The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1862, Page 4

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NO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence, We donot ‘return rgjected commun ADVERTISEMENTS renewed every day: ine perted in the Wexaty Henan, |FAMILY and in the be Fd 'PRLVTLNG coseuled with neatness, Reapness and dee AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.§ MIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.<Tax Exonantaess, WALLACK’S THEATRE, 64 Brosdway.<Tuz Lovz Cuasss. { LAURA fo : GUAUBA KEENE'S THEATRE, Brosdway.—Tas Oxo \ NEW BOWERY THEAT! Bowery. —CORIOLANUS— Cmaxcoan BuxxER—Goov ay i si BOWERY THEATRE, B: —Tuz Deacon Extout— 's Daeam—Borrce lar. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Basy Suow—Com Nourr—Livinc Waats, &0., at all hours Avsvaipy OF Daxsves—/ouN Jones, afternoon and even- BBYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanica’ Hall.—472 Broad- ‘way.—Wuo Stacce Bitty Parreeson. QATETIES CONCERT ae — HALL, 616 Broadway.<Daawixa PEOPLE'S MUSIC HALL = Bortescues, &c. G Bowery -Gonan, Daman, PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS, 563 Broad\ Open dally trom WAM, ULE paid New York, Monday, June 2, 1862, THE SITUATION. The Army of the Potomac has had a great con- Hict, terminating in a grand success, before Rich- mond. General McClellan telegraphed to the War Department yesterday (another Sunday sensation) the account of a desperate battle fought on Sa- turday on the banks of the Chickahominy. Gene- ral McClellan dates his despatch from “the field Of battle’ at noon yesterday, and says:—‘‘ We have had a desperate battle, in which the corps of Generals Sumner, Heintzleman and Keyes have been engaged against greatly superior num- bers. Yesterday at one o’clock the enemy, taking advantage of a terrible storm, which had flooded the valley of the Chicka- hominy, attacked our troops on the right fiank. General Casey's division, which was in the first line, gave way unaccountably and disunitedly, ‘This caused a temporary confusion, during which the guns and baggage were lost, but Generals Heintzleman and Kearney most gallantly brought up their troops, which checked the enemy. At the same time, however, we succeeded, by great exertion, in bringing across Generala Sedgwick ‘and Richardson’s divisions, who drove back the enemy at the point of the. bayonet, covering the ground with his dead. This morning (Sunday) the enemy attempted to renew the con- flict, but was everywhere repulsed. We have taken many prisoners, among whom is General Pettigrew and Colonel Long. Our loss is heavy, but that of the enemy must be enormous. Withthe exception of General Casey's division the men be- haved splendidly. Several fine bayonet charges have been made.” It is evident from this despatch that the battle ‘was indeed a terrible one, and the victory complete, although, in the absence of details, it is impossible to give the exact location of the field or the extent of the loss. The order issued by General McClellan to his army on Monday last, however, which we publish in another column, in our correspondence from the Chickahominy—and a more soldierly and masterly order never was written— foreshadows the conflict then approaching which is now announced in his official despatch. The most intense excitement prevailed in Washington yesterday on the receipt of this glorious news, and the enemies of McClel- Ian were baffled and struck dumb. The immedi- @te occupation of Richmond may be now looked for. A very brief time will serve to diminish the distance between General McClellan’s army and the rebel capital, and the result of his advance cannot now be doubted. We give to-day further particulars of the evacu- ation of the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, by the rebels, and a sketch of that place and its vicinity, which, at this juncture, will be read with great in- terest. Major General Dix left Baltimore by steamer yesterday for Fortress Monroe to relieve General ‘Wool from his command at that post. General ‘Wool, it is said, will take the place of General Dix at Baltimore. Tt will be soen by the extracts from the New Drieans True Delta and Picayune, which we give to-day, that the press gracefully acquiesces in the order of the Military Commandant of that city, ap- pointed by General Butler. The ‘temperate and pminently proper proclamation” of General Shep- dey, as the True Delta admita it to be, will be re- Bponded to by the citizens in.accordance with a resolution passed by the City Council, authorizing the election of “a loyal citizen of New Orleans’’ for Mayor, in place of Mr. Monroe, now confined fn Fort Jackson. ¥ The capture of prizes by our navy of late is worthy of note. We publish in another column Bn account of the arrival of the prize steamer Patras, recently captured while attempting to run {nto Charleston harbor. The vessel and her cargo was valued at $300,000. In addition to this the blockading squadron has already captured the fol- lowing steamers :—The Circassian (British), Ber- guda (British), Swan, Labuan (British, since re- Btored), Magnolia, Florida, Ella Warley, Stettin (British), Calhoun, Lewis, Wallace, Fox, and the bel gunboat Planter, run out of Charleston by Poyal contrabands. The aggregate value of these iis is over $5,000,000. