The New York Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1862, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDO! s BENSEFT, OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, Weenies Wasa se, eat Kournetior gots jae—MaiD OF uUNsTkR, Bflernoon Bnd eyening. RTE TIA, ener maa Boat CONCERT HALL, 539 Broadway.1 r . way. (aed APEELSABEL 2 JPEN v0 ner SS Sew York, Thursday, May 1, 1862, ————— THE SITUATION. We publish to-day very full extracts from the tebel newspapers of Richmond, Norfolk, Peters. org end Atlanta, Ga., relative to the capture of New Orleans, in which an almost universal opinion Of surprise at ‘‘the disaster’ is expressed: The febel journals appear to regard it as something mysterious, while they do not pretend to deny its truth. Some of them are disposed to hold the Secretary of the Navy to blame; others are in a flog as to the conduct of Gen. Lovell. They all ad- mit that i¢wase disaster wholly unexpected, asthey were “deluded” with the representation that the ‘city was securely defended; but they console themselves with the reflection that General Lovell’s army is now free to co-operate with Beauregard at Corinth, or at some other indefinite Point with some other rebel force, and drive “the vandals" out of the Southwest. The whole tone of the rebel press indicates that the occupation of ‘New Orleans has completely taken them by sur- prise, disheartened them, and thrown them back upon a dismal course of argument and logic, by which they endeavor to make the best of it. The comments of the rebel journals upon the condition of affairs in Virginia are hardly more hopeful. The Richmond Examiner says that lar ge reinforcements have been sent by Gen. McClelian to Gen. McDowell, on the Rappahannock, and that a junction between Gens. Banks and McDowell is imminent, in which event a fierce battle north of Richmond: may be expected within a week, It says that the rebel government is hurrying up re- inforcementa in that direction, and urges a speedy attack on our troops as the best means of protect- ing Richmona. The same paper says that the destiny of the con- federacy is trembling on the result of Yorktown. ‘Tf successful, it will give ns six mouths for carry. ing out the conscription act, arming and equipping @ large army, and launching a fleet of Merrimacs; but, if unsuccessful, Virginia is lost. The Memphis Avalanche says that the Southern people are fast losing all confidence in their river defencés, and it is generally admitted that the Union army can be no longer successfully resiat- ed, and also intimates a lack of confidence in the stability of the Southern confederacy by advising its patrons to invest whatever monéy they have in real estate, while purchases can be made with ‘the money now in circulation, which is principally rebel Treasury notes. News from General Banks’ column states that qhe rebel General Jackson had retired some six alles farther South since Monday. It was re- Ported that the Governor of North Carolina, Henry T. Clark, had been arrested and imprisoned at Richmond in consequence of his alleged Union sen- timents. Three thousand rebels, under Gen. Edward Johnson, are posted a few miles from Staunton, but fn @ position easily accessible to escape in case of General Milroy’s approach. The most re- Viable news from Gordonsville is to the effect that Shere are only four brigades there, not nambering 115,000. 52. Longstreet, with bis command, bas gone to Yorktown. A despatoh from Cairo, dated yesterday, says vtbat ® steamer jast arrived from Pittsburg, Ten- wmessee, reports @ acrious skirmish between the ad- “vance of the Union army, 5,000 strong, and a large body of rebels, five miles from Corinth. ‘The Union army was victorious. No mention is made of losses oneither side. The Unionists took a large number of prisoners. Cannonading was still heard whon the steamer left. Another despatch from Cairo, received at Chicago yesterday, says thet an arrival from Tiptonville teporta that heavy cannonading was beard throughout Monday night and Tuesday in the direo- ton of Fort Wright. There being no arrival from thé fleet since Monday noon, it ts apprehended that thp rebel fleet at the fort has been reinforced by dmboats from New Orleans, and attacked our feet. This was notexpected. The last advicés from the fleet, however, say that Commodore Foote ts fally prepared to moet the encmy, A fagitive who arrived at Cairo yasterday from Wemphis states that merchants of avowed seces- on proclivities are removing their goods to places Of conocaiment and security, and that large num- bors of families are moving away daily. It is cur rently reported in Memphis that Beauregard has over 80,000 men at Corinth, and no hope Is felt of thip sncoosafully resisting Generel Halleck, who is believed to have 200,000 men. We have rocetved information from a reliable source that cortain parties in this city are giving practioal aidand comfort tothe rebels. If our in- formation be correct two secessioniste, recently ar- tived here from the South, brought on a quantity of tobacco vailned at and sold bere for fifty thou- sand dollars, which eum they invested in army clothing and hats for the rebels. These goods were pont from this city youtcrday to @ small town south of Nashville, where they wil) be taken in Charge by the rebel suthorities. The boxes containing them are marked with a dia. mond. If our anthiorities on the line of route exercise due vigifance, the goods may be inter. copted. The linings of the tat, when purchased, had the portratta of Generals MoClellan, [atleck, Burnside and other prominent