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Krw York. hBlurdajr, July 19, 1809.
THE (SITUATION.
The new* from ib*u. fcicClellan's army is up to
last night. No militiry movement* have taken
place. The health of the troops is good, ami
everything I "ks flourishing in the army.
(Hen. Pope has uken possession of the town ol
Gordonsvill . Va., without opposition, and has de
stroyed all lie railroad works at that point. As tht
greater p"rti>n ot the supplies for the rebel army
at Richmond passed through this place, which is
the junction of the Oiangc, Alexandria and \ ir
ginia Central Ra.lroad. this feat ot Gen. Pope's
is of conaidtrsbh importance. The General ha?
issued au order to the effect that the army ie here
after to subsist upon the country in which theii
operations are carried on, and that lor the provi
sion* so appropriated State vouchers will be given
to the owner* thereof, oayable at the conclusion
?f the war, provided that the parties can
prove themselves loyal citizens of the United
State*. Another order of General Pope holds
the people resiUiug within a certain distance
of the railroads responsible for the damage done
by guerillas or other parties of marauders, and
conip Ibug su *h icsidei ts to repair the damage.
so done; and furthermore declaring that all per
sons detected in destroying railroads or telegraph
lies ? .all be shot. No stp h acts, he says, cai.
intlnciice the result of the war. and they can onl;
lead Ui heavy a.Uictioti for the people who practice
them.
According to reports which reached ua from
Philadelphia yesterday, General ilalicek has been
recalled from Lis nulitary post in the Wast, and ap
pointed Commander-in-Chief ol the armies of the
United States. This news created no little s nra
tion in the city, and the surmises as to the obje
of the cl an;t: were niaiiy and various.
General iialleck has undoubtedly been called V
Washington, and ttioiigh wc were aw are for a lot s
time past t si he wa- under orders to r-;a:
thiiber, it w a? n >t proper to make the fact publi
for u.auy ie*>ou?. Whether be goes there, t* he
probably do. s, to act as the military adviser cr
the ['resident, t is not at all likely that he is n
any way to interfere w th the po-itio.' or the con -
mand of Genera! McClellau. The couiae of that
officer witl not be affected by th* change in Gen
eral Ualieck's location, nor will hie m 'itary move
mcnte be in the least interfered with. Everything
will d. ubtle-s g > along, as fsr as Getvr.v! Mcf'lcl
lan i- concern d, >u the usual fashion in '.he At my
of the l?o onrac
Our army '-one r.' n.lencr (mm llarri-on's I.sn'
lag and Fortress Monroe to-Jsy will be found fif!
of intereet. The additional iist of killed and
wounded in the la'e battles is very full.
By the City of Washington, off Cap-.- Race, w.
have newa from Europe to the loth ol Juiy, f?>u.
days later.
It was *si>l that tlio F.uip. tor of France had in
vited the En peror ot Unas.a to jo n hiiu in offer 01
"mediation'' in the afluir* oi An eric*, io < on e
quence"f he "stubbornness'' of England. France,
the Ixindon Urvabi -ays. has very aeri-.tia intentions
?f interfering. The London Tune* stiii write* oa the
probability of the esUblL-hment of two nation* on
the North American continent.
Napotcoa seemed to be, at the latest moment,
sorely perplexed witli his M-'X van difficulty.
MISGRLLANF0U3 NEWS.
The City of Washington, from Queenstown on
the K'th of July, i asse I Cap" Race yesterday af
ternoon, on her voyag.t to New York. Her news
? four days later than that brought by th
Persia.
The t.iverpool ootton market was on the 10th
of July unsettled and list, and Surats experien. ed
a decline of one-fourth ol a penny pet pound. Tin
brealstutls market was firm on th* same day.
Provisions wre very dud. Consols closed in Lon
don on the iOth of July at fur money. The
Bank of Eng and had reduced it* minimum rate of
discount to t*o mid ;? half p?T cent.
In the English Hune* of Lords fears w*r? ex
pressed tli.it th* dag of France would now bo u.-ed
to cover ships engaged in the African alave trade.
It was thought that the <<a.way steamship subsidy
Would be restored.
We have ilea from Bermuda dated on the ?th of
July; hut the paper* do not conta.n any news ol
Interest.
It will be teen, by reference to our advertise
ment* thi* morning, that the citizens of the .Six
teenth ward of this city are to havo a meeting to
night for the purpose of pushing forward en
listment* and In reusing the Union army. Th<
m< *ting will no d n?bt be well attended, and we
trust be of great service to the country.
( Fernando de Maretou was tried in the Lnited
B .tee Circuit Court on Thursday, before Judge
# Bbipman, for the om I of Francis Vincent, on
board the eh'.p Blond- Mr. Edwin Jainee made
an eloquent appeal t?. the jury on behalf of the
prisoner. The United States Diatrict Attorney
replied for the prosecution. and the Jury, alttr an
absence of two hour*, found a verdict of guil'y
with a atrong reeommen at.on to mercy. Mr.
J me* took several Irgsl objection*, widt h are re
served for argument. Yesterday morning the jn
ry aigued a petition to the 1'ioeideut for a commu
tation ol tt? penally.