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The steamship City of New York, from Queens- on the 224 of May, was off Cape Race last day on her voyage to this port. Her news is days later than the advices by the Europa, , being telegraphed in detail from St. Johns, ewfoundland, is published in the Hrraxp to-day. aynopsis of the points of the report appeared jn our columns yesterday morning. The news by ie City of New York, taken in connection with letters of our correspondeats in London, Paris and Berlin, also given to-day, possesses much interest. The Hobart Town, Australia, Mercury an. nounces the death of Sir William Don, Bart., who expired in that city on the morning of the 19th of March, Sir William left Melbourne in very bad health on a theatrical visit to Tasmania, in the hope of benefitting by change of climate. During his stay in Hobart Town he was prevented by debility from taking any leading part in the- atrical business. With the death of Sir William Don the title becomes extinct, and a long line of descent ends. He leaves a daughter, the issue of his marriage with the present Lady Don. Sir William was in his thirty-seventh year. The ship John J. Boyd, from Liverpool, arrived at this port yesterday morning, with 696 Mormon passengers. There were eight deaths among them during the passage. To-day the annual State election in Oregon will take place. The Union and democratic parties have both made nominations; but, as the latter or- ganization is composed entirely of dry bones, its show of resistance to the success of the Unionists will be very feeble. The following are the names of the candidates:— Governor .. The annual election for city officers will take place in New Orleans to-day. The offices of Mayor and Recorders for each of the four districts are to be filled, and members of the Board of Aldermen are to be chosen. Union candidates are announced for some of the places; but, whether Unionists or secessionists are elected, we are of opinion that General Butler will require them, before they enter upon the discharge of their duties, to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. An election for city officers also takes place to- day in Washington. Mr. Richard Wallach is a can- didate for re-election to the office of Mayor. The Missouri State Convention, in response to a proclamation from Governor Gamble, will reas- semble to-day in Jefferson City. The convention having legislative powers, its acts will be just as binding as though the laws were passed by a Senate and Assembly. The impression seems to be prevalent that the rebel thief, John B. Floyd, has been reinstated in the Confederate service. Such is not the case, The Legislature of Virginia, in order to relieve their pet purloiner from the disgracefal position into which Jeff. Davis had thrust him, passed a law on the 17th inst., commissioning him a Major General of the State, and authorizing him to raise a “volunteer” force ‘‘ not exceeding”’ ten thou- sand men from among those who were not liable to draft under the conscription law. It is very evident that the law here referred to was never in. tended to have any other effect than merely to whitewash Floyd, and perhaps to annoy the rebel President. It is well known that the military agents, under the conscription act, have taken every man and boy between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years that could carrya gun, and put them in the ranks, and that the newspapers of Richmond and other parts of the State contain hundreds of advertisements for substitutes, offer- ing a bounty of from ong hundred to five hundred dollars. Under these circumstances it is very plain that Floyd will encounter considerable diffi- culty in raising his ten thousand ‘‘ volunteers.” A neat and liveiy Union paper has been started in Key West, Florida, called the Herald, which is printed from the ruins of the old secesh sheet, called the Key of the Gulf. The printing is done by members of the Pennsylvania Forty-seventh regiment. The editor says he intends to make it a Southern newspaper, and will advocate the rights of Dixie and support the administration of President Lincoln. The Boston Light Artillery Company has been