The New York Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1862, Page 6

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NOVELTY MUSIC HALL, 616 1 hl a Tan HALL, 616 Broadway.—Buniusquas TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Thursday, April 3, 1862, = = THE SITUATION. General Banks appears to be following up the advantage gained by General Shields at Winches- ter, and has driven Jackson's rebel troops farther Of from the line of the Potomac than before. General Banks’ forces advanced upon the rebels im the neighborhood of Woodstock, drove them throngh it, they meanwhile fighting as they re- treated. The rear guard of the latter was con- stantly engaged with the advanced guard of the former; and during their retreat the rebels set fire to the bridges and succeeded in destroying several of them. At Edenburg they made a stand, but our forces gaining the best of the contest, the rebels again retreated. We present a map of the locality of the contested ground, and our readers will readily be able to trace the course of both armies. The advance of the main army under General McClellan has recently had some spirited skir- mishes with the rebels in the neighborhood of the Rappahannock river. Col. Geary has again made himself prominent in his attacks upon the oppos- ing forces, and in one spirited skirmish succeeded in capturing a number of rebels and killing others. Cavalry skirmishes and artillery contests on a small scale are portions of each day's duties, the contending forces being very near each other on the field. Commodore Dupont and Commander Gillis re- port officially the abandonment by the rebels of the formidable batteries on Skidaway and Green islands. They succeeded, however, in removing their artillery before leaving the fortifications. The works were taken possession of by our troops. Tho‘evacuation of the Thunderbolt fort, which is only five miles from Savannah, would almost indi- cate that @ very strong defence would not be made to the Union advance upon that city. Skidaway battery was situated on the island of the same @ame, and commanded the approach by the Au- gustine river. The island is about twelve miles from the city, and was connected with the main land by bridges. Our map will ahow the relative positions of the above points with Savannah and Fort Pulaski. Fort Pulaski is now surrounded by our forces, and,the rebels have offered to evacnate, if allowed to march out with the honors of war. This propo- sition has been peremptorily refused by General Sherman, who demands an unconditional surrender, else he will opea a heavy fire upon them on a cer- tain day. We present our readers with a map of the vicini- ty of Union City, accompanied by a sketch of tho place. We also give a brief sketch of Colonel Buford, whose command has but recently captured this peint. The importance of Union City in a military point of view is set forth in the sketch. The advance of the Union troopa through the Cumberland Mountains has been successful. The loyal Tennesseeans of the castern portion of the Btate will now be able to hold their own against their rebel despoilers. The news from the West still point to Corinth as the spot near which the decisive battle of the war ia to be fought. The rebels have congregated in large numbers near this place, and are armed with every kind of weapon known in either afciont or modern warfare. They appear confident that they have rendered Corinth impregnable. The hostile armics, numbering in the aggregate to nearly three hundred thousand men, are rapidly approachiug each other near that place, which is situated in the northern part of the State of Mississippi, on a line with end pearly cast of the city of Memphis. Onr last accounts left the belligerents within fifteen miles of each other, with their pickets extending to within hailing dis- tance. Genera! Beauregard has assumed the com- mand of the rebel forces, and the flower of the tebel army has been sent to his assistance. It is thought in the West that this battle will be the Waterloo of the war. The general news from the South is very import- ant. The rebels had withdrawn all their forces from the coasis of Georgia. A panic prevails at Charleston, more especially since the capture of Newbern. The inhabitants are flying from the city, and it is expected by the rebels that « terri. ble blow is soon to be stryck in that direction. fy Vigginin there is a rumor that a battle had oo- ourréd in the vicinity of Yorktown, and that it had een abandoned by the rebels. The rebel Ord- nant. Board had issued an order calling in all the balls that <*" be obtained, to be recast for field artillery. Gener'* Van Dora and Jeff, Thompson reported as about 2° join Beauregard in the hectiont Valley. pede. The rebel news about the Merrimac is véty, j caped NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1862—TRIPLE SHEET. believed that the Merrimac had been hit with effect. A conversation with one of the officers of the Monitor, elicited a statement which we have been in possession of for some time. It was to the effect that when the Merrimac rushed on to the Monitor to run her down, the latter vessel had both her guns loaded. The collision made the Merrimac careen, the two guns were then discharged at her, and it was believed by those on the Monitor that both shots took effect just under the iron-clad de fence, breaking through everything. ‘The es- contrabands’ statement would almost, if not quite, coroborate this belief, for they state ‘that the last two shots of the Monitor were represented to be the only ones that seriously injured the Merrimac. These shots were thrown | under her shield at the moment she attempted to ‘BRICAN MUSEUM, Beeptuer.reCowr | Wwaus, &c.. a a) hours. Sadak oxo Kazineos, efcynoon aud evening. rup the Monitor down.’ They report also the loss among the crew of the Merrimac to be very heavy, as might be expected if two one hundred and twenty-eight pound shot did really go through the vessel, carrying all before it, and not being able to escape from the opposite iron-clad side, rebounded upon the unfortunate occupants of the vessel, many of whom were, doubtless, severely injured by the splinters. Advices from Teneriffe to the 26th of February state that a French squadron, composed of two ships-of-the-line and four frigates, having on board 2,000 infantry and 400 cavalry, had put into that port and left for Vera Cruz. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday, Mr. Latham, of Call- fornia, read the correspondence between the Secretary of State and ex-President Pierce rela- tive to the treasonable designs of the Knights of the Golden Circle, and said he had been repeatedly urged to have a committee appointed to investi- gate the subject, but that he had no time to take from his duties to his own constituents. A reso- lution was adopted calling on the Secretary of War for information as to what fraudulent drafts had been accepted by Floyd while at the head of the War Department, and what amount is now out- standing. A bill for the relief of the owners of the Danish bark Joergen Lorentzen was passed. The House resolution in favor of extending pecuniary aid to States desirous of emancipating their slaves was then taken up, and, after a brief discussion, adopted by a vote of thirty-two toten. The de- bate on the bill providing for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia was then re- sumed, and continued till the adjournment. In the House of Representatives a bill authoriz- ing the sale of life annuities, and fixing the value thereof, was introduced and referred to the Com" mittee of Ways and Means. The Senate resolution providing that whenever military operations re- quire the presence of two or more officers of the same grade in the same field or department, the President may make such assignment without re- gard to seniority of rank, was adopted by a vote of eighty-one to forty. At the request of the Con- tract Committee an order was adopted that Aaron Higgins, of Boston, be brought before the bar of | the House on the charge of contempt, for neglect- ing or refusing to appear, in accordance with @ subpoena of the Speaker, before a sub-committee of the same. The remainder of the session was spent in Committee of the Whole on the Tax bill, the clauses relative to stamp duties, expresses,and goods entered at custom houses being under consideration. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. In our State Senate yesterday, the bill legalizing certain acta of our Common Counoil was passed. A bill renewing the charter of the New York Deaf and Dumb Institute was introduced, and, by unan- imous consent, read a third time and passed. Several bills of little general interest were report- ed upon favorably. Among those so acted upon was that extending the time for the construction and the route of the Buffalo and Alle- ghany Railroad. The bill for the collec- tion of taxes on lands of mon-residents was ordered to a third reading. The concur- rent resolution approving of the scheme of the President's late special message, for co-operation with States desiring to abolish slavery, was dis- cussed at some length and finally adopted, by twenty-four yeas to three nays. In the Assembly, the bill to suppress the concert saloons occupied a considerable portion of the session. It was con. sidered in Committee of the Whole, and several members spoke on the subject; but no amend- ments were adopted, nor any decisive action taken on it, it being finally referred to the Cities Com- mittee, to perfect and report complete. The Al- bany and Susquehanna Railroad bill was debated, and ordered to athird reading. The bill fora Joan of ten thousand dollars to the People’s Col- lege was also ordered to a third reading. The bill for the sale of Quarantine was made the special order for to-day. We liave received the report made to the Assembly on Tuesday evening by the select committee appointed to investigate the con- duct of the State Military Board in the fitting ont of volunteers for the war. An abstract of this interesting doeument will be found in the despatch