An effort m heiog ma le in I'hil idclphi* to raUr
fiOO.UOO of Voluntary subsetmUoua an,vug tut
merchant*. for the purpose at putting ten new
legiment* into the tie Id from thai oitv without tie
i?y. Tho design is to httvo m- hunditd *vb
-cribs-re, each of whom w;ll (rive H.OtiO towards
this lund. Many have a'ready responded.
'i lie State t unveition of the r. jmbli. uu and
people's parties of th* State of Pennsylvania met
at the l apitol, in Hurrieburg, on Thursday morn
ing, " to nominate vaodldateafwr the office* ot Au
ditor General and Surveyor General, and totakn
<u' h measures as may be deemed ueees.-airy to
strengthen the government in this season of com
mon peril to a common ootmtry." 'the attendance
of delegates was rerv large. Resolutions were
unanimously passed endorsing the acts of the ad
ministration, expressing the strongest confidence
in the President, and pledging the people of Penn
sylvania to tiustain the uovernment in the prosecu
tion of the war until the rebellion is effectually
suppressed. The following nominations were una
nimously made:?
For Auditor General? Thomas E. Cochran#.
For Suroeyor General- William 8. Rosa.
Right Reverend Andrew Byrne, O&tholic Bishop
of Arkansas, died at Little Rock on the 19th of
June last. He was well known in this city, having
been pastor of St. James' church, James street,
about twenty years since.
An informal maaa meeting of the citizens of
Nashville was held on 8unday last, when the ru
mor of an advance of the rebela reached that city.
Stirring speeches were made by Governor John
son, Hon. Wm. B. Stokes and others, and a firm de
termination was expressed by the loyal citizens to
aid the military force by every means in their
power, in case the rebela made an advance on the
city. The meeting was continued on the following
day. The NaahviHe Union saya that if the enemy
makes an attack " we can repulse him with a
slaughter that he will remember forever."
A National Eithihition of Anglo-African Indus
try and Art ia to be held in this city in tho early
part of the ensuing fall.
W. p. Prentice, of Albany, New York, who has
served two campaigns under Gen. 0. M. Mitcbel,
publishes a card iu the Albany Evening Journal
of Thursday, in which he denies the truth of the
charges aga-nst that General which have lately
appeared in the Louisville Journal.
The directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company are preparing new iron bridges in
place of the wooden ones destroyed (about twenty
n number) by the rebels, in June, 1861. The large
bridge at Harper's Perry is nearly completed.
A meeting of the prominent men engaged in the
ron trade met in Philadelphia on Tuesday, and
idopted resolutions to further the interests of the
trade in future. Lessening the time of credit on
-ales from six to four months was decided on.
among other things. ,
An interesting trial is progressing at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, it being u?thing less than a legal
testing of the question as to the right of private
<nd viduals to issue ahinplastcrs in that State.
The stock markrt was dull sad generally lower ycater
lay. No particular cause wut assigned far the decline,
itorerument stxes declined per cent Money was
easier, bang eb tndatt at dve per cent. Gold rote to
lld)?, but rUeeI at about 118\'. Exchange roee to
131K-but cIAi-ed weak at 131.
The cotton market was firmer and higher yesterday,
with a further material advance In p-tces. The sales
embraced ab?ut 1,300 bale?, closing on the basis of 60c.
per lb. for middling uplands The government auction
eale of 683 bales, chiefly poor middling, drew a
good attendance, and brought 44 "-ic. a 47c. a
60c., the latter flgu re far scarcely middling quality,
fh ?? high prices but too plainly indicate the
paucity of stock in the market, which secret
to " grow small &v degrees and beautifully less." The
eflects of an inflated cu renoy and high rates of sterling
were visibly demonstrated yesterday upon the market
for breadetuih Flour was active at an advance of 10c.
a l.Vt. per bbl. Wheat wae active and 2c. a 3c. higher.
Corn was quiet and lc. a lj<c. per bushel better. Po k
.eas Bmt and In good demand, with sales of moss at $11
aa l of prime at $8 75 a $9. Sugars were aoUve and Jtfc
v '^e. h gher th in at liie close of last week. The sale?
ombrSOsd 1.S0O hhi's. lhe Messrs. Stuart 's prices for
.holr refined goods will be found in another column.
oBee wis firm, with moderate sales. Freights were
(Hits st?a y, es,>ecially for (lour, while engagements
ac-inudt lot a r exShril.
i he Frcildriit, the lioVerniiltut tied the
Abolition Traitors*
Some problems solve theu.?elves, To save
labor. Talleyrand used to put all his corres
,.?01 deuce u.-iiie for a month, ami he found that
ther Tiu;c answered most of his letters, and
aved l.itn the trouble and expense of a secre
ry. It would be well for us if we could trust
hue with many of tbe,que?tions which now
erplex us. I'arties have fought for years
ibout tl e tnrifl*. and tho tariff question has now
ettled itself without the aid of any party. So.
for many years past., we have been arguing
nd disruMsing the abolition question, until we
<ve been argued and discussed into a terrible
ivil war; and now. without argument or de
bate, the abolition question is solving itself
-at sfactorily. just like the temperance question,
!,<? phalanx question, and a thousand other
titrations of the puat. By sheer force of cir
< i:tn.-lances abolition i.-m is being forced to
.-.bwlish itself.