disbanded, by order of Gov. Andrew, in conse- quence of their refusal to enter upon active ser- vice for a longer period than six months. This action on the part of the Governor took place af. ter one hundred horses had been purchased for the company. The House of Representatives of Connecticut, on Wednesday last, passed unanimously a resolu- tion complimentary to Commodore Foote. The Board of Excise held its eleventh session on Saturday, and thus far has granted 101 licenses. The effect of the recent order to the police, to dis- continue for the present the arrest of unlicensed dealers, has been to diminish the number of ap- plicants, and if not soon countermanded but few more licenses will be taken out. The non-enforce- ment of this law on the part of the police against all is the cause of the small number of licenses taken out in years past. The complaint made by licensed liquor dealers is, that while one obeys the law’ and takes out a license a dozen others sell without license, unmolested. The Joint Special Committee of Common Coun- cil on National Affairs held a private meeting in room No. 8 of the City Hall yesterday. It is un- derstood they prepared a report in reference to the establishment of a hospital in the Central Park. The report will be presented at the meet- ing of the Board of Aldermen on Monday. The committee will meet again to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock. The May term of the General Sessions closed yesterday, Judge McCunn having occupied the bench till the last day of the month, in order to try as many prisoners as possible. Hiram H. Hobby, @ professional pickpocket, who pleaded guilty to larceny from the person, was sent to the Penitentiary for one year. Michael Calligan and Charles Smith, having pleaded guilty to larceny, were each sent to the Penitentiary for six months, and fined $50. Other minor sentences were passed, and anumber of unimportant motions made. ‘The argument to quash a number of indictments found by the Grand Jury for violating the act prohibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday was postponed till next Saturday. The June term of this Court com- mences on Monday, Rocorder Hoffman presiding. Assistant District Attorney Whitehead will be the prosecuting officer. The stock market was buoyant all day on Saturday, and prices closed atan advance of 1 to 2 per cent, there being a very active demand for stocks to the close of Dusiness. Recent causes of uneasiness are subsiding, and the market is once more feeling the effect of the ‘oaso in money and the general improvement in public feeling. Money was abundant on Saturday; call loans 3 a4 per cent: hange 11444 a %; gold 10344, The gold export of the day was $815,850. The Northern Light, from California, brought $225,000. The Sub-Treasuror is receiving from $150,009 to $200,000, in fogal tender enrrency, for gonyersiun into 5.20 bongs, ‘The cotton market was firm Saturday, with a good de- mand. The sales footed up about 1,200 bales, closing on the basis for middling uplands of 31¢. a 31}¢c. A con- siderable part of the purchases was made by spinners. Flour was heavy,and common and medium grades of Stato and Western were lower. The high grades were quiet and prices steady, while sales of all kinds were modorate and chiefly to the home trade, the demand for export being quite limited. Whoat was irregular; the low and medium qualities wore heavy and lower, while prime to choice lots were firm, with sales at full prices, Corn was loss active, and closed dail. The sales were made at 46c.a 47)0. for now, and at 49c. for old Western mixed, with some lots at 4034. Rye was firmor ana more actives with sales at 66c, a 66c. for Wertern, and 720. for State, Pork was vory dull, with sales of mess at $11 8744 a $12, closing at the inside figure; and prime at $9 50.0 $0 6234. Sugars were steady, with sales of 420 hhds. and 789 boxes. ‘The stock comprised 33,766 bhds., against 66,600 at the same time iast year, Coffee was quiet, while prices wore steady. A sale of 200 mats of Java were made at 2he. Freights wore less active and buoyant. Wont was engaged at 9344., in ship's bags, for Liverpool; and corn at Od,,do., and flour at 28,028, 3d., with some lots re. ported—probably to fill up—at 1s. 94. Wheat to London was engaged at 103d. 4 11d., in ship’s bags, and flour at 9. 