of our Albany correspondent, in another column. This day will be devoted, in the States of Massa- chusetts and Maine, in response to Executive pro- clamation, to fasting and prayer. The following table exhibits the pay which the patriot soldiers of the Revolution received, com- pared with the present compensation of those of the same grade in the United States Army, and alao the amount that is promised by Jeff. Davis:— Of the States now in rebellion, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia were part of the original thirteen. Tennessee was admitted into the Union in 1796; Louisiana was purchased in 1802; Mississippi was admitted in 1817; Florida was purchased in 1821; Arkansas was admitted in 1836, and Texas in 1845. In the latest intelligence from New Orleans it is stated that the Vigilance Committee of that city have decided that gold and silver are contraband, and that whoever receives or offers any of the pre- cious metals in trade is a traitor and an enemy to the cause of the South. They have also enacted that Confederate shinplasters are the only true currency, all else being trash. Great people. The petition for the removal of the present Sec- retary of the Navy which is in circulation in Boston has already been signed by a large number of pro- minent citizens, embracing shipowners and pro- fessional seamen. In Taosday’s edition we stated that Captain Jacob A. Cobb, master of the steamer Acorn, had arrived in Havana, and publicly declared his in- tention of running the blockade with her, and of entering the Confederate service. We have since been informed by a respectable metchant of this city that he is not master of the Acorn, but com- mands the Wizard King, which sailed from Boston for Ship Island last Monday week, and that he isa thoroughgoing Union man. Late advices from New Granada state that trade at Savanilla was very dull. There had not been any ater in the canal for seven weeks, and there qrtions. Fao ofloial reports stated that it was | were a0 go0a Leceived from Berancuille for shins ’ baled ment. Tho brig Phanix had not received any cargo for 45 days. Hopes were entertained of having water every day. We have files of the Publicador Maranhense, of Brazil, to the 24th of February; but they do not contain any news of importance. In an article in the paper of the latest date, on the rebellion in the United States, the editor says:—‘‘The war does not present anything like a decisive charac- ter. On either dide they are fortifying themselves and collecting troops, issuing proclamations and raising money; but whenever an advance is mado itis generally by small columns of three or four regiments, with two or three batteries of artillery. They fire a great deal on each side; and, notwith- standing all this, there are ordinarily only report- ed two or three dead, and the wounded something leas.’’ It is to be presumed that the great distance of our contemporary from the centre of opera- tions has prevented him from hearing of the great battles recently fought. From Japan we are informed that the British Envoy, Mr. Alcock, has given notice to English subjects that the provisions for the opening of the various ports and places from the commencement of the present year, as places for their residence and for the purpose of trade are suspended until further notice, in so far as respects the city of Jed- do, and that ne British subject shall be permitted to come to or reside there without special warrant and authority from the British Consul; the consent and concurrence of the government of the Tycoon being also required. The French and American Envoys have issued similar notices to the subjects of their respective countries. Late advices from India state that in the Dutch territories on the west coast of Sumatra and in the islands lying off it earthquakes of excessive violence took place in February and March, ac- companied by violent commotions in the sea, th® waters retiring to a great distance and then rush- ing back with frightful force and sweeping every. thing before them. On the island of Simo almost the whole of the houses were destroyed, and out of a population of about eleven hundred nearly eight hundred perished. In Banda the nutmeg crops suffered much injury. Aregular meeting of the Board of Education was held last evening, Nelson J. Waterbury in the ohair pro tem. Samuel 8. Randall was re-elected City Superintendent of Schools, and Henry Kiddle Assistant Superintendent. The Committee on Teachers reported adversely to employing a Ger- man teacher in the First ward, which, after a long debate, was referred to the Committee on Supplies and Schoolbooks. The sum of $3,055 was appro- priated to pay for the warming and ventilating apparatus in Ward School No. 34, in the Thirteenth ward. After transacting some further routine busi- ness the Board adjourned. No business of public importance was transacted by the Commissioners of Emigration yesterday. From the weekly statement it appears that 702 emigrants arrived here during the week ending on the 2d inst., making a total of 4,696 during the pre- sent year, against 8,201 up to the same date in 1861. The number of inmates remaining on Ward's Island is 784. The Treasurer’s report shows that there is a balance of $2,849 16 remaining in the bank to the credit of the Commissioners. Deputy United States Marshal John Jenkins, of Philadelphia, arrived in this city with four of the crew of the schooner Pioneer, captured as a prize off Key West. Mr. Jenkins delivered his prisoners over to Marshal Murray. William Henry Hawkins, a colored steward on board the ship Lammergier, was sentenced by Judge Shipman yesterday to be hanged on the 27th of June next, for the murder of Captain Adams, of that vessel, when on the high seas, The return to the attachment issued against Captain Petty for a contempt of the writ of habeas corpus, in the case of Messrs. Mathews and Ireland, who were ‘arrested for selling liquor on Sunday, was tohave been made yesterday, and it was ex- pected that the City Judge would render a decision upon the constitutionality of the lew. Captain Petty was in attendance, in charge of the Sheriff. Judge McCunn announced that by an understand. ing with counsel the final determination of the case was postponed till next Tuesday. The market for beef cattle yesterday remained substantially the same as last week. The market was moderately supplied, and the cattle were of a good average quality. The demand was accord. ingly pretty active, aud dealers had little trouble in obtaining full prices. We quote a range of 6c. @ 9c. a 94{c., but scarcely any sold under Te., while the bulk brought 8c. 9c. Milch cows and veals were steady and unchanged. Sheep and lambs continue in good request, at prices varying from $3 50 a $5 a $6, and with sales of choice as high as $6 50 a $7. Swine sold at 440. a for corn fed, and at 3c. a 4c. for still fed. The total receipts were 3,477 beeves, 167 cows, 604 veals, 5,378 sheep and lambs and 11,031 swine. Wall street was again very dull yesterday. Spooula- tors are all waiting for a battle. Stocks were generally % lower, though without activity. Leading stocks farce. Money was easy at 6 a 7 per cent. Ex- change was firm,and gold was 3 higher. The cotton market was firm yesterday, with sales of about 100 bales, nearly ail to spinners and to go out of the market. The prices closed on the basis of 273,c. a 28e. for middling uplands. By reference to our adyer- tising columas it will be seen that 1,000 bales of Now Orloans, cargo of the prize steamer Magnolia, are to be sold by J. C. Clapp, United States Marshal, for the Southern district of Florida, om the 8th inst., at Lambier’s wharf, Atlantic docks. Samples aro to be on exhibition at Hiram Bennor’s office, No. 113 Wallstreet, on the’sth and 7th inst.; payments to be made in funds received by the Assistant United States Treasurer on deposit. Flour was in moderate demand, while common and medium grades were rather firmor, and extra brands unchanged. Wheat was inactive, while choice lots were scarce and firmly held; inferior qualities were dal! and irreguiar oud sales light. Corn was in fair demand, with sales of Western mixed at S8¢.0 60c., in store and delivered. Pork was rathor firmer, with more doing; sales em- braced new meee at 613 87ig 2 G13, and prime do. at $10 26 o $10 50. Sugars were steady, with sales of about 700 bhds, Coffee was steady. The cargo of the P.C, Warwick, comprising 4,000 bags of Rio, was sold on private terms, Naval steres were quict. The prive brig Herald was sold in Phiiadetphia to-day for 94,000, and her cargo, consisting of 1,000 bbis, spirite turpen. tine, at 92i¢c. a 980. per gallon. ahi eiadeateend wore moderato, while rates for most articles were un. changed. Pe tae ae: President Lincoin on Emancipation in the District of Columbia. The bill for the abolition of ory in the District of Columbia, which bas been for some days past the subject of an exciting debate in the Senate, will doubtless, before many days areover, be sent up to the President for his signature, and in the form of a positive, pe- remptory and decisive act of emancipation. The proposition of Mr. Willey, of Virginia, to submit the project to a vote of the people of the District, having been rejected in the Senate by a vote of twenty-four against it to thirteen in favor of submission, we may take it for granted that no such proposition will be em- braced in the bill as it will go up to the White House. But sucha bill may come back, and we think will come back, with a submission clause as the condition of the President's en- dorsement. A word or two upon this important matter. What are the antecedents of Mr. Lincoln touching the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia? His record is well known and consistent, from 1845-6 down to the present day. He was a whig member of Congross from Illi- nois during our war with Mexico, and it was during this interesting epoch of our sectional slavery agitation that he introduced « bill in the House of Representetives defining bis plan for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. It was a bill of gradual emanocipa- tion, beginning with the children of the slaves born after a certain day; and these children were to be apprentices until twenty-one years of age, when they were to be entirely free. The bill further provided for a submission of the act to the people of the District, and that the act should not take effect until the Presi- dent had issued his proclamation announcing that a majority of the voters of the District had approved it at the polls. Such were the wise, humane and conservative views of Mr. Lincoln on this subject some sixteen years ago. Again, in his remarkable Illinois electioneering cam- paign with Senator Douglas in 1858, these views were substantially repeated, especially this paramount idea that any bill passed for the abolition of slavery in said District ought to be submitted to a vote of its people. And yet again, we find this ruling idea of Mr. Lincoln reproduced in his late message to Con- gress in reference to the emancipation of the slaves in our border slave States. He consist- ently affirms and advocates the right of the peo- ple of each State concerned to a controlling voice upon this question. Why not, then, give the same privilege to the people of the District of Columbia? Ah! replies Mr. Senator Sum- ner, you forget that Congress has the express constitutional authority of “exclusive legisla- tion” for the District of Columbia, “in all cases whatsoever.” Granted; and yet it appears that John Quincy Adams, to whom Mr. Sumner re- fers for ihe justification of his own moat violeat abolition notions, held the ground, on all oeca- sions, that, whenever Congress should proceed to the abolition of slavery in said District, its people should be allowed to determine, yea or nay, the fate of the bill. The well known public record of Mr. Lincoln, however, of the last sixteen years, will answer our purpose, including his late emancipation message. It is clearly in favor of a submission to the people in this case. Hence we have great faith in our conclusion that this bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Colum- bia will not secure his signature without this feature of submission. Upon the broad ground of expediency and the fitness of things he will have every inducement to veto the perem; tory bill of the Senate. Such a veto would be worth half dozen warlike victories for the Union cause. It would satisfy the border slave States of the inflexible good faith of Mr. Lin- coln’s administration; it would satisfy them and the honest people of the cotton States that President Lincoln is faithfully prosecuting this war for no other object than the “integrity of the Union,” including the integrity of the local institutions of our rebellious States, slavery and all. The great moral victory of such a veto will be twofold. It will deprive-the secos- sion leaders and firebrands of the South of their political stock in trade, and leave them to their desperate fortunes, utterly defenceless be- fore the Southern people; and it will disarm our disorganizing revolutionary abolition fac- tion of the North, and render them powerless for further mischief, in view of the cordial con- centration of all the conservative elements of the whole country around our steadfast and patriotic President. Standing inthe breach against all our dis- union cliques and conspirators, North and South, we confidently rely upon President Lin- ooln to turn this arbitrary bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia to a good account in behalf of the Union. We rely upon his adhesion to the doctrine of submission to a vote of the people. The country has seen enough of him to feol assured that he is not to be shaken from his honest convictions. In the authoritative peace offerings to the people of Tennessee, proclaimed by Governor Johnson, Mr. Lincoln has shown that he is disposed to make the most generous concessions to our revolted States, to win them back to the Union. We are sanguine, therefore, of an instructive veto to this abolition bill for the District of Columbia, should it come to him without the essential clause providing for a ratifying vote of the people di- rectly concerned. Let our abolition schemers try the experiment. We have indicated our opinion and our reasons for it, and we await the final issue with perfect confidence. While exercising in every possible way all the means and instruments in his power to con- ciliate the suffering people of the South while putting down the armed rebels of our revolted States, we cannot for a moment entertain the thought that Mr. Lincoln will step aside from this conciliatory policy to give vitality to a bill which every Southern State has over and over again denounced as a sufficient cause in itself for a dissolution of the Union, to sign a bill which even John Quincy Adams repudiated as unwise, unsafe, incxpedient and unjust. We rely upon the wisdom, sagacity and justice of President Lincoln. Tux Tax Uron Newararer ADVERTISEMENTS. — The opposition offered by Mr. Colfax to the tax upon advertisements will not, we trust, be taken to represent the sentiments of the great newa- paper interests of the country upon the subject. Mr. Colfax is an editor, it is true; but such small provincial papers as he is connected with can in no sense be regarded as public instruc- tors. Thoir only mission is to engondor party divisions and to girculate gowip and scandal, gud the leas we have of thein the better for tho community. The effect of the tax would bo to diminish their number and to improve greatly the tone of the remainder. This is just what ia wanting hore. We age suffering from a plethora of bad newspapers—from too much demagog- ism, in fact, taking that particular form, The English made #gront mistake when they fol- lowed our example and encouraged the estab- lishment of penny papers. They will as cer- tainly pay the penalty for it in political outbreaks and revolution, as we are now doing: For us our course is clear. We shall have to revolutionize upwards, beginning with the newspaper press; and taxation is one of the most effective means of accomplish- ing that object. It is curious to see men like Mr. Colfax endeavoring to shirk their share of the burdens of the war. Why, the republican journalists did more than any other class to produce the complications that led to it. For our own part, although up to the last moment we strained every effort to avert the calamities of civil sfrife, we shall cheerfully shoulder our proportion of the pecuniary re- sponsibilities that it has entailed upon the country. This tax upon our advertisements will be enormous; but we are, nevertheless, of the opinion that the amendment reducing it from five to three per cent is unwise, and that {t should be put back again to the former amount, Mr. Colfax to the contrary notwith- gtanding. ‘Who Shall be Senator? Gaming is a vice which increases with prac- tice and is strengthened by disappointment. Greeley and Raymond, of the Tribune and Times, are sad instances of this vice. They have been up to all sorts of games during their wicked lives, have never succeeded very well in any, and yet keep on playing with insane perseverance. Long ago Raymond was 80 no- torious a gameater that he achieved for him- self the title of the “Little Villain.” Greeley followed closely in Raymond’s tracks, and has become inseparably connected in history with the Matteson draft fora cool thousand. Ray- mond tried stock jobbing, and Greoley went into the gift enterprise business. Both of them tried to rob us with bogus bets, and backed down before our square offers. Both of them had a large finger in Jeff. Davis’ game of rebellion, and both of them dabbled in the jobs of the Ring. Now, ambitious of trying for hig>er stakes, both of these worth’es have taken off their coats, shuffled their cards and led out in the very nice little game of “Who shall be Senator?” Preston King was packed off to Washington, & few years ago, to represent the republicansof this State in the Senate. He has been squeezed as dry as a used lemon. during his oocupation of that distinguished position, and his republi- can friends have grown tired of him, and re- solved to send him off to the northern part of the State,.at the close of his present term, to rustication and retirement. This resolve cleared the board for Greeley and Raymond’s little game, and they have entered upon it with determined zeal. Greeley, with his proverbial honesty and fairness, comes out and announces that he is nots candidate. This is Greeley’s mode of shying his oastor into the ring or put- ting his counters upon the table; for all Gree- ley’s friends know that his words are to be taken by contraries, like bad dreams on a rainy night. Raymond, with that strategical ability which distinguished him among the elbows of the Mincio and in the run from Manassas, has gone up to Albany and intrenched himself in the Legislature, where the main, decisive battle will have to be fought. At the outset each of the players chose a friend and partner in the game, and each stabbed his friend in the back, as Iago stabbed Roderigo, as soon as he became trouble- someand dangerous. Greeley discovered, all at once, that Dana, his confederate in the Tribune, was afterthe Senatorship on his own hook. A row ensued that shook the Tribune office from top to bottom. The street in front was crowded with excited spectators, expecting every mo- ment to see Greeley precipitated from the fourth story window, or Dana hanging helpless from the chimney, by the seat of his trousers, as a trophy of victory. The suspense was fearful. Inside the Tribune office all was confusion and perspiration. Dana hit Greeley over the head with the account books of the establish- ment; but thig proved to be perfect blank shot. Greeley retaliated by overwhelming Dana with back files of the Tribune, heavy with the “Just Once” confession and the “Forward to Richmond” articles. Dana knocked Greeley into a cocked hat and a corner by a splendid chance carrom with one of A. Oakey Hall's pamphlets. For a moment Dana seemed to have won the battle; but in the nick of time the inevitable African rushed up to the assistance of the discomfited gambler, and poor Dana was cruelly assisted to the sidewalk and locked out in the cold by the combined efforts of the negro, an old lady from Boston and a Metropolitan policeman. The Times office, opposite, smiled its approval grimly; but Raymond was too great a strategist to make such a public display of his quarrel. He had taken General Wadsworth as his partner in the Senatorial game; and the General was disposed, like Dana, to make a little capital for himself. Raymond discovered this; but did he proceed to rough and tumble’ scratch and gouge, in the style of the wildcat Greeley? Not at all. Raymond managed Wadsworth in a much more gentle manly way, and laid him out cold bya keen falsehood. For several days he want about saying that Wadsworth had written him a letter attacking McClellan. This killed Wadsworth with the administration republicans. This ac- complished, Raymond wrote to the Atlas and Argus denying bis own story. This killed Wadsworth with the abolition republicans, and made an end of him everywhere. Compare the style of Greeley with the style of Raymond, and see how effectually each makes his game, but what different means are employed. Who will win this little game we are not yet able to decide. Raymond will make his grand attack via the Broadway Railroad, and intends to fit up one of the cars of that swindling insti- tution in gorgeous style for his triumphal chariot. Greeley conducts the fight upon his general principles of the inevitabie negro and the game of grab, and relies upon his white hat, coat and boots to carry the day, as Louis Na- poleon once tried to conquer France by dressing in his uncle’s old clothes. Xerxes once pre- pared himself a triumphal chariot only for some one else to use; and so may Raymond. Louis Napoleon did not conquer France, but won » prison; and eo may Greeley. From historical precedents, therefore, wo are rather of the opinion that, while Greeley and Raymond are quarrelling over the game, some outsider will pocket the stakes. We sincerely hope it may be so; for avery old adage says that when rogues fall out honest men get their dues. Meanwhile the game is worth watching. An Ovp Foor Jovrnat’s Inza or News.— The Journal of Commerce has an article on the fabricated news circulating in Wall street for the purpose of stockjobbing, giving an account of terrible disasters to our arms, which, of course, have no foundation. The Journal lays this to the charge of the telegraph and the “correspondents of certain newspapers,” whose basiness it is to “make news when there is none.” Now the telegraph, the correspondents of the newspapers and their employers are entireiy innocent of these false reports, as every person except an old fogy Rip Van Winkle journalist oan readily understand. What is it that renders a newspaper successful’? Publishing the truth every day about all important matters which have occurred the day before. It is, theretore, the interest of a newspaper to ascertain the truth about public affairs, and to promptly pub- lish the same. It is only # journal behind the age—which pays for intelligence five dollars where an enterprising paper pays a thou- sand—that could conceive the idea of inventing news. If it were not for the censorship there would be no such lying reports, in Wali street; for the facts would be published every day, and deception equld not be practised. When tha ' qper iy pe delivgred te quhsoribars, censorship is entrusted to some ald-de-camp—a captain of artillery or « lieutenant of infantry— what can be expected? An composi- tor in a newspaper office would know far better than these what would be proper to send and What to withhold. Even in the higher we have observed the same fog. Mr. Seward tried his hand awhile at the censorship, and found it anything but agreeable. He got rid of it and transferred it to Cameron, who s00n got tired of it. Mr. Stanton next took it up, and, if ho is not sick of it already, we premise he soon wall be. A committee of half a dozen newspaper pre- prietors would be the best censors. would know exactly what to publish and what to omit, Such a committee would not, of course, i left to themselves, publish the move- ments of troops in progress, or anything that would give valuable information to the enemy. The public would have security for the truth of the pews published, and no person would be misled by stockjobbing fabrications. Tae Lerrers or Butt Run Rvssati.