The fanatical and detestable Congress which
has just adjourned eliminated its long scries
f outrageous legislation by a Confiscation
till which was strongly abolition and
manifestly unconstitutional. To pass this
bill the abolitionists concentrated their entire
strength, and they succeeded; but their suc
cess proved a terrible defeat. The President
refused to sign the bill, and drafted a veto tnes
- ?ge against it. The radical abolition!*ta raved
and stormed in vain. To -ave themselves from
the rebuke of the message?to deliver which
tho President detained them In Washington
"or twenty-four hours?the radicals were forced
o veto their own bill, by passing a supple
mentary act amending and explaining It. Even
this self-mortification did not wholly ?ave them,
however. The President signed their bill as
amended, and with all the poison taken out of
it: but lie sent theru his veto message to assure
Congress and the country of his disapproval of
the abolitionists. The rsge and shame of the
radicals were unbounded. The abolition or
gan, the Triljuntt, says that tho message "fell
like a wet blanket'' upon the abolitionists.
"It was supposed," the Tribune continues,
"that its author would commit it to the flames,
after signing the aot. Some of the soberest (?)
lenators were unwilling to hear the message
read. No motion was made in the Senate to
print it, and in the House it was
a deadly foe to STerj republican or
administration measure who made the motion
f r the printing of extra copies, which was
d? f Cod by the arrival of the hour of adjourn
ment, after a "filibustering contest, in which
?iohti F. Potter and Thud. Stevens led the op
ponents of this u-ual rnotiou." The worst
enemy of the ab tliton traitors could wish them
o gieater disaster and coidd desire no more
csndiil acknowledgment of their utter defeat.
We congratulate the country, therefore, that
tho President has signalized the clo-ing
hours ol an abolition Congress by ? great con
servsPvo triumph. We are gla I Mr. bin
coin liM proved true to himself s .1 to the
people, and has compelled the abolition ti a tots
or commit political suicide, l .rr made the
Coiiiicoatiotl art the te-> qiie?t'r - ?,! th d< ,
luey so tiameuitas to smooth the Terr essence
? ?f their venom against the South, ami its pas
sage was equivalent to that of a general en ate
r;> ation act. Tie President I a.l qiiie> v 1. <i? <1
?in time. Whatever inaj have been bis disgu-t
>t this abolition Congress. he had not tl oi'd t t
otitic to display it before. The government
needed the -upport of Congressional legisia
tii n in order to put dowu the rebellion,
i'ne passage of the Tariff and Tax l)ill9
was uecessary t<^ ^i?e the government
means; the postage of the Militia bill
was necessary to give the govemmui.t men;
the passage o< many minor bills was uece+ory
to give the government power. Had the Presi
dent previously opposed the radicals, these
bills would never have been passed. He wait
ed patiently, therefore, until every one ol these
necessary, indispensable bills had become a law,
and then, when the radicals brought up their
pot scheme, he deliberately put his foot down
upon them and crushed them to atoms. No
wonder ibat Wade raved like, a madman, while
Sumner sneaked cowardly away. No wonder
thafcabolition Congressmen Insultingly refused
to listen to the reading of the President's mes
sage. No wonder that the abolitionists of both :
tho Senate and the House insolently declined to
vUow the message to be printed. No wonder
that the abolition majority of the Senate sat
with closed doors afterwards, and deliberately
rejected every civil and military nomination In
which the President was personally or specially
interested, including that of General Marcy,
the father-in-law of McClellan. Having used
them as he wished, the President, as the Tri
bune sorrowfully admits, has suddenly cut loose
from the abolitionists forever, administered to
them a kick by way of farewell, and taken his
stand among the conservative masses upon the
border State platform.
The loyal people of the North are electrified
by this glorious action of the President. They
now desire him to go on in the right path and
treat Northern and SoutLern traitors alike. By
ti e logic of events abolitionism has been proven
to be treason. Wendell Phillips, the arch
traitor of the North, declared at Boston, a
few days ago, that " Jeff. Davis was doing
less to break up the Union than President
Lincoln;" that we " are paying the enormous
penalty of millions of dollars and thousands of
lives for that bad system of government mis
called democracy,7' and that " from 1846 to
1861 the abolitionists had preached the lesson
that over the ruins of the American church
and the ruins of the American Union is the
only exodus for the slave." Greeley, the little
abolition traitor, has again and again endorsed
these seutiinenta, aud has declared within the
last few days that " the war was essentially
over; that Europe would now recognize the
confederacy, and thnt the Union would be dis
solved." If this be not treason, what is? Abo
litionism, thus having proven itself treason, has
also proven itself useless to aid the Union
cause. Its intrigues have brought us only de
feat. McClellan has in vain endeavored to get
able bodied negroes to work for him in the
trenches. Hunter, having freed by proclania"
tion the slaves of three States, could not obtnin
one full regiment of blacks to use his Tribune
muskets aud wear his red flannel army trowsers.