Union officers stamped upon them. These have been removed, and are now replaced with the portraits and names of Davis, Beauregard, Lee and other rebel erals, oi coweRzss. In the Senate yesterday, a memorial from the New York Chamber of Commerce, in relation to the system of taxation, was presented. Mr. Wade, from the Committee on the Conduct of the War, mage @ report respecting the barbarous treatment of our soldiers at Manassas. The report may be found in another part of to-day’s paper. bill pro- viding for the better organization of the Adjutant General’s Department, was introduced and referred. The consideration of the Homestead bill was post- poned till to-day, when Mr. Carlile will intreduce a Abill amenfing the act establishing a military substitute for the bill before the Senate. hospital for invalid soldiers was intro- duced. The resolution calling for informa- tion regarding arrests in Kentucky was briefly discussed, but no action taken on it. The debate on the Confiscation. bill was then renewed, the pending motion being to refer the subject toa select committee. An amendment was offered by Mr. Howard, of Michigan, instructing the commit- tee to bring in a bill confiscating the property of all the leading insurgents, and emancipating the slaves of al! persons who have taken up arms against the United States. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, moved to strike out ali the part relating to eman- cipation, Mr. Davis’ proposition was rejected by yeas 11, nays 29, and Mr. Howard withdrew his amendment. Mr. Cowan's motion to refer the sub- ject to a select committee was then rejected by a vote of 18 to 22, and the Senate then adjourned. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, submitted two bills, one to confis- cate rebel property and to provide for the pay- ment of the expenses of the present rebellien, and the other to provide for freeing the slaves of all rebels who have taken up.arms against the go- vernment. They were referred to tho select com- mittee on confiscation. Mr. Wickliffe, of Ken- tucky, asked leave to introduce a resolution of in- quiry, to ascertain by what authority General Hunter had issued an order to emancipate slaves in the manner expressed by Mesars. Hutchins, Lovejoy and others. Objection was made, and the proposition lies over. The. resolutions reported by the Contract Investi- gating Committee were thon taken up, and the mo- tion to lay them on the table was rejected bya vote of 17to 107. The resolution requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to pay $12 50 each, and no more, for five thousand Hall carbines purchased through Simon Stevens by General Fremont, was adopted—123 against 28. The House adopted a resolution ceasuring Mr. Cameron by a vote of 79 against 45. A resolution censuring Mr. Welles, Secretary of the Navy, was rejected by 45 against 72. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Pacific Railroad bill; but not much progress was made upon it. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. By the City of Washington we leara tat mr, Cobden, M. P., had addressed a letter to the Pre- sident of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on the subject of international maritime law. In it Mr. Cobden advocates the following three points of veform:— e 1. The exemption of private property from capture at ees uring war by armed vessels of overy kind. . Biockades to be restricted to naval arsenals, and to towns besieged at the same time on land, with the ex ception of articles contraband of war. 5. The merchant ships of néutrals on the high seasto ‘be inviotable to the visitation of alien government ves- sels in time of war as in time of pease. The French war steamer Labradore, Commander de Atteynie, arrived at this port yesterday in six daya from Havana. She has side whecls, mounts four guns and carriesa crew of 200men. Herengine is 250 horse power. She reports that there was no American war vessel at Havana when she sailed. Judge Daniel McCook, father of General Alexan- der McDowell McCook and General Robert L. Mc- Cook, has gone to Pittsburg Landing to offer his services in the next fight. Judge McCook has seven sons in the Union army. A General George B. Crittenden,son of Hon. John J. Crittenden, and brother of the Union General— Thomas L. Crittenden—has resigned bis commis- sion in the rebel army on account of bad treatment, and, it is stated, will settle in Texas. Our despatch from Harrisonburg, Va., mentions a rumor that the Governor of North Cerolina had been arrested and imprisoned in Richmond, charg- ed with loyalty to the Union. The name of the present Executive of North Carolina is Henry T. Clark. He was elected Lieutenant Governor, but assumed the duties of the chief officer on the death of Governor John W. Ellis. The trial of James Kennedy for the homicide of Patrick McGrath on the 4th of February waz con cluded yesterday in the General Sessions. After a few moments’ deliberation the jury convicted the acensed of manslaughter in the fourth degree. Recorder Hoffman sentenced him to one year’s im” prisonment in the Penitentiary. Jou: McGinn wae ied and convicted of a misdemeanor, in piloting the ship Orient into this port without @ license, in September, 1860, He was remanded for sentence. Mary Foisom, who stole $190 in money trom John Robinson, on the 28th of April, pleaded guilty to an attempt at larceny, and was sent to the peniten. tiary for one year. Mary Lembert, charged with stealing $25 ‘rom Daniel -Morgan, offered @ plea of petit larceny, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in