94. To Havre wheat was at 2c. ver bushel, NEW YORK HERALD, The Events of a Week—A Dissolving View of the Rebellion. On Monday last the patriotic and indignant people of this metropolis and of our loyal States were all alive with renewed military ac- tivity, under the idea that the overwhelming rebel forces which had repulsed the brave General Banks and his heroic little army from the Shenandoah valley actually menaced the rear of Washington. A week has elapsed, and within this brief interval the tables have been so completely turned that we have now the pleasure to invite our readers to a grand dis- solving view of the rebellion. The call of the government has been answer- ed by the presence on the Potomac of thou- sands of fresh troops from New York and the inexhaustible North. The valley of Virginia has been substantially recovered, and soon will be completely reinstated under the old flag. The rebel guerillas, in that quarter, of Jackson, Johnson, Ewell and others will now find it not so important to secure their plunder as to save themselves. The inland water communications between the great North Carolina sounds and the city of Norfolk and Hampton Roads have been opened to our light draught steamers. Se- cession insolence and violence have been si- lenced in Baltimore, that city having enjoyed quite enough of such pleasant amusements. The good work of a Southern Union reaction meantime goes steadily on, and especially among the substantial citizens of North Caro- lina and Tennessee. Then we have to add to this the glorious news of to-day—the victory of Gen. McClellan in front of Richmond—in the grand battle fought and won on Saturday. Little Rock, the State capital of Arkansas, isin our possession, and the people in that quarter, sick of Jeff. Davis, Confederate shin- plasters, their rebel Governor, Rector, con- scriptions and forced contributions, are coming in rapidly to their old allegiance. General Butler, with a firm and strong hand, is fast re- storing law and order in New Orleans, and cotton, escaping the clutches of rebel incendia- ries, is beginning to come into market. Re- lieved to a great extent by the capture of New Orleans, Pensacola, Norfolk, Forts Pulaski, Macon, &c., our seaboard cruisers are doing a splendid business in the capture of rich rebel prizes, while the enthusiastic army of General McClellan is steadily and irresistibly tighten- ing its iron grasp around the last stronghold of Jeff. Davis and his spurious and insufferable despotism. But the great, comprehensive and crowning event of the week’ is the smoking out of Beau- regard from his strong defensive works at Co- rinth. All the facts, circumstances and disco- veries connected with this hurried evacuation abundantly prove the incapacity of Beaure- gard’s army to cope with ours in that quarter or anywhere clse, and they betray, too, an in- curable demoralization of his troops. In his abandonment of Corinth, which involves the inevitable loss to Jeff. Davis of the whole Mis- sissippi valley, we cannot imagine what in- ducement can still exist for the adhesion of those troops to Beauregard whose homes are in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee or Louisiana. They have been fighting for a Southern confederacy, embracing their respec- tive States. With the last hope gone of any such confederacy, what further interest can they have in the army and fortunes of Beauregard? None. Accordingly; whichever way he may go, we anticipate, henceforward, the rapid dis- integration and dissolution of his army. The great work of cleaning out the rebellion from the Mississippi valley being thus substantially accomplished, we have no doubt that, with our occupation of Richmond, we shall have the last grand and comprehensive picture of the disso- lution of that dismal and cloudy fabric of our self-styled “Confederate States.” With the loss of Richmond all that still existing mass of “Confederate” paper rubbish—two or three hundred millions in amount—representing money, will only represent an exploded corpo- ration of fugitives from justice. The rebellion will thus become utterly bankrupt, and, with the ultimate redemption of this “Confederate” trash knocked in the head, the great financial motive which has secured to Jeff. Davis and his fellows their army, their supplies and the sup- port of the Southern people, will cease to exist. A month ago we published an order from Beauregard enforcing at the point of the bayonet the reception as money of “Confede. rate” paper; but when the rebel bayonets find that they too are swindled there will be an end of the matter. Herein lies the great secret of the desperate tenacity with which the rebel leaders are holding on to Richmond. They are, doubtless, meantime, “shoving off” in every pos- sible way their “Confederate” promises to pay upon their helpless followers for some substan- tial equivalent, 80 that when the crash does come these ruling “Confederate” swindlors may at least have the hope and the means of a com- fortable exile. The top of the barrel has been knocked in at Corinth: the bottom will be knocked out at Richmond; and that will be the end of it; for then every Southern man with a “Confederate” pill in bis pocket will realize the utier hol- lowness and emptiness of this atrocious im- posture of a Southern confederacy. Arxansis Comtne Back.