—We publish in another part of this day’s paper two letters from the pen of Bull Run Russell to the London Times, It seems that, after retreating from Washington and its vicinity till the indig- nation of the military whom he had maligned had time to cool down, he has ventured to return to that city again, but not.till he finds our army has advanced into Virginia,and he is perfectly safe. He says he declines accompany- ing any of the divisions of the army. Wise resolution. A stray bullet might dispose of him while running away, as he did at Manassas, contributing greatly to the panic, if not creating it, by his precipitate flight. His present letter# are a good specimen of what is called rigmarole, Without order, arrangement or conneotion, they jumble all sorts of topics together in such pr miscuous confusion as might be expected @ porterhouse loafer, who had become ‘some what oblivious by his potations and his reason: ing faculty decidedly impaired. We have ex: tracted them on the same principle that the Spar- tans used to exhibit their slaves drunk—for the purpose of disgusting their children with the vice of intemperance. They are, atthe same time, so highly amusing that they ought to be inserted in the next edition of Disracli’s “Curiosities of Literature.” Bgvevotence, Humaniry anp Orsrers.—Mr. Thomas D. Downing, of No. 3 Broad street, whose benevolence and oysters are well knows in this community, and better appreciated thas the humanity of fanatics like Wendell Phillips, who have deluged the country with blood for an abstract idea, is soliciting contributions for @ bazaar, to be held next month, in aid of the Colored Orphan Asylum of this city. This ie what we call practical philanthropy; and if, ine stead of occupying themselves with the condl- tion of the negroes down South, and sending pretended educational missions amongst them, to render that condition worse, ‘those who as sume to be friends of the colored raee would, like Mr. Downing, devote their attention te their moral training at home, their claim to that © title would not be called in question. Mr. Downing’s bivalves are good; but his example is better. We recommend both to the digestion of our abolition friends. Bap Farra anp Desperate STRatrs OF THE Reset Leapers.—Jeff. Davis’ secret message to the rebel Congress, recommending that the Confederate prisoners exchanged by us be re- leased from their parole not to serve against the federal government is the most convincing evidence that we have as yet had that the leaders have lost all hopes of success, are so badly off for men that they prefer put- ting a stop to any further exchanges with us, and incurring the shame of giving a legislative sanction to perjury, to losing the services of the comparatively small number of prisonera that have been returned to them. Nothing but profound conviction of the insufficiency of their resources could have impelled them te resort to such a measure. It disgraces thom before the world; but men who have drunk se deep of infamy need care but little for this. Asonition StRaTEGY—ATTAOKS ON THE Prest DENT AND SECRETARY OF WaR.—The newspaper generals, who fight the battles of the republic on paper whilst they allow others to combat the enemy on the ield, have, we see, dropped McClellan and commenced assailing the Prosf. dent and Secretary of War for the assumed inac- tion of our armies at the present time. Inaction, forsooth! Do these thirsters after blood pre- tend to be ignorant of the fact that there are just now a dozen great battles in preparationt The inaction of which they speak is but the stillness before the hurricane, When the storm comes we can promise them somothing besides April showers. Our Apverrisixa Corcmys.—In the triple sheet of the Hxnap yesterday thore were thir- ty-two columns of advertisements, embracing one thousand two hundred and seventy-five an- nouncements of wants, sales, to let, amusements, miscellaneous notices, &c. There was included in these one column of marriages and obituary notices—the whole presenting a vast index and panoramic view of the movements, the wants, the life and death, and the pulsation of tle hearts of the mercantile and commercial com- munity, as well as of the private residents of this great city. Sowermsa Hrrcuzrn—The World has dis- covered that the Secretary of the Interior has been doing something wrong in the contract line, The charge comes from a queer source, and it will probably be found that Secretery Smith’s delinquency lies in his blocking anothes of the fat jobs of the World speculators. ‘The Navy. ‘Tho new side-whoel gunboat Goneses was launched om Tuesday afternoon, from the ways between ship houses Nos, Land 2, at the Charlestown Navy Yard. She is light draught steamer, and is Intended for river naviga- 10n. , ‘The United States gunboat Quaker City, Commandes Frailey, was at Curacona on the 18th ult., last from Ss. Domingo—all woll, The Iroquois sailed from Curaces about the 12th, on « cruise, pean The Deserters from Fort Pulaski. Charles A. Brown end William G@leeman, the de sorters from Fort Pulaskt, arrived in this city on Tuse- day afternoon by the Oriental. The former is the son ot Bonjamin Brown, the house mover of this city, and wae born in New York in 1886. The latier was born in Ger. many, but fs @ citizen of Nowark, N.J. They at onoe returned to their friends as soon. as they landed, and it may be expected that much joy greeted their reappoar- ‘ance at their residences. Fine Ants.—Chureh’s great picture, ‘The Hoart of the Andes,"’ is again on exhibition at Goupil’s Gallery, The ‘engraving of the work bas been just completed, amd will