain why Governor Morton and
tho other Indiana officials did not go before a
magi-Irate, prefer a charge against the guilty
parties, take out warrants and lmve arr.-ts
mado as soon n* the frau.l was discovered by
Ton 8,lc^ Procec<^"b*H' District
? ' "3 fr the Attorney General interfered
Attorney ?? Or' ; V i . *
and advised silent, veil am! good. But what
does the fact tl?t Indiana officials did no
Hiich thing plainly intimate? is it that the
officials had seen the guilty parties lefuro they
visited Mr. Oakey Hall ? Is it that an arrange
ment was made between the officials and the
brokers before Mr. Hall was called in . Mr.
Hall could do nothing n-ainst the criminals
until ? charge was preferred against them
under oath. As soon us this charge was pre
ferred lie had Stover arrested and llallett in
dicted. Why did not the Iudiana officials make
this charge, like honest men, ut first ? Why did
Morton, or Hudson, or any of the Indiana peo
ple, run the risk of being regarded us pirbrept
rrirnni*? To all these queries only echo
replies at present; but Stover, if he turns
State's evidence, may answer them better by
and by.
Whether the Indiana State officials or the
Wall street brokers are the greater rogues,
we are, therefore, as yet, unable to decide
When lmlf a dozen of each parly are indicted
and tried, the fact of superiority will be more
evident. Meanwhile. under all the circum
stances of the ruse, and with the championship
of the 'JYibunf., Indiana has rather the lead in
the betting, and Wall street is, comparatively
considered, disgracefully honest in this affair.
Mors Work for thk Ukitro States 8knatr.~
As tho Senate has airendy distinguished itself
by ordering an Investigation into the action of
General Jlanks in allowing a little negro boy
to ride on an army wagon, and another irivosti
gation, culminating in an official correspon
dence, in regard to the causes why General
McGlcllan did not use the little house of Gene
ral Le? (which holds only about ten people
packed) as a military hospital; and, as these
subjects are now pretty thoroughly exhaustod,
we suggest to Senator Wade gnd Company that
! a committee be appointed to Inquire whether
General McClellan uses the noble, loyal, intel
ligent negroes of Virginia to black his boots,
wash his dirty shirts and cook his victuals. If
General McClellan is guilty of thus infringing
upon the rights of the negroes on account of a
silly idea that a white man is as good as a
black, Secretary Stauton should immediately
'ssue a bulletin upon the subject, in his usual
style and with his characteristic energy. The
astute chairman of the Military Committee;
G >vernor Andrew, of Massachusetts; the Se
cretary of War and other dignitaries should
then write letters about it, and General Mc
Clellan should be instantly deprived of his
command, aud some general appointed who,
though ignorant of military science, is so sound
on the abolition gooee that he will not only
black his own boots and wash his own shirts,
but will also black the boots and wash the
shirts of all aristocratic contrabands who may
do him the honor to come within his lines.
Will the Senate please attend to this matter
immediately, and not defer it on aceount of any
trouble it may oause General MoClellaa, who,
of course, has nothing to do but to answer
silly letters, or on aecount of any publio busi
ness, which, in comparison with the negroes, Is,
like poor Toots, "of no consequence V
The Shenandoah Vaixet.?It is an old and
a wise old saying that "too many cooks spoil
the broth." It has been proved in the late es
cape of Jackson from tho Shenandoah valley.
Ilad Gen. Fremont taken the right road, or had
Gen. Carroll burnt that bridge, or could Gen
Shields have reached Port Republio with his
whole force in time, or could this thing, that
thing and the other have been provided for.
Jackson and his army might have been cap
tured. But the simple truth is. we bad too
many generals and not quite soldiers enough
engaged in this enterprise to make it a sure
thing. The same trouble, since the rebel eva
cuation of Manassas, has been the greatost em
barrassment to Gen. McClellan. With his Po
tomac Army divided into three or four sepa
rate armies, and his department proper into
three or four departments, he was sent forward
to take Richmond. His supporting armies
were all thrown into confusion with the repulse
of Gen. Banks from the valley of Virginia; and
now, among them all, it is doubted in some
quarters whether they are competent to hold
that valley against Jackson after having cut
hitn up and drivea him out.
It strikes us thst, had Gen. McClellan been
allowed to bold on to his original army and
Department of the Potomac, he would have
taken better oaro of tho Shenandoah valley,
and would have been in Richmond a month or
two months ago. Gen. Halleck has gone for
ward from St. Louis in Missouri down to Corinth
in Mississippi, because bis department and hie
army were neither retrenched nor broken up.