—We published yes terday the report, which is no doubt true, that Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, was in possession of the Union army. It appears that the Governor and the members of the Legisla- ture fled from the city on the approach of our troops, just as the Governor and Legislature of Tennessee did some time ago; and, like Ten- nessee, the State of Arkansas will soon be re- stored to the Union. In fact, with the capital in our hands, it is virtually 80 now. The peo- ple there will understand very quickly, from the conduct of the Northern soldiery, that the object of the war is not for their oppression or subjugation. Like the people of North Caro- lina, Tennessee and Louisiana, they will be governed with moderation and kindness, and they cannot resist the influence to seek once more the blessings of a good government. Therefore we may fairly count Arkansas back again. REE her ebeeted Reser, Anrrumetic—Beauregard, in his offi- cial account of the battle of Shiloh, states the Confederate loss in killed at one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight. From the reports of several of our own divisions we know it for a fact that they buried three thousand two hun- dred rebels; and, as all the reports had not come in when this statement was obtained, it is tole- rably certain that the whole number of rebels interred by our troops after the battle was not short of four thousand. MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1862. ; SEVENTH REGIMENT IN BALTIMORE. . eee Our Baltimore Correspondence. Batnaonn, May 30, 1862. Visits of the Members of the Seventh Regiment about Balti- more—Colonel Lefferts Makes Application to the Secre- tary of War tc Permit His Regiment to Join Gen'erad Banks’ Column—The Camp on Stewart's not.er Union Meeting—Arrest of a Lawyer for Using Treason. ble Language in Court—the Dificulty Between Generab™ Dia and Colonel Martin, of the Seventy:first Regt ment, dc., dc. ‘The Seventh is now comfortably quartered on Stewart's Hill, new tents having been furnished them, and all floored over, To-day quite a number were allowed the freedom of the city, and they paid visits about town,’ viewing the monuments and public buildings. A num-t ber visited the Washington Monument, on Charles street; the Atheneum building, on St. Paul street, occupied by the Maryland Historical Society; Mercantilo Library, Maryland Institute; the jail and State penitentiary, om Madison street, and the House of Refuge, at the extreme western side of the city, allof which are well worth ® visit by those who have never seen them and have time or an opportunity at command, Quite a number wandered down to Bowly’s wharf to visit the Corn and Flour Exchange buildings; also the Merchants’ Exchange buildings, on Gay street. Captain Turnbull, of the Metropolitan Police, who ar- rived here last evening with about one hundred recruite, accompanied by several friends, visited the City Mar- shal’s office, on Holliday street. He was most cor- dially received by Provost Marshal Van Nostrand and bis deputy, Mr. W. B. ons. AD spection was made of the fire and polico alarm telegraph; also the steam engines belonging to the Fire Department. Captain Turnbull is also engaged in work- ing up several police cases, and yesterday sent home two boys; who had run away from their ents as drum- Tue Trieone Associarion Gun Manvrac Tory.—Some time ago we showed, from official documents, that the Zribune Association had started a gun manufactory in Connecticut, and obtained from Secretary Cameron a jobbing contract for twenty-five thousand muskets. In another column this morning we publish a letter from a correspondent who has visited the gun manufactory in question, and developes several new facts in regard to this delightful subject. In the first place, we find that a second con- tract for forty thousand more muskets has been obtained. This will increase the 7 ibune’s re- ceipts, and, asthe circulation and advertising patronage of that paper is rapidly decreasing, poor Greeley sorely needs the extra pay. In the second place, we discover that the manu- factory is no manufactory atall. “The only piece of machinery in the whole concern,” says our correspondent, “ isa water wheel. Aside from that, there is not a wheel, pulley, belting rod, belting, or a tool of any kind or descrip- tion in the building.” This fully prepares us for the subsequent statement that the contract has been sub-let to four or five other parties— the gun stocks to one, the barrels to another, the bayonets to a third, and so on. The profit, however, comes to the Tribune Association. Such facts as these need very little comment. The whole thing is a trans Tue Warerma Pisces.