the Penitentiary. Charles FH. Fleming, convicted a few days since of bigamy, was sent to the State Prison for two years and six months. The Commissioners in relation to the detention of prisoners of State adjourned their sittings in New York yesterday, and proceeded to Boston, where they will meet on Tuesday next. The annual weekly meeting of the Commission ers of Emigration was held yesterday afternoon. From the statement submitted it appears that the number of emfgrants arrived from the 234 to the 40th of the past month was 9,753; arrived at saine date last yeor, 15,875, Number of inmotes at Ward's Island in 1862, 702; in 186), 937; im 1860, 741; in 1969, 824, Balance in Treasurer’s hands January 1, 1862, $3,815 05; receipts to Aprit 23, $31,655 58; received aince, to April 30, for commutation of passengers, &¢c., $3,100: disbursements to 23d April, $26,422 03) current expenses from April 16 to April 23, #2,800 99; balance iu bauk, $9,317 61. Contrary to general expectation, the market for beef cattle, after having opened heavy and half a cent per pound lower on Monday, rallied ugain, and, notwithstanding the fact that the receipts were tolerably heavy, there prevailed @ fatr demand, both from the trade and the government contra t- ors, and the decline of Monday was fully recovered, prices ranging from Go. to SYc. a9. Milch cowe were steady at $26 a $50, but chiefly at $28 a $25, Veals were plenty, dull nominally unchanged. The range wae from 2%. 0 6%e.; but the bulk sold at and below 4¢, Sheep and lambe sold all the way from $2 75 to $6, the bulk bringing about #4 60—60c, per head higher than last week. Swine held at 3%0. @ 3%c. for heavy corn fed, 240, a de, for light do., and 334c. 9 3440. for etill fed. The receipts were 3,923 beeves, 129 cows, 1,070 veals, 6,124 sheep and Jambe, and 13,567 swine. The buoyant fecting to which the intelligence of the fell of Now Orleang frat gave rise was even more marked yorterday in Wall stress than the day before, and socks of all kinds were bighor, Governments rone 4 per cont; railway ehares from j 101), The business of the Stock Exebange appears cp be inoreasing cunsiderabiy. Money was abundant atf5; oxehange ldsetive at 119%; gold, 103. The eo1to0 market was aomewtat irregular ye ray, -baMed and driven from hia defensive position, Merrimac and the wondrous Hollins ram, are NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 180%, °° especially in regard tu the urgeney to sel! small lots, or the disposition to withhold lols from sale. Large holders were not pressing sales. They argued that, granting that New Orleans had been occupied by the Union troops, they did not feel assured that supplies of cotton to any extent were necessarily to come. ‘The season for cetton plant- very little cotton bas been planted, and a great deal ‘More ground devoted to the production of breadstums. ‘The sales yostorday, ia smalt lots, embraced about 600 bales, chiefly on the basis of 290. 8 20%c. for middling uplands, while a sale for cash on delivery wag made the Provious afternoon at 28c., and a forced lot could have doen picked up for cash yesterday at 28X0., and por- haps for something less; but such transactions cannot justly be held up asa reliable standard for prioss. Tho flour market was firmer and full 6c. better for common and medium grades, while sales were moderate. Wheat was firmly held, but sales were limited. Corn was more active, witheales of mixed at Sic. in store, and S80. a 583¢c. delivered. Pork was firmer and in‘fair,demand with sales of mess at $12 50. $12 623;, with 126 bbis., probably extra quality, at $12 75, and primo sold at $10. Tard and beef were firm. Sugars were rmer, and, for Gome grades called on, fc. higher, with sales of about 900 hhds. amd 14,500 bags Manila, Coffee was quiet. A sale of 930 bags Rio was made at 193¢0. The stock, by another count to-day, embraced 125,136 bage of Rio, and total of altkinds of 171,265 packages. Freights were firm, with moderate engagements, Corn sad wheat were taken for Liverpool at 7d.a73d., tn bulk, and flour at 28. 3d. The Capture of Now Orleans—Its Effect pon the Present War. The earlier accounts of the capture of the city of New Orleans were subject to grave doubt and speculation in Wall street, and stock operations were consequently very carefully eartied on. The subsequent despatches have, however, so fully confirmed the fact that all the doubts of the Wall street men have vanished into thin air, and now they are among the staunchest believers in the return of the Cres- cent City to its old allegiance. The financiers have given the most practical proof of ‘their belief by the rapid upward movement of stocks—the unfailing indicator of public con- fidence—which have ascended from ninety- three some days ago to ninety-eight, at which point they now stand. This is the most deci- sive evidence that can be given of the satisfac- tion with which the cheering news is now re- ceived. Public confidence was never stronger iu the final success of our arms, and the loss of New Orleans to the rebels is re- garded as one of a fatal and coucluding blow. We are now only awaiting the full details of this most important victory, which will doubt- less reach us in a very short time. As yet we have had no tidings of General Butler, who, nevertheless, must be somewhere in the neigh- borhood. At the proper time the people will hear from him. The great feat of the capture of the city seems to have been accomplished by Commodore Farragut, one of the most distin- guished and accomplished naval officers of the United States. It is