The President could not be blind to these facts;
but the abolitionists controlled Congress, and
lie therefore hesitated to rebuke theui until the
bills needed by the government were passed
As soon as those bills were laws, the President
deliberately slapped abolitionism*in the face.
Let him but follow up the blow by the arrest
of one such traitor as Wendell Phillips, and the
oval North, enfranchised from the enervating
doubt as to whether the war is to be prose
cu'.ed for the Union or the negro, will rush to
arms and crowd the field with patriot soldiers.
Tiik Richmond Eebki.8 Bkoinhino to Chajige
Thkir Mrsic.?The leading rebel organs at
Richmond are no longer jubilant over their late
imaginary victories but are getting eery uneasy
in regard to the present position of General
Meridian's army. They are satisfied that hi*
r.urpoee is to tal e Richmond if he can, and, as
'hey arc not sutl.-fled that he can he moved oft'
or kept out by the bayonet, they urge General
l ee to bring the shovel into requisition, and
hrow up such a labyrinth of earthworks that
the Yankees can never get over them. The
Richmond Enquirer thinks that MeClellan in
tends to use his army on betb sides of the river,
to clour the way for our gunboats, and the gun
boat* to clear the way for our army, and does
not like this land nnd water programme, and is
evidently afraid of the consequence* Hence
General Lee is urged to dig, dig, dig. Here we
are admonished of the advantages of hurrying up
enlistments and reinforcements to MeClellan bo
fore General Lee can accomplish much in dig
ging. We hope these hints from the Richmond
rebel organs will receive the prompt attention
of the government.
EM.mrvK.vrs.?In another column will be
found an interesting correspondence between
Colonel W. Bliss and the Governors of nine dif
ferent State? on the subject of enlistments. The
Colonel, who is raising a regiment of cavalry
applied to them for authority to recruit men
withirl their jurisdiction. The answer received
by him in every case has been that all the men
fit for the army are wanted to fill the regiments
of each atato at present in the Held, or for the
new regiments now being organized by it.
This shows the earnest spirit with which the
State governments are entering into the busi
ness ol recniiting. tfnd tho anxiety that they
feel to till up immediately their respective
quotas. We are not sorry that this plan of re
cruiting men from other States to fill up our
regiments is discouraged. New York has got
to do her duty like the rest; and if any stimulus
is wanted to keep her up to the mark means
must be found to supply it. Governor Mor
gan's offer of a State bounty of $.10 will, we
doubt not. go far to effect what u required. That
sum, with the United States allowances?$2,
$15, arid $25 out of tho $100 bounty?w ill en
title the soldier to $P0 ns soon as his company
is complete. With such an inducement there
ought to be no difficulty in our immediately
roising the quota allotted to us under the i're"
sident'a call.
Gp.Kn.KT on Mimjaok Rhorm.?1The Hon.
Mum Greeley Is sorely distressed at the failure
of the proposition in Congress to reduce tie
paltry mileage of members of Congress one
half. but lie has nothing to pay in denunciation
of tho*e rascally Contracts lor g ins, clothing,
Ac., Ac., by which the Treasury h.?s been and
Continues to he swindled out of millions of
money. Some of those swindling job*, per
haps, would touch the Tribute C"ii em in a
tender pin e: and hence, we suspect, this ?train
ing ?t a g :at a id swallowing a camel by the
Lou. J. .:?a un.ei'. J.
Our \tw <?????* of t>tre??t 1 hiiiMiih?? iii?
port.i ur? of \? h loi k ouil Oar UUter
C rnl i taI < il lit.
Tie i- u ? (((Mutton of our na"on,il polcy
that in i c intimately ? rt it#>u t'i? l'*'M ''eat
proof ut moment (baa the prt.vts on* ?ni (Woa.
pecbve operaii<>u of (bo tifw Tax law. 11m
gre.it at anxiety is screiywhe e B*uif?W (*>
know all about it* ramification* an?l purposes,
and clearly to understand how the enactment is
to alleet toe varied branch"* <d Atll? i n an coio
ineroe, trade and industry. 1 "i the inforuia
tton of the pub! o in th * matter wo have at
ready publ abed an elaborate and carefully
prepared tabular ed'tion of tbe low. .Teuohii k
ttautdity andnecess'ty at th"- time tiie e '* n<?
doubt; but in executing it* proviai n* t me
will be many tliiugs to be carefully oonHidenii
by the legal and admin stratus authoritiea ot
tbe city as well as of the Stele. -
We have always fait the greatest interest in
tbe success of this bill, and iu its progress
through the two houses of Congress we hav.
pressed upon tbe representative* of the poop e
tbe absolute necessity of passing it tn'o law
We did Ibis because we saw bow necessar;
waa the measure. Now we have some sugge*
tious to offer aa to the mode of carry ing it out
efficiently?so far, at lea*t, aa tbe city of New
York ta concerned?and it is fair to say that
the same observationa will apply to all
our other large cities. In the first place, itap
pears to us that this city should compose an
entire and complete e-Bessiuent d'strict. lie
provis>ona of the bill indicate that the intention
of Congress is that the assessment districts
shall be large. Thus, the first section of the
actprov dea "that any State or Territory or
the District of Columbia may be erected int<>
one distr ct;" and, again, by the thirty-third
section, "the Secretary of the Treasury is an
thonzed to make allowance to deputy col
lectors in cases in which, from the extent o
the territory of the district, it may seem jus'
to make such allowance." While the bill wio
pending m the Senate it was also urged by a
Senator from New York, and apparently cot.