—The hotels at the leading watering places—Newport, Sharon, Saratoga, Long Branch and Rockaway—are al- ready putting out their advertisements. It is probable that this season they will all do a good business. The arrival of the Matanzas from New Orleans was immediately felt by our New York hotels in the number of old Southern guests whom it brought them. .As soon as all the Southern ports are opened our watering places will, no doubt, receive an accession of visitors, whose faces they have not seen for several seasons back, and to whose patronage @ portion of their former prosperity was due. NEWS FROM CORINTH. Interesting Particulars of the Evacua- tion. Coniwra, May 81, 1862. Yesterday morning our reserve divisions were brought up, and our entire front moved forward, the men hay- ing two days’ rations in their haversacks. During the day we kept up @ tremendous cannonading, shelling the woods furiously. The rebels hardly showed themselves, but replied feebly with a few shots. Last night we threw up breastworks along the entire front, and slept on ouc arms within a thousand yards oJ the enemy’s breastworks. At six o’clock this morning General Pope entered Corinth without ,tho slightest reg sistance, and took possession. At the same time the Mayor, who had come out on a different road, met Geueral Nelson and surrendered the town to him. arent job, executed in the regular ° mers in the Seventh regiment corps. an oight Hee j i 1 Ne hief of th fe b ‘There were no inhabitants remaining except women, | or ten boys ‘succoeded in secreting thomi on jobbing style. No chief o' @ lobby | children and old men, the rebels succeeding in carrying | boat on the departure of the regiment from New York, and aré now in thia city. Thoy will be Deputy Marshal be age An inspection was also made by the members of the regiment of the new water works, round, and in the evenin; they were invited to the Holliday street theatre, whic! they declined. ey, however, are very anxious to be in active ser- vico, aud it is understood that Colonel Lefferts made ay plication to the Secretary of War to ailow his regiment join General Banks’ ‘column, as it is momentarily ‘anticipated that an attack will be made at Williams- port. Every maa in the regiment seems anxious to have the opportunity to meet the enemy and test the calibre of their force. They exceedingly opposed to arp 4 kept at Baltimore, as they fear they will be doprived doing any real service. Last evening General Dix was tendered a serenade by the Third New York regiment band. He appeared at the front window and made a short speech. sited Camp Stewart to-day, includ- ing the officers of the Third Maryland regiment. A slight accident occurred this morning at the camp. Some of tho members were standing on a platform erocted near the barracks when it gave way, and they were all precipitated to the ground. None were, how- ever, seriously injured. Quartermaster Winchester has been unceasing in his endeavors to’ provide everything that he possibly could for tho comfort of the mon. ‘The Twerty-second regiment, Colonel Monroe, has been detail at Baltimore, ‘On their arrival at the Washington depot they received orders to remain here, and are now encamped about a mile south of the city. All are in excellent health, vot the slightest accident having occurred since their de- parture from New York. Alarge and enthusiastic meoting was held here last evening,at Temperance Temple, bya body the Union City Convention. A long serica of resolutions were passed, and among them were the following:— Resolved, by tho Union City Convention of Baltimore, That we reaflirm our unconditional adhesion to the con- stitution and government of the United Statos. Resolved, That the national government ought not to lay down ‘its arms until its authority shall be ac- Everles ea and obeyed in every portion of the national territory. A lawyer named Wm. H. Cowan was yesterday ar- rested und sent to Fort McHenry for uttering treasonable language. He was defending a man who was arrested the day previous for a like offence, and Cowan, in the course of bis remarks, assericd that the accused had a perfect right to drink Jeff. Davis’ health whenever and at any place he deemed di He was instructed by the Judge on the bench that such remarks would not be allowed; but he insisted in repeating the same, and was finally put under arrest and sent to the fort by order of oe kee iment is oxpected here this evening. 