seldom that the annals of na- val warfare record so brilliant and successful an EXPION, CuUutuvtcd umicr cirewmstences of. the greatest disadvantage, but resulting in honor and glory to the brave men who participated in it. . Inthe meantime the rebel General Loveil, las left the fallen city behind and set bis face towards Corinth, the intrenched camp of his superior. General Beauregard. At all. events, his lest despatch has come to us dated at Camp Moore,, Tangapahoa, seventy-nine miles from New Orleans, on the Jackson Railroad. But this refuge will even be denied him; for it is highly probable that the military forces under General Butler and our naval forces ‘will go up to Memphis, since there are no obstacles to prevent them so long asthe city of New Or- leans is rendered safe and secure. In all these operations we have demonstrated our superi- ority over the rebellious enemy, destroying his pigmy fleets with our superior ships-of-war, and hurling swift destruction ypon him, despite his great amount of artillery ond the sub- stentinl strength of his granite fortresses. This feat of arms will have a marvellous effect upon the public mind in Europe; for every re- flecting man must now see that we are masters of the situation. It will also show to the na- tions of the Old World that all the naval power on this continent is in our hands. The isolated demonsirations of the rebels, in the case of the about the only naval achievements they have made during the war; and it is easy to eee that the opportunity te distingwish themselves any fortber in this direction will not be given them. The European public must therefore see how hope less this struggle is becoming on the part of the South, and will earnestly begin to wish for the cessation of hostilities and the comptete pacification of the indivisible republic. The next question to be considered in, what will become of the rebels who have managed to escape somewhere into the interior with seventeen millions of specie abstracted from the banks? Ovr opinion is that Commodore Farragut will shortly intercept and capture them—-that is, if he has already begun to move after (hem. Otherwise they may bave time enough to escape—through Arkansas and Tex- as—into Mexico, where they will be safe enough until the guerillas fiud out what rich hooty they possess. But the activity and pru- dence of our commanders will, no doubt, pre- vont such a contingency; and we would not be surprised if Lovell, Beauregard and the seven- toon millions of epecie be comfortably bagged all together on the confines of the border line hetwoen Mississippi and Tennessee, And thus ie this huge rebellion melting away pefore the energy and the determined courage. of the North. We now only wait to hear of Halleck’s assault upon Corinth, and the expul gion of the rebel army from thoir strong in trenchments at Yorktown by the sagacious officer commanding at that point. This done the whole fabric of secession will have falien to pieces, and the rebela will have no source but to Jay down their arms and submit to the lawful anthority of the republic. But, while our army and navy are so bril- Mantly conducting the glorious work for the vecoustruction of the government, we are sor ry to see that aset of injudicious politicians are neglecting to perform that portion of the duty that devolves upon them, which is to pass the Tex bill, the Bankrupt lew ond the Tariff: These ave absolutely required for the welfare of the government and thé ulterior successes of our arms; sud, as our forces are now en- citéling the rebellion on all sides to give it the final blow, we trust that Congress. will foliow their example, and provide the means, without which the government will find great difficulty to sustain itself. Tun Bowsanomest or New Onitans.—Ii ts reported thatJobn Bull and Johnny Crapeau have protested against the bombardinont of Now Orleans. Woll, what of it? ‘ng st the South has passed, aud the gonoral impression prevails that, as @ necessary means of self-preservation, Vv , £ Acknowledged. fenders. Such republican leaders as Thad. pears as the representative. A few days ago we charged, and proved by facture of muskets. We showed that Mr. Almy, the dry goods reporter of the Tribune, was the treasurer of the Eagle Manufacturing Company, at Mansfield, Conn.; that Mr. Snow, the money editor of the Zrilane, represented this company and worked to obtain ita gun contract; that through the influence of Wilke- son, the Tijiune’s Washington correspondent, with Secretary Cameron, this contract was ob- tained, and that the company was now in ope- ration, with a prospect of making a uet profit of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Poor Greeley, who has not moral courage enough to admit his wrong doings, nor virtue enough to repert and reform, contented himself by de- nying that Mr. Almy was a sharebolder in the Tribune, and carefully avoided all allusion to the other Zribune sharehdiders implicated in this job. Though a very characteristic, this was a very weak defence; for our proofs were official and could not be denied. Perceiving this, Sam. Wilkeson comes to the assistance of poor Greeley. Wilkeson is a much cleverer fellow than Greeley, and understands bis busi- ness much beiter. He once served an ap- prenticeship with that political Fagin, Thurlow Weed, and was so apt a scholar that he fairly outwitted and surpassed his celebrated master, by whom he was significantly called the Artfu! Dodger. Wilkeson, therefore, plays a bolder and more dashing game than poor Greeley, and: instead of wasting his time in vain