Our abolition disorganizes, however, after
having deranged alt the plans of MoCleilan. End
weakened him in every possible way through
cotrfictijlg founsels, are beginning to admit
their treachery and tbeii' folly. But they will
not escape the consequences should any serious
disaster befall our army in front of Richmond.
Gen. McClellan. however, and his splendid
army, may he trusted, especially as tho Gene
ral and his army have always had ancT still
command the fullest interest, confidence End
support of President Lincoln.
Npiuola'a Brigade, Third Kegiment,
Tliig regiment U now under the charge of Col. Marriott
N. Croft, who served in the Mexican war as an officer of
the Second New York Volunteers His headquarters are
at 483 Broad way, where he Is recruiting rapidly, with
every prospect of speedy completion. #
Am for Or it Worwocn Hoijukks.?The fair and festi
val arranged by the lad iea of Harlem on Tuesday-and
Wednesday last, for the benefit of our sick and wouuded
volunteers, met with all the success which such sn act
of patriotism deserved. The gathering was pleasant in
overy respect, and the purse strings of the visitors were
only tightened when thoro was nothing else to buy. The
result nf the fair has been highly satisfactory to the
originators, and the proceeds will he of essential service
to those wounded volunteers now needing the assistance
of their countrymen. If other falra do as well as ths
Harlem Festival the wounded volunteer will want for
nothing.
Wat-LAOc's TfrsuTRR.?The Interesting Irish drama,
" Ireland as it Was," is to be presented to the public at
this establishment to-night. The attractions of the
piece are varied enough to draw s very large audience;
but as Mr. Florence Is to a istutn the character of Ran
ged I'at, and thi most picturesque scenery has beon
painted for the occasion by Isherwood, It may be eonfi
de.itty concluded that there will be an overflowing
house. Mrs. Florence will also sppear In some of her
choicest roles. On Monday evening, by general request,
the " Returned Volunteer" will be repeated.
Brooklt* Agadsmt of Music.?We sec that the great
Sbuksperean comedian, Mr. Hackeli, Is about to appear
at the Brooklyn Academy of Musio for three night*.
Monday, Tuesday ami Wednesday next. On Monday he
will appear in bis admirable flUfirscter of Faleuff in
which he ia admitted to stand unrivalled aiiil alone. Re
cognized as an old l/mg Islander, and one of whose fame
Brooklyn may be justly proud, we have little doubt his
engagement will be ? muet brilliant success. He will be
surrounded by scorn;-any ombrscing the best artists of
the Winter tiarden and Wullack's, and all the appltaacss
necessary to ensure it.
CoUSCMN Of DkhTh Dun from th* Sotrrn.?By refe
rence to the advertisement of Mr. Ueorgu R. Downing,
Jr.. who has j' st returned from an Investigating tour In
Now Or Us us, B will ?fe seen that thai gentleman has
mads arrangements for the prompt collection of North
srti debts due In Rouimiana. Mr. Downing It prepared
go do this in the most expeditious, tife and economical
manner, and the names of bunkum .tnu merchants, to
wh m he refers, will be the b?jit frunrnnfe* of his fidelity
end sbiiity. His acquaintance with th- 'aw officers of
New Or leans and the Provost Marshal will also greatly
facilitate bis collections, and there is no doubt that so
enterprising a movement, so early after the I'nlon oc
cupancy of New Orleans, will prove of great benefit to
the public.
Tub Prizb C.c-b*.?The Washington correspondents of
the New York papers utter complaints of the tardiness of
our federal courts in disposing of the prlsa vessels nap.
lured by the raited Plates Navy. Wu are authorized to
state that Judge Beits has passed upon all the prise
cases which have been submitted to hint, with the ex
ception of out, and on that he ia now engaged writing an
opinion. The United titntes District Attorney has kept
the Judge busy en there pri/.e cases, and s.ibmKgfo the
Court every cause of artlnn without delay
Hudson Ktvaa Nbwm'ai-wi Traiss.?The newspaper
trams on the Hudson River Ruitroad will leavu Now
York city for Albany and the Intermediate places on the
line at four o'clock A. M. on overy Sunday throughout
tbe season.
Our Sick and Woaniltd loldltrt.
No. 240 Wsst Ti.mit hscokd ffism, 1
Nsw Yens, June IS, I SOX (
Mrs. A. V. Staff, Tressnrar of the Ladies' Horns !br
Hick and Wouuded Soldiers, I^xisgton avenue, sorner
of Fifty first street:?
Madam?I am happy to remit you tbe sum of |366, tbe
proceeds of a concert given by me and my puplia In behair
of tbe nek and wounded soldiora of wbieh yea are the
worthy patrona, and whose charitable efforts the public
so much admire. 1 regret tbst I am not able to remit yea
a larger amount. 1 cannot sioss this without expressing
my gratitude to Mrs. Charles fllibert, wbo assisted m the
promotion of so worthy a cause by her antiring efforts in
tbe management of off tfccetsfnl concert. The above
monltoued sum will be handed you by Mrs. (filbert. 1
am, with res^eel, your devoted servant, A. BAKU.!.
HP0BTA1T FIOK WASHUGTOI.
A New Revenue Bill Intro
duced in Congress.
Proposed Temporary Increase of
Duties on Imports*
THE INTERNAL TAX BILL NEARLY COMPLETED
Passage of the Pacific Railroad
Bill in the Senate,
Ad. Ac., At.
Washington, Juns 30, ISM.
no mm or public omanr ucnro at thb
WAB DBPABTMBNT*
No nova of pablio interest baa bean received to-day by
the War Department from any quarter.
TBI raw BBTBMUB BILL.
Tba bill reported to-day inoreasing temporarily
dutlri on Import*, la atbot makes companaation to
ma&ufacturara for loaaaa which will bo *uatalced
by ihom under the drat named measure. Tbo
two bllla harmonlao In aomo or their provi
sions. Aa to an equality Of duties, compared with the
Internal tax. throe per cent homo valuation la oanaldared
aqulvalant to Bvo per oeut foreign valuation, and this
prinotplo aharacteriiaa the bill. The duties on drag* and
medicines have been largely Increaaed, while aome ad
valorem* have been changed to specifics. With aa ordi
nary revenue of fifty million* or sixty million* par aa.
num. under tba present tariff, an ado It ion of taamilliaoa
will, it la supposed, ba realized under this proposed an'
The following comprise aomo of tha changes:?
nasT.
In lieu of duties heretofore imposed;?
Syrup of auger, or or sugar case, or oonoontmUd ass.
lasses, or concentrated melado, 2 cent* per pound.
Sugar*, from 2X to 10 cents per pound.
On molasses, 0 cents per gallon.
Scgars, all kinds valued at $6 or less par thouaaad,M
cents par pound; valued over $6 and not over $10 per
thousand, 60 cents; over $10 and not over $30 per thou
sand, 80 centi; over $20 per tlousand, $1 per pound;
and, in addition thereto, on all aegars valued over $M
per thousand, ten per ceut ad valorem.
Snuff, 36 cants per pound.
Tcbacco, in leaf, manufactured, and not stemmed, 2$
cents per pound ; stemmed and manufactured, of nil de
scriptions not otherwise provided for, 86 cants per pound,
faaoan.
In addition to present duties, la levisa on
Foreign brandy, Drst proof, 26 cents per gallon.
On other spirits, manufactured or distilled from grata
or other material, for first proof 26 cents per gallon.
Cordials, and liiuors of nil kinds, and arracks, ah.
synth, kirschanwaasar, rati*la and other similar spirit
uous beverages not otherwise provided for, 26 cents per
gallon.
Bay rum, 26 cents per gtUon.
Alee, porter, beer, in bottles or otherwise, $ oents par
gallon.
All spirituous liquors not otherwise enumerated, 16 $-$
of on# centum ad valorum.
rams.
In addition to present duties
Three and five dollars per ton ?n bar Iron, rolled ar
hammered, each kind according to width and thickness.
Boiler an? plate iron, $6 per ton addltional\latles.
On other kinds of lion?on all n anofactured Iron and
steel, not otherwise provided for, 6 per oentam ad vale,
rem.
Bituminous eoal, 10 cents par ton of 2$ bushals, M
pounds to the bushel.
On all other coal, 10 cents par ton of 20 bushels, M
pounds to tbo bushel.
On cox* sad culm of coal, 6 par centum ad valorem,
yovsm.
Additional on?
Copper rods, bolts, rails, plates, fie., and other ahsstfi
and manufactures of ooppar, not otherwise provided
for, 6 per centum.
The same on braes, zinc, spelter and land,
nrra.
Inn-rased Duties.
Medicines, drugs, apices, paints,oils, ohemlcals, ha.,
to pay largely increesed dutlee, including, on patent SM>
diclnea and cosmetics, fifty par centum ad valorem,
nzra
A aumb.r of articles now ta th* free list Is pay tan par
centum ad valorem.
juunmmm
Chocolate and cocoa, prepared. 1 cent per pdhhd.
Copperas,green vitriol or sulphate of lroa, M eeat per
pound.
On Unseed, flaxseed, hempseed, rapeeeed and mustard
seed oils, 3 cents per gallon.
On saleratus and bi carbonate of soda, % cent par
pound.
Salt, In sacks or In bulk, ? oents per 100 pounds.
Spirits of turpentine, 6 cents per gallon.
St arch, or all descriptions, X cent per pound.
White end red leads, oxids of sins, 26 oents par IN
pounds.
BJOUTU.
Among many other articles subjeoted to new rata
duties, are:?
Barley, I cent par pound.
Bonnets, hats, hoods, 40 psr centum ed valorem.
Recks and engravings, 20 per centum.
Candles and Upere, ateariue and adamantine, ? cents
per pound.
On spermaceti, paraflne and wax caadiss and tapers,
pure or mixed, 8 cente per pouud.
On all other candles and tapers, 2X cants psr |
Cotton, X cant par pound.
Gloves, 40 per centum.
Addilvmal DutUa.
Carpets?velvet, tdpeeiry.from 2 to ft per centum.
Woollen Clolbs?Wooileri tbewls, Ahd all niuuu'acturss
or wool of svsry description, mads wholly or In part oi
wool, not otherwise provided .or, e duty of ? oents pes
pound,aud in additions per Malum.
I lannele. all descriptions, 6 per centum.
Delaines. 3 cents per square yard.
Among tb# remaining sections the duties are Increased
on sli manufactures or cotton, Russia sheetings, earthen*
ware chins, glassware, porcelain, ready mads clothing,
cutlery, prepared vegetables and meats?In fact, nearly,
If not ail, articles of foreign importation. ^
A tax or duty ol ten Cents par ton en ships, Id sddl.'
. Hon to say tonnage duty now Imposed by law, the tax
to be collected not ttiorS than oaee e year on any vessel
having a license to trade between dlflbrent district* el
the Culled States, or to carry on the Bank, Whale or
other fisheries whilst employed therein, of on any other
vessel to or from any port or place in Mexieo, fbe British
provinces of North America or any of the West Indks
Inlands
AH goods which new ardsr may be deposited Is pubtf#
stores or bonded warehouse* after this act takes sflsate
If designed for coammption In the United State* must
be withdrawn therefrom, or I be datleo thereon paid, IN
throe years after the same are deposited; and goods d?*'
Signed for exportation and consumption In foreign coun
tries may be withdrawn by the owner at any time be*
fore the expiration of three years after the seme ore dm
poalted; such goods, If not withdrawn m three years*
to bo regarded as abandoned to ths government,eof
sold under such regulation* as ths Secretary of thm
Treasury may prescribe, aud the proceeds paid Into ths^
treasury.
THS TAX BILL.
The Conference Committee on the Tax bill may perJS
nape be ready to report tomorrow, but, as the Mouaw
will not bs In session, the report will not be made tlA^
Monday.
tux rassaos or tux raciric bailroad sill.
The passage of the Decide Railroad bill oleara the waf^
for ether important meeauree.
ths pbocbidinos or titk nocsa or asriitsRirrA*
TIVBS.
Thethnieewae principally occupied to day In fllibas.
taring about adjourning orer till Monday. The -notiocs
was carried, but the Senate haa eot adjourned over.
TBS PIMAL APJOt. RHUKNT Of CONOXK.8S.
It is now (laflnllely teltied that Congress will adjotwNr
hetweee ths first and tenth of July. The radical (ao?
tion In lbs Senate, who have been lighting sgelnst *X
adjournment, finds ttse.r entirely power,rcc. It Is BOX
sppeailag to popular outcry to endeavor to prsveat ax
adjournment.
Ai-raOVAL OV TBS SILL mnillBITtNO SLAVRBT I*
TUB TKHRITOHIKS.
Ths Prssldsnt has approved the biK securing frscdosi