3 regiment is ox; eveni ‘They will, no doubt, meet with a similar reception to the New York Seventh. « 4 T alluded in my previous letter toa difficulty between General Dix and Colonel Martin, of the Seventy-first New York State Militia, It seems that on the arrival of the regim-nt at the Washington depot, General Dix sent an order t> Colonel Martin to proceed direct to Harper’s Ferry with his command. The Colonel, however, re- fused to obey the order, saying that ho had recoived orders from the War Department to go direct to Wash- ington, and he was going to report thore. He wanted hfs men first sworn in, and then he was ready to go to any point the government might order him. General Dix, however, sent a second order for the he refused to recognize his to Washington by the six could have managed the affair better than poor old Greeley, who has improved very greatly since that one thousand dollar Matte- son draft business. First, the Tribune estab- lishment is prostituted into a contract agency, as Wilkeson, the Tribune’s Washington corres- pondent, himself confessed in a published let- ter. That was very sharp practice. Then, the contract having been obtained, it was sub-let to outside parties, and poor Greeley pockets a share of the profits, and does none of the work. Morgan, with his two and a half per cent, or Thurlow Weed, with his five per cent commission, did not display greater ability. We are gratified to find Greeley such a clever man, after all. The reflection that the money made by sub- letting these contracts comes out of the pock- ets of the people diminishes our gratification, however. Nevertheless, poor Greoley must live; and since he cannot edit a newspaper, } will not take the field with his nigger bri- gade, and is ashamed to beg, what is left for him but to turn contract jobber, until his beloved Ambassadors from Hayti and Liberia arrive here and give him their cold victuals and a situation as interpreter to the embassy? away absolutely everything except a few provisions, which, with the warehouses and railroad depot, were burned before we arrived. They took every invalid from the hospital, and every letter from the Post Office. They did not leave a single gun, and had been moving away troops more than six days, and stores two weeks. ‘The most of the troops have gone toward Corinth Junc- tion. The rebel rear guard, under Bragg, ten thousand strong, marched southward at midnight. Citizens assort positively that Beauregard was there in person, and left with it. All concur that never more than sixty thousand troops were there at once, and usually much less. ‘The rebel fortifications were five miles long, from the Momphis and Charleston to the Mobile and Ohio road; but they were much weaker than we supposed. They could have been carried by storm any time. The few prisoners we havo aro deserters from the rebel rear guard. There is great mortification in our army. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. ‘Wasuixaton, June 1, 1862. THE TAX BILL. Judge Collamer yesterday took the Senate by surprise in saying that the Excise bilfsct out upon the idea of taxing manufactured property, upon which thore was to boa government lien for the amount of the tax. Hegaid that the action of Congress had changed the bill from taxing manufactured articles to tho system of taxing sales of them. Meantime, the provision as to len had not been stricken ont. The Senate then went to work to set the matter right. This chango from taxing what is manufactured to taxing only whatts sold, is another ‘victory of manufacturers, whose agents are apportionod among the hotels and boarding houses here in order to influence Congressmen more or less. Congressman may bo useful, inside as well as outside, if they are present or prospective owners of the manufacturing stock, or are interested directly or indirectly as factor or attorneys, The changing the excise exempts stocks on hand from taxation, and is a great thing tothe manufacturers, be- cause the value of such stocks on hand must be hundreds of millions of dollars. THE CONFISCATION ACT. One of the most solid and able of the republican Sen- ators nearly despairs of rational ection touching confis- cation, Notwithstanding that oven tho 7rijune speaks of such a measure as futile, yet the demagogues in Congress ‘want to go to the people with the declaration that confls, cation will pay all the expenses of the war. IMPORTANT BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS, It is estimated that the Tax bill will occupy the Senate all next week. The National Banking bill is to bo brought forward without delay, as tho eap stone of the splendid financial system inaugurated and so successfully managed by Mr. Chase. Its benefits to the country will be made appa- rent. It will supply a uniform currency, perfectly se- curod, and will give stability to the government, by making the people at large tho owners of the whole pub- lic debt. An effort will be made this weck to press the Bankrupt