ceded, "that the city of New York should*not
be divided into separate districts." Now hide
pendently of the views of Congress on this sub
ject, sound exped'ency and a desire for tin
efficient administration of the law require tbe
adoption of this very course. By making tin
city of New York one d'strict more importance
and dignity of position will be given to the
chief executive officer; his responsibility will
be central and not divided; and a more perfec
system of action can thus ba devised for the
whole city, while it will be very difficult to
evade the assessments and licenses guaranteed
by law. To complete the efficiency o
the system for our cities, the assesso
should be authorized to arrange his dis
trict so as to be able to select his assistant
without reference to locality, and to dispose o
them when employed so that their labors may
be most beneficial and available to the pubiii
service. In many localities of the city of New
York it will be most difficult, if not impossible
to obtain suitable persons to discharge the
duties of this new and responsible office
whereas, if selections of capable men can 1m
made without reference to the tramme's of re
sidence, a great difficulty and objection will be
obviated.
The appointment of the assessors is also ?
question to bs carefully considered. It will b<
as wrong as It would be dangerous to appoint
these officers from among immediate neighbors
Because in many cases personal or politics
considerations may influence leniency; and
other collateral facts, more weighty, perhaps,
might present temptations too powerful and
urgent to ba easily resisted. It therefore ap
pears to us that the assessor, once properly
nppo nted. should ba allowed freely to ascer
tain what assistance he will reqfiftd, and to
lect his aids without any rostraint whatevei
This \vas the view taken in the Senate by
Senator Harris, of New York, who said that tin
assessor in New York should be left to follow the
practice of the sfieriflk, and to select his assist
ants from among the most intelligent men in
h u district. Hence the adopt<on of the amend
meat of the Senate to tbe first part of the third
section, giving authority to the Comtnlss onero
Internal Revenue to regulate and l m.t the ar
rangements of the assessor.
The office of assessor, as well as that of as
sistant, Is of much importance. Men of posi
tion, integrity and Industry should alone be
selected to discharge its duties always deli
cute, and frequently onerous. Temptations
will be held out, evasions attempted, protexb
of living or doing business in other district
resorted to, and many other efforts made to
avoid the plain provisions of the law. At.
these can readily be prevented by having one
district and by selecting the assistants from
the district at large. By this means pol tical
influence in wards can have no effect; personal
influence cannot be exercised, and the subter
fuge of non-re?idence wdl be of no avail what
ever. Thus alone can the purposes of the law
be thoroughly observed and 1U designs faith
fnlly executed.
There is also another fact to be observed under
the fifty-seventh and si\ty-lliird sections of tlie
law. In the department of licenses a very large
amount of revenue must be collected. This
branch of the service alone will roquire an
assistant assessor, whose exclusive attention
must be devoted to it during the whole year.
It is safe to estimate that not less than one
hundred and fifty thousand persons in the city
of New Ybrk will be annually subject to the
section requiring licences. And these are being
constantly added to and changed weekly?
nay, almost daily. New business firms are
formed, professional men added, hotels, saloons,.
Ac., opened. AH these will requ're an officer
constantly in charge, who shall keep an accu.
rate register of everything transpiring; and, as
tho act requires the Registry to be made by an
assistant assessor?(section 57)?such an officer
must have the control of tho matter. It would
never do to divide the city, so far as licenses
are concerned. The as cssor of the city of New
York should make the city one assessment dis
trict for licenses, and should appoint an assist
ant, who should have exclusive charge of Us
afhtra; for it must he well known that the reve
nue to bo derived from licenses-will be enor
mous in the city of New Yol k.
In concluding those ob-ervations. we will
say that for a safe, economical and luithful ad
ministration of the new Tat law in the city of
New Yoik there .ire throo thing- requisite.?
Flint- Thai tin? city of Now York slmll not
consist ofn.orc thin one assessment dhtr.ct.
Htcnnd That the assessor shall be authorized
to ?rc t hU us*l?ta?ts from tl egeneral Jinn t..
V ir<l That one assistant assessor shad have
ci of the ren'stry of Mconscs. Ac.
There th.se cardinal principles will secure
more efficiency, ff*?r officer#, and. couse
quenf'y, tees exp*use; a* u?dl M e more tbo
ronirh rupcrT1)")*!) by 'be e seasor, *nd fewer
temptation* ??? evade or violate the Isw.
The e retie t:i?n? die worthy of consideration
in such a vital oh ii'.-r a-, 'hat fiy which we are
now threatened We hope tie law tuay reuli/e
everytbinir hoped from it it? we belter# it will
do if it be properly administered.
Government t'om n1 ii another column
will be found Home in'e'e.ting extracts from
t e report of the Congressional committee on
the rout rarts for the put chase and charter of
vessels, iui well as army cap*. to which we call
the special adent'on of our readers. The cor
ruptions, enruvugsnce* aud swindling tliat
have been carried on ?inc? the oouiuienoement
of the war are gradually being uncovered and
plat ed before the eye* of the public, who have
been swindled ami p'undered in every direo
tion. First we had lite Gataline contract*
where several politioiaus figured 1u'te cou*
spieuoiisly. to their own profit and to the losa of
the government. Then cume the lincu pants,
straw hat*, ale and porter, with oonfidfng f utn
mings* profits. Next in turn we had the " tea
table commission," with Geo. P. Morgan'# two
md a half per cent commission. Then came the
extravagance in the ?-?t honia department, un
der General Fremont, with the purchase of re
eeted guns and ca bines at an onnrtnoa* figure
In due time ex-fw*cretary Cameron was nr
raigned under a long list of extravagances, and
a condemnatory resolution passed by the lower
branch of Congress followed by a retort fr-ur
tie ex-Secretary in Id* farewell speech to th?
c't'/ens of Harrisborg, throwing a gieat deal o'
light on the jobbery of Congress. All thi*
spiced with the Trib?ne gun contract, and b>
shoddy on:forin? and shoddy blankets, undei
this and I'ennsy'vania State authorities. Ard
now we have a supplementary report, giving
dditional particulars in the charter and pur
?ha*e of vessels, both under the Navy aud War
departments, and additional commissions, with
onie interesting tacts id regard to anuy caps
by way of a variety.
All this we can readily see is not very plea*
iug news to the masses of t' e people, who
.ire now to submit to the bnrden of tax?
?ion. It would seem as though every person
who has hud anything to do with the pun bases,
or supplyln ? the urmv and navy, had taken this
hour of adversity of our ration to Bwindle the
government and deplete ihe Treasury in every
oossible manner. The operations of offir als in
free wool legislation railroad grants. Sales and
purchase? of ? to? for forts and sales of reser
vations. and the stealings ot' Floyd ftfid ether
ifilcials under Buchanan, sink into insicntfi
cance wlien comrared to these recent two and u
half and five per cent commissions and attempts
to rob the government in its ptesent critical
ind trying hour. Well may the people ask
what next ?
The extracts referred to above, furnishing a8
thev do some interesting and important tacts
in reference to the operations of George D*
Morgan, under the uuthority of the Navv Pe
nartment, and John Tucker, the "General
Transport Agent of the War Department." in
th# chartering and purchasing of vessels, in
"hiding the Varuna. Constitution, Union and
tovernor, not only show how the public money
ha? been squandered, but al>o how the live
of the gallant soldiers lmve been tr'fled wit' f
ind the Interests or the government endanger
?d. When the agents of the government and
contractors are thus spending their time it
devising way? and means to deplete the Trea
ory an 1 pocket their commissions, is it to be
wondered that when our army, alter tho fehit
upon Manassas, returned to the transports toi
l.e purpose of proceeding to the peninsula, thev
were obliged to wait for three or fQurVeelcs
ind until tho enemy had suspected the plan or
General McCietia.T, far tllfi reason tj- | no fue'
tad been provided to got up ?te mi. When the
history of this war is carefully and candidly
written, ii will be found that the ^delays and
slow movements that have been charged upon
uir generals will be accounted for, toagrea'
extent, hy the swindling operation? and commis"
?lions of department agents, in their efforts to
add to their profits and increase tho r comniis.
?ions.
Tub IiKhci.s is tmk Sm rmvEST.?It is re
ported that Beauregard is gxthering up the
loose ends of his Western army at Chattanooga.
Tennessee, to head off General Buell; that the
rebel guerillas of Kentucky threaten to take
i raukfoit, the State oupital; that the robe:
General Hiudman, with a large force, is cloee
upon tbo track of General Curtis, in Arkansas
that large numbers of rebel steamboats and
transports, worth several millions of dollars,
are away up tho Yazoo river; and tbat the
rebel General Van Dora, with his army of ten
thonsand men, though he has not taken Baton
Rouge, intends to do so the moment after our
gunboats are driven away from Vicksburg. In
fact, the rebels are trying all sorts of raids and
rumors in the Southwest 19 divert our govern
ment from the one great object of the rebel
army of Richmond, upon which the life or
death of this rebellion depends. General Ilal
leek, however, has doubtless fully posted the
War Office upon all these ruses of the enemy.
Old News.?The ITarrisburg Union publishes
a letter from Washington announcing the pos.
session by the writer of positive proof that
Horace Greeley, at :he beginning of this war,
told a number of bis friends that he was in favor
of the final separation of the Northern from the
Southern half of this republic. There can be
no doubt of the truth of this statement; but it
is rather old news. All that the writer of the
letter had 4o do was to turn to the files of the
Tribvme about twenty months ago and find these
sentiments openly avowed. Greeley made no
secret of It. He has been a radical disunlonist
for nmny long years, in the same boat with
Wendell Phillips, Lloyd Garrison and Charles
Sumner. Greeley sometimes pretends that he
is in favor of the war tor the Onion; but this he
explains by saying that he is not In favor of a
wA* lor the old Union and the constitution, but
for a new Uuion, 011 a new basis, with slavery
abolished, if slavery bo not abolished then be
is not for the Union; for are not the Union and
the con-titution, formed by George Washington
and his contemporaries, " an agreement with
d"ath tad a covenant with Hell?" So say they,
all of them.
Tub PaBMoaxT's Vs to Mkssaoe and ttte Abo
lition RAaiCAtJ.?According to the testimony Of
tho Tribune* Washington correipoudeat on
the subject, the abolition tad en's were ex
tremely incensed at the production by the
President of his late feto message, after they
had bucked down ft ?m their dollbcrute cor
tt npt ot tho cous'mhmou iu the manor ot tuo
ConfliH atien bh!'- The msnsags eiposoa ?
broadly their inftk'nous conduct iu thU tiling
that they were anxiWu* to siipprtMH it, if possi
ble ; but they signally fad'ed in their efforts to
do so. The President., in srindioating the con
stitution. has fully revealed ihsir unscrupulous
dwigns to the country, arwl the country wiH
take a note of them, ileanlime, let us be
thankful that we have a President who. against
all sorts of party threats and intrigues and
schemes, (irmly adheres to the constitution.
Thr Soldiers o-n the Pat Rolls axt> thou
in Skkvick.?Secretary Cameron, In his report
to Congress, stated that there were over six
hundred thousand soldiers in the service of the
government. There is no question that the
pay rolls exhibited that number, when, ia
reality, there were only about Ave hundred
thousand actually in the service. This dis
crepancy is now said to be acoounted for from
the fact that the paymasters returned lists of
the d>flereut regiments with their full quota of
men. when, in fact, many of them fell two and
three hundred short The money for the pay
ment. according to the lists returned, was
drawn from the government. The public can
?lraw their own inference as to the disposition
of ths surplus, or the amount drawn for tbs
two or three hundred men over and above
those actually in the regiments. Here is an
>ther important item iu the cost of the war,
and an additional chapter on the swindling
operations that have been carried on. Is there
lot some way by winch these paymasters and
their accomplices, whoever they are. can be
made to disgorge their fraudulent gains andr*
turn them to the Treasury ?
Ruins os a Fkathkr.?The Anglo-African is
ut in a terrible leader airuinst (ieneraj
MeCle'lan and the President, because they don't
elevate the blacks to the level of the white
? ace by piviiia them arms to ti^' t in this war.
)n common wch the Tr<niulat
o ridfbu es the President <w?,l our greatest
general, and predicts that "this miserable race
pride will have a fall." The Anglo-African
holds that twenty millions of Northern white
men cannot conquer ten millions of Southern
white men without the aid of the puissaut
blacks, who have had eterv opportunity given
diem to r se ut the Soutn. but either do not dure
>r do not de.-ire to engage in the conflict
? There w'll soon be an end " quoth the Anglo
African. " of Mr. Lincoln's .jokes, gyrations
vnd humiliating appeals to border States trai
tors." Here is a bird of the same leather
with Greeley. The patriotio President desires
to retain the border States as the sheet anchor
*:-r Union: the Anglo African and f! e Trilttm*
iong to see the border States forced out of ths
Union, in order to secure the eternal separation
of the South from tl e North. This is what tb?
radical knaves and fanatics have been moving
Heaven, earth and pandemonium for during
the last thirty years, and uow their fever is at
its crisis. They will soon get a cooling or die
by beinp.
Wili.ac.Ts.?On M t.diy tiu.tl *'om pi linen la-1
be efll will be given to Mr. and Mrs Florence by ths
drop my, orchestra, ballet troups and emr-loyw of th'.e
establishment Those universa; favorites, Mr. ai d .Mrs
IU nay Williams, h .ve volunteered their KO'vices, and
M l. Goo. F Browns will alto up;?ear, the tli id-inters
'tT-ring a combination ,,f talont that Is rarely to 'is wit
nessed on our boards. Tino-e who bava never had aa
opportunity of seeing them play togeth er wo .Id do well
not to mm this occasion.
Nsw Mcssc.?-'Ral >p Par E. Morli " This popular
oom.osltion, which was Introduced in the lull scene In
the "Ballo en Maschsra." at the Ac .demy >t Music, *mi
which soized hold of every one from its vivacity and the
hnti an J chu- m of its into ly, has jisi been published by
Hear At Sohirmer. It has been arra.iited for tlie pUua >a
a m inner to rouder its eaocaiim easy to almost every
player.
Ti-woviAl sk ill rt d 'twri-B Cat ure or CoMVtsni re
Cai-Ars Macopuck.?Capuila Masod ck, 'he mastar ef
die ship Constant I.:e. of this i*ort, rocvivad ye- to d?y,
thrsagll Celleot or Harney. u very sp'endi! thr moiuetef
wauh. as a testlinoui.il of houor to him for saving the
C,r*w < f the D-iMshbrigamios Hiliew, ?.rt th?coast of Me',
vaFcdli-.'. 'B i' *br *rT la*(- t he Collector a.so presents*
the m isier e'lt? Coasuutln >, Mr. Jatnes A. Mncod :ck, ?
hanils-'iue taUacupt trgni tne time sout..?, and for as
sistltig la preserving the trj* pf the Billow The test!
in-'Dla:? were transmitted thrC'.ifh l/'rd Lyons and ear
eereiary of State at Wash! iftoa.
Mnslc at th<- Central Park*
There will he must3 at the Central Park to dty. at
ueual. If the weather permi'e. The follow:-g le the
rcgramma, under the leadership of Mr. Harvey H. Pod
worth :?
rasT 1.
I. Quirk March, "Pol inde.lM-h" Ra-tlui'nmatM
!. Ariat Pohraaiee F-eey
.1. I a-Hguno polku m.i? t
4. Anvil thorne rrom "II Troralere" Veil
ra?r 11
1. Tie "Regozky," Hunf-euan March Pevlloi
3. Overture to ".fe??muur' s <?hr
?'I. HeleottoMfrom"Earlier dl Sevlglia" If h-mi
4. Alio. Scheao. from Sym. In R IVethovea
ran 111.
1. Quick Step, "Foe Avanf ?tre--?e
a. "4-ngeof th? Th imee," wall* K l.iwt
8. Home, Sweet Home fh-hop
4. UaJep, '? JtaepUine"' C. Wela
The National Medley.
A not Iter Billiard Kxr If'in'tit.
RETTON MATCH BKTWKKM HREKY AND O I.I> MWAlTI*
The return match between I eer y, of New York and
tloldihwalte. - f n<>' ton, for $.'>('0 a aide, *a. p-ayea on
laet Thured ty evening, at O'Cenner'a billiard eeiubUeb.
merit In Fourteenth street, orpoalte Uoioti wtue'e The
game wee four hall caroms, fifteen hundred p- lute up,
and wae very clottly contented throughout young I>eeey
winning by only twenty ft \ a p-d,its. It iaeted without
iiiternilsrion from eight o'clock Thum-liy ? e -lug u til
1rteen minutes p*?t two <>"c onk yaeter a) m rn ig
The playing on both aides wan very bauiitl ii1, ri vine
highly interesting to tUe limited n d-sure who - binned
tickets 01 admiltrion. The biggoat tun im? mane by
I o-'-y, who sco ad one hiiudi ml and foi ty nr> ?n Hi ens
hand. Goldfhwalte air; ? mude some exnehwit rune,
rcoring forty-nine, ninety-?even, euhty Ac (ield
thwaite ha; ing won the 11. -1 g?me. In It a ton, it W eui
pun- d thvt another game will be arranged to duevie the
ebampiomhlp.
The Tnrf*
pakbion pLtAarna ohocnd association?trottik?.
The trotting content acuounce<i to eorne o.f at the
Fashion Deaaure Ground yesterday after coed, between
lAfty, Floneet Whit and Qeueral (fetlock, did not take
jmPe: but, ee a number of peraana liad araembled, whe
were determined to see a trot, an impromptu nflfctr waa
made up by partita belonging te null's Head, for which
wee entered Mr. Johnson's gray mare h'afe; Mr. Whlt
ton'e eorrel gelding General Hilleck, and Mr. J?eha?
bey gelding Shark. The two ftr?t named were driven by
their respective owners, while the latter wae handled by
Daniel Mere. His very cloeely contested h-nte ware
trotted hef ire a conclusion waa arrived at. The follow*
1 tig lea summary:?
latoAr, July lb, aweepstakee, mile heats, beat three
In (Ivs. to wagnua ?
Mr. Jarlta entered h g. Shark S 3 S 1 1 A
Mr. .lolins-io eiitured g in. Kain i 3 12 3*
Mr. Whiteon sntei <1 a. g. can. Hallrck..! I 3 8 a ?
lima?2.40?2 48?2 44'<?2:44?2 411?2 46*.
Hohnhtn ?'Hr
Tri Mretsnioi a MBanea m 1i-uiok?n.? Coroner Itoba
stedt wee unable to pruned with ttve In iueii in ?,Necae?
of the supposed mur-leied I'nl.m ealdiar, I'evia M. Pa
ami eat, ol Company B, Fifty third regiment New Yorn
-lute Volunteere, yesterday, at lib-San, -Mr in vbe
unavoidable absence of one of the jurore, Mr Jon b
Ht hollah. ibs'ir-ner remarked the' UH "Pi-er? hud
ihrtiuilv eucceedcd la ;er?sti s -?4 the wbeiuab-t te
?( imp 1 taut evldai <:a en' a- Here a* 0... ilea*
bio la'i'ir that re it.a seed l<- l-e p-u^/ n*<l lit suge
pteu ' that th# ,|ti:T b?-t belter -Tin in eu.--.uiii
inai.t r<u (hie- Jews. et Ibe ea 1 a winch <im# eii 1 he
?vi -i.ee that le#>i unable oil - he eecue-l. the Jury
??.. ! 01 , epl' do 1 p.ev. w ?e tbai enr- n pvsigeaed -iRHl
aeiiloia'.if tmiL -g ?t ele*u o'clock