denials, he adopts the sume policy as Stevéns and Conk- ling, and frankly admits all we have charged and more. Were is his confession, from yester- day's Trine. and it is as readable as it is im- pudent; for Wilkeson relates his jobs in the same merry, y, cavalier style that Fra Dis- vou, vr aut Cumord, or Claude Duyal, or any other gay, dashing bighwayman, trolled out a humorous account of marquises mulcted and pockets picke A CARD ABOUT GUNS AND THINGS IN GENERAL. NOTICK TO BORE?, On the representations made by tho Exgle Manufactur- ing Company, of Mausfeld,Conn., of its ability to fuifil a contract. to make arms, au order for 25,000 muskets w: 1 to it by the Assistant Secretary of War, in last. Along delay in the issuing of the or induged the treasurer of the company to apply to one of his frieuds who kuew mo to request ine to prooure from the Ordnance Department the needed order. J showed ‘the leticr making (his request to the Assistant War Secre- tary, and urged lim to have the order issued. He pro- mised to give the matter immediate attention. When { went for the order a fow days afterward, he told me that it would not be: issued, for the company already/had a contract for 25,000 arms. I informed my friend of thie by telegeaph, He replied by telegraph that it was not the Eagle Manufactur Jompany of Mansfeld, Conuecti- out, but some other Eagle Company that had thiscontract, 1 took this despatob tothe honse of the Assistant Secre- tary,and read it to him. He retained it we a memorane dum,and, | presume, sent it the pext day to the Ordnance Bureau to correct sho misapprehension which had arises there from the similarity of the names of the two compa pies. A ‘The needed order was soon thereafter issued and for. warded to Connecticut; but it described the company as doing business in Rhode Island. My attention was calied to this error by @ letter which retarned the order to me, and which I took to the Ordnance Department, and left as a memorsndurm to be used in the gorrection oF the mistake That is the history of my connection with the Fagie Company's gin conirect. Ido not own one dollar of in- terest iu that contrect. I do not expect to own a dvilar of interest init. Ihave never received one fartuing of conmpensation for my services in procuring it, end Ido not expect to receive # farthing of compensation (or pro- curing it, Butt do purpose to get somethteg out of it. And shat 16 and fioal release from the busi- genora! agent in the city of Washington for fe who bappen to take the New York who know me in person or by lame. . relentless, exhausting to my strength, “, and fal of my ‘time and my ini thought T could give sbout @ year to, and suffer no more thin other representative men do here. For niue months | have borne its burdeos, being affiicted during that long time with applications for about everytuin, the heart o/ man can desire out of a national Capita © of & time of war, bored only e letters of the man whe wanted the l'e Ho never got me to draw on my boots But, from this person's misdirected arnbi- tiom, down (9 the prayer of a tagged lad who begged me to place bim 98 au ostler i1 @ government stahie—from 1s for authority o rawe brigades, down to ine ement of discharges {ram the ranks of boys. run from their mothers’ homes—fcom entreaties to suls aud department clerks, den seeds from the Patent Office, and memorial iowie knives from Manassas and Bull run—from requesta to forward countless bushels of Congressionas documents, up to eutreatics to get from the War Department con- sont that Indians and negroes should be m mto the secvice—from the torment of man with the portabie battory of vine pistols, to Le worn and of the warrior with the impreg- y vest, down to the versatile bore who eme assist him in running down the govern c between Lie unequaiied brees! inextinguishable Greek Gre, aut ron, aud L's cammon, Spy one would tare through r@ ig back pay, in hurry: ing requisitions through t ry for needy’ creditors of the governinent, and in preseuting the jutoreats of wianuiacturers to members of committees charged with (aming tex and tariff” Dillt—in and through eil this a cyiteble Washington work j bave labored gratuitously for three-quartors of a year, mot without disga=' and fre- tter revolt, but doggedly and faithfully se 01 ne by two Newsyapera for au act of in¢ness to & Conpecticu manufacturing immedietely discharging myst T give notice that the business of a ent in Wie Tribune bureau at Wash- gton fe at ap ond. apt ‘s Lay] ey another . sipated in the Distriet of Columbia, « slave ie emancipated in the Distrlet of Columbia, ' Wosnisonow, D. C., April 26, 1682. In this remarkable letter Wilkeson con- fesses that he bas been getting offices for every- body, from brigadiers to ostlers, and contracts for everything, from cannons to vests. In ve- gard to the Eagle Company he is espevially ex- plicit and explanatory. His only ground of complaint and disgust is that he bas not been paid yet; aod, unlese the men whom he has served walk up nnd settle, he threatens to lake down his shingle, put up his shutters, and close forever the Tribune Contract Bureau at Wasb- ington, thus leaving the New York Burean to do all the work. But let Wilkeson take cou- rage and he shall be paid. His employers bave not yet reaped much money from their jobs. The first payment to the Eagle Tribune Company is not due until July. Then, per- heaps, Wilkeson will get his per centage, com mission. brokerage, or anything be likes to call it, When these commissions do come in they will pay en iinmense sam, In spite of the num ber aad variety of the jobs which Wilkeson os @ girdle confowses, we have every reason to bellove that he by no means exaggerates the truth, The Jobbery of the Tribune Association For some time past Congress has been de- bating the subject of government contract in- vestigations, and every day some new and fia- grant instance of public jobbery has been ox- posed. It has been a most remarkable feature of the debate, however, that the worst contract jobe have found zealous champions and de- Stevens, of Pennsylvanis, and Roscoe Conk- ling, of New York, frankly acknowledge that there have been immense contract jobs in the Army and Navy departments; but, so far from excusing, palliating or extenuating these swin- dlers, they boldly claim credit for them, and glory in the facts elicited by investigating com- mittees. Upon what principle this game of bluff is being played in Congrees we are una- ble to state; but it seems to be very well un- derstood and very cleverly imitated by the Tribune Association, of which Sam. Wilkeson, the Tribune's Washington corfespondent, ap- official documents, that the Zrilume association was concerned in a contract job for the manu- Stcxrxs. teneth the heart; to hnld good with Greerey. Weare glad to sve by the following in yesterday’s Tribune that of being made a goveral. cause thous: Since ho first embarked in the service be has kuown uo polities, attended to no private business, but bean en- tirely, absorbingly @ soldior of the Union. talents ; bis courage and patriotism are unquestioned ; and he bas acquired by study and experience a know. ledge of the art of war which the country cannot afford to esl and which originally must give months to acquire, Having always stood opposed to General Sickles in every coubert prior to this atru; that ho should be authorized by the Senate to reanine his command, believin will be good, and ‘eueryetic and capable officer. doubt he procured the appointment, as Minister to Portugal, of Harvey, the famous Washington correspondent of the Tribune, who sent the rebels news of the design to relieve Fort Sum- ter; the appointment of Pike, of the Tribune, to the Netherlands mission; the appointment of Hildreth, of the Tribune, as Consul to Trieste; the appointment of Fry, musical critic of the Tribune, as Secretary of Legation at Sardinia, and the appointment of Bayard Taylor, of the the Tribune, as Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg. Besides helping these Tribune at- taches and shareholders to fat offices, Wilkeson worked zealously, but unsuccessfully, to make poor Greeley, the hero of Matteson’s draft and the Irish Relief Fund, first, the New York Post- master, then the Postmaster General, then the Secretary of State, then a Senator from New York, and, finally, a member of the House of Representatives, to all of which positions poor Greeley has vainly aspired. But though Wilkeson failed to get Greeley an office, the fault was evidently not on his side; for, besides the Tribune office holders above mentioned, contracts have been procured for many more. Benjamin F. Camp, a large shareholder in the Tribune, and a former can- didate for our Chamberlaincy, has a fodder contract at Washington, is connected with the Commissariat Department at Baltimore, bad an interest in the water works at Fortress Monroe, and has two sons in the army and navy as pay- masters. Almy, dry goods reporter, andSnow, money editor and shareholder, of the Tribune, were provided for by a gun contract. Marcus Spring, also a Tribune shareholder, has doubt- less been aided by Wilkeson in bis scheme to get the naval school removed to Perth Amboy, N.J., where Spring owns a large amount of real estate, the residuum of a Fourierite con- cern. William A. Hall, a Tribune shareholder, has a large contract for army shoes, and Dr. J. C. Ayer, another shareholder, has no doubt been assisted by Wilkeson to get bis Cherry Pectoral introduced into our army and navy, This is certainly a long list of Tribune jobs for Tribune editors and proprietors; and yet Wilkeson says he has aided not only these persons, but many “who happen to take the New York Tribune,” insinuating that the Tri- bune is, par excellence, the jobbers’ journal. Now, when we consider that the Tribune has been losing money for a year past, we see how necessary these offices and contracts were to the support ofthe editors and proprietors of that paper; and we really think that, however the public may regard these jobs, the Tribune people owe Wilkeson a debt of gratitude, and ought to pay him the “compensation” he de- mands and keep his contract bureau open. Soweramse Ovr or Nazanera—GReBLeY ON “Affiiction,”’ says the proverb, “ chas- and the axiom would seem he bas at last concluded to do the generous thing towards an old political opponent :— The renomination of Daniel KE, Sickles, 2s Brigadier Geueral of Volunteers, seems to us fit and proper for these reasons : Bir. Sickles, who had ever been an ox treme pro-wlavery politician, volunteered at an early day to engage in the war for the Union, with uo expectation” He was made one, simply be- volunteered to fight under his stancard. He has ‘an officer now entering the service le for natioual existence, we are amxions that the effect of his confirmation at it will secure to the service an We suppose from the above that there is now no doubt of the confirmation of General Sickles’ nomination by the Senate. It is but simple justice that he should be restored to his com- mand. He was the first to raise a brigade for the defence of the Union; and we understand that it cost the government less than any other enrolled since the commencement of the war. The difficulties, the personal risks and the anxieties that he is known to have undergone in its formation, at a time when the spirit of the North was not fully aroused, surely entitle him to this recognition of his services. less ground for ignoring bis claims when it is acknowledged that his strict enforcement of discipline, and his officerlike qualities gene- rally, have placed the regiments composing it t among the most eflec' Potomac, and secured for them an advanced position before Yorktown. lose no time in confirming this appointment. The fact that the President has renominated General Sickles, at the pressing instances of his military superiors, is the best proof that can be adduced of the estimation in which his sol- dierlike qualities are held by them. There is the ve in the Army of the The Senate should Gneeney'’s Niccer Batoape.—We are glad to learn that the African Brigade, announced by us a short time since as in course.of forina- tion by General Greeley, will sodn be in a condition to take the field. The men are all ready, and the process of arming and uniform- ing them will not take long. From St Stanton’s recent report we are led to infer thut they will be supplied with arms from the manu- facturing establishment of Messra. Almy, Snow & Co., at Mansfield, Connecticut; and we sue from the Tribune of yesterday that the con tract for red trowsers, secured probably Ii the other, through its correspondent Wilkesou, will soon be ready for delivery. the tailors employed upon them will only do their fair share of cabbaging. ral Goeeley will now be in @ position to gratify his eager longings to do something for bis. conn- try, At the head of soldiers who are congenial to him in color, and. who, moreover, will! be armed and clothed with guns and uniforms of bis own pattern and manufacture, he may be expected to perform wonders against the enemy. The stmospheredown South is getting yather warm for our white soldiers, 80 that this colored brigade of Greeley’s comes into ser- ecretary 2 We trust that Brigadler Gene- vice in the very nick of time. New Publications. Consumprios Conasux. By Dr. ©. C. Sohiefer- decker. A work demonstrating the curability of tubercolar consemption nnd chrone catarths, by ©. C, Sebiete decker, M.D., has been brought toour attention, Tire fubjoct 19 iscunsed ia pla'n tanguage, but jo n veep act maguer. That pulmwuarg eonauioption {4.0 cura fg first proved, avd the safest methods of f both alimeatar, p y @ next elucidated, partic Bowh thoy avd the sufering will Aud meh taprote from in the pages of this pamphlet, aad Who loag established and | the author as a vory watul prac nd faroravie she public Corracnace (t Broortyn.—Me, Gotteohaik g’ & oon cers at the Brooklyn Athes@um to night, assistel by Mies Carlotta Patt!, Signore Tombes! Ferri, Hort Motion. What he lias done for bis colaborers upon the | pauer and Mr Honey @andorson, The programens is ong Trilune sone deservos a large Cowsed No | of ihe choicest of tae eoasan “\ _ eet eaten eA EA EPR SWS FROM WASHINGTON. Debate on the Confiscation Question in the Senate, Consare of Ex-Seeretary Camoréa by the House. Rejection of the Resolution Cousuring the Secretary of the Navy, &e., &,, &. ‘Wasanvatow, April 90, 1808. ‘TRST VOTE ON THE CONFISCATION SILL. ‘The vote ia the Senate refusing by (sur majority te fefer the eubject of the confiscation of rebel property toa select committee, was regarded as a teat vote be tween the friends and opponents of the meagure,and @ triumph of the former. THE VOTE OF THR Hous ON THR BEAOLUTIONS GENSURING MB. CAMERON AND SEORETABY, WELLES. The Committee on Contracta were handsomely eus. tained by the House to-day upon the resolutions reported: by the committees. The yote upon the amendments te ; Censure ex-Secretary Cameron and Seoretary Welles ehowed that the Gideonites were more oumersus tham the Cameronians, An analysis of the yeas @nd nays upon, the respective propositions would reveal some queer twisting and dodging. As only forty-five voted to censure Secretary Welles, he, may be encouraged te remain inthe Cabinet. The defenders of tho plundering contractors fought the battle to the Jast ditch. THE RADICALS AND THE CONSKRYATIVES If GOM- GRBSS, Notwithstanding the growing breach between the radicals and conservatives of the republican party tm Congress, the horder State men have become much dis- heartened. They have givon their voloes ead thelr votes in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war for the restoration of the integrity of the Union and the supremacy of the constitution; they bave nobly stood by the administration, when, by that very act, they in- creased popular censure at home, and somotimes exile from their States, and they mourn their helplessness te arrest the maduessof the torrent of fanaticism lot loose inthe Senate aud House of Representatives,/and are deeply chagrined at the aid and comfort extentied to the rebels by the ceaseless agitation of an exhausted eubs ject, availableonly for mischief and destructive of the deat interests of the nation. The most comscrvative of The members from the border States, the very mea whose efforts have tended most to arrest the black wave of secession, and drive it back upon ths Sonth, are now disgusted at the madness of those who fled in affright from the firat onset of the rebellion, and now seek to stab and destroy the men who defended the government, when they thamsolves ran shuddering to the north for safety. The opinion is openty and armig expressed, that while the contest for the very existence of the Union is still being waged, if the halls of Gon- gross are to be ceaselessly profened by fanatical aboll- tion schemes end harangnes, it would be infinitely better to adjourn until the war is ended, end leave the govern- ment to dorive means ouiside of Congress for’ its ows: ‘support. ‘The abolition agitators are too blind (0.see thas. they are themselves, day after day, affitding more en- couragement to the rebeiliow than the rebel leaders themeelves. PROMOTION OF GEN. .W. T. SHERMAN, Brigadier General W. T. Sherman was to-day nomt- nated Major Genera! of Volunteers, at the epecial request of Gen. Haeck, for distinguished gallantry and generale ship at Pittsburg. It will be remembered that he be- came successor to Gen, Anderson in Qctober lat, in the Department of Kentucky and Tennessee, and resigned ‘hat commadil becausd he would not meet theiexpecta- tions of the then Secretary of War by advancing into Tennessee with only twenty thousand badly armed and {tly disciplined men. When’ asked what force wag needed, he replied that, before an éfficient advance om the several lines proposed could be made, there should be 200,000,men in the department. This reply was made- the subject of severe comments by the presgh but bie friends say, that subsequent events have shown the wis- dom of the estimate, APFAIRS IM TRYNESSKE. A letter received here from ageatioman high tn author. ity in Tennessee con: the following Say to the Postmaster General that we are succeeding . beyond our most sanguine expectations. As soon asthe rebel army is driven ‘ond the limits of Peni |, the State wilt stand for the Union by an ing ma jority. hope the government will be impreased ‘dhe absolute necessity of the army entering Kast Teomes~ see. They ore murdering and pluadering ee wd by thousands. Their acts of inhumanity aad dacbarity are withont paraiiet. ‘The letter concludes: Great God ! is there no relief for that people? ‘The Post Office Department bas reopened the following « offices: ia Tennessee :—Murfreesboro, Springfleld and Fravklin If the adminisiration shoald not ta ail cases mest the expectations of the country, the failure will not be foe went of volunteer advice on the war, Saanoial and slavery Questions, numerous letters proffering it bemg coustantly received (rom all parts of the United States, and even (romfforeign lands. JEFF, DAVIS AND CONGRESS. Swuator Carlile, of Virginia, said, in bis sperch upow coniigeation today, that he lately heard « gentlomas remark that Je@, Davis seems to be running twe Cougresses, and that this one is doing more for bis cause thew that in Richmond, THE TAX BILL. Th & & matter of the utmost uncertainty what the Senate committoe’s report ou the Tax bill willbe. There, 18 Use Fersonden clique (9) who a wor of reporting it almost the same as it came from the Mouse, Then there is the Simmon’s party (3) who are in (avor of extensive amendment, So it tem te vole. They are waiting fot Mr, Pierce to make it a mojority either one way orthe other. THY MANCEPATION COMMISSIO Ne ‘The Smaucips.ca Commissioners were ia.session day, but were occupied exclusively in giving Aufor: to appliceuts for compensation, The dlanka for a) pions, ke, ,are not xe ready for the commision to ent fully upon the disouarge of ius ditto: F THE NEW YORK CTSTOM HOUSE LABOm COVTRAL Seoretury Chase travsmitted to the House te-day of the contraet meade for three yeais, frou August 1si4, by Collector Schell wikh William N, Meintire, ©. Sutter, Praneia M. Bixby and James & Craig for moval of goods in the custom departmedt im the gov ment storehouses on Broad strect, New York. Tho contract for (ime Inbor was one hundred wad (thirty t d dollars per annum, whieb wae changed on’ 1, 1850, to one hundred and (wepiy-sreo tho dollacs per aunuim, in consideration of the withdraw a number of clerks, saraplers ard messengers who eqn paid as laborers. py of Theodere Payne's of thirty thousand doliare, for the comtaactofs, acc niee the documents: Likewise, & power of attorney ferring (e/a May, 1801, 0 Lutheo B. Wymaa and me. Neve AVAL OMDRES AND APPOANTMANTS. lor Win. Rodgers Taylay bas received po. ‘ory orders from the Navy Department fox. (he aba. and of the Housatonic. Samus! B. Reathboue, of New Ywrk, hag bees appaideds Acting Master McArthur has Seen appoidted Acting Third Aw ” nt Engineer, 200 ordered to the United Sister sleamer Coanectiout. ‘ FP. Jonstiyo bas been appormted Acting Master, and er. daved to (he Wasbingion Navy Yard, bn ©, Ormond, Master's Mate, hae deen promoid to Acting Master + ASRIVAL, OF COTTON SEED, Fifcon handred bushela of gotten seed from New. vera, N.C., arcived yesterday, eonsigned to (he Agricul tora} Boreau of (he Patent Offod, More than a hundred women hace been employed by Mr, Newton to pack the sood for distribution with all possible despatch, in orde that the experimont of ite culture tt the grain growing yemon may befairly made. The North Carolina teed bau bean setected aa beat thted for the soit and climate of the j border and Western States, ‘Ve Seoretary of the Iaterior sent ® COtAMUnication | {he Houge to-day, in reference to the disposal o' the ay proptiation of threa thousand dollars for colton seed Walter Collins, of Virginia, hae purohssed fow een hur dred b Ja for tour hundred dollars, ja General Bur pide'a dopartagent, which arrived here an thy asth © Dogghue Was sont to Tonnessea with One thousand 4 Jorg, nod purohased 800 bamhels, which hag besa distri, 2 tedin Ttinote Indiana and Ohio, through State Agricult: rar aoniation Firs hupdred datlara*more have been fo