Dill, as a measure of the greatest importance to the com- mercial communities, one that is indispensable to save thonsands from ruin and to do even justice between debtors and creditors. The representatives of mercan- tile constituencies regard this Bankrupt bill as, next to tho Tax bill, the most important of all that have been Brought forward during the session. GENERAL M’CLELLAN’S VICTORY AND THE ABOLI- TIONISTS. The roports here to-day that a partial reverse to our army before Richmond had been more than repaired to- day, has plunged the abolitionists into deep gloom. GENERAL SIGEL AND THE COMMAND OF TROOPS IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA. Indications are fast increasing that General Sigel may be designated fer the command of the troops in the val- ley of Virginia. RAISING THE SUNKEN VESSELS IN NORFOLK HARBOR. ‘A collision bas occurred between the military and naval authorities in regard to the raising of the vessels gunk by the rebels in Norfolk harbor. It appears that General Wool had made a contract with John D. Sanborn to raiso the Merrimac and othor vossels sunk in Norfolk harbor, in pursuance of which a wrocking vessel bad been sot at work and forty or fifty tons of the wreck of the Merrimac had already been re- covered, when a naval officer detailed by Commodore Goldsborough took possession of the wrecker and which cover 150 acres of Tue News From MExICcO—ARE THE FRENCH Taxina THe Back Track?—~—The statement re- ceived from the city of Mexico, via Acapulco, that the French had commenced a retreat in presence of a superior force of Mexicans, and were on their way back to the coast, is highly important, and we see no reason to doubt its probability. It is supported by the fact that most of their Gulf squadron has been concen- trated here, the transport ships only being re- tained at Vera Cruz, This backward movo- ment is probably due as much to recent in- structions from Paris as to the determined atti- tude of the Mexicans. The abrupt manner in which the English and Spanish withdrew their troops, the uncompromising terms in which General Prim denounced the infraction of the convention by the French Commissioners, but, above all, the brilliant and rapid series of suc- cesses by which the government has nearly crushed out the rebellion in this country, have doubtless induced Louis Napoleon to pause in what General Prim, in the letter which we pub- lished yesterday, justly stigmatizes as an insane attempt to establish a throne for the Archduke Maximilian. The Emperor, no doubt, finds by this time that he has got hold of an elephant in the Mexican expedition, and would be glad of a decent excuse to back out of it. The ap- proaching termination of our troubles here will quicken his movements, and we should not be surprised if, within another month, every French soldier was cleared out of Mexico. Colouel te remain here; but authority, and proceeded @'ciock train. Our Long Island Correspondence. ; Surroux Stanioy, Long Island, May 27, 1862. The Second Fire in the Woods—Danyer of Selting Fire to the Brush—Magnificent Appearance of the Conflagra- tion—Loss Estimated at Eight to Ten Thowsand Dol- lars, dc., dc. Another fire of considerable extent has again swept over a portion of the Pine Plains of Long Island, doing damage to the wood and timber. It was caused by burning brush on the land ready for ploughing of H. Pike, located ono mile east of Suffolk station and half a mile south of the Long Island Railroad. Th¢ irs was started late in the evening of the 24th, and was visited onthe next morning, gnd all the fire to be seen put out, when the person in charge went to breakfast. Bofore his retarn the brush had taken fire, and ali edlorts to stop its progress proved fruitiess, the wind varying to ail points of the compass, and the ground completely parched, caused it to sproad with aera rapidity, irae southward, then westward, then to the north and cast, and it was finally stopped List ovening at the Connotgot Swamp and the railroad by the copious rain. About the middie of the afternoon of Sunday several whirlwinds or spouts of fire, the hko of which the *‘old- est inhabitants’ had never before seen, occurred, caus- jug to the distant behoider emotions of awe and wonder not to bo described, one of which started by the resi- dence of H. Rawlinson, parsing around the house, taking off his well curb and rushing into the fire several rods distant, up and down through the burning timber, them darting’ off over ground aiready burnt over, taking up from the ground gravel stones, leaves, cinders, &o. Sometimes the spout of flame appeared to be from forty to fifty feet in height, and the base of the column biaci as the Prince of Darkness, causing the earth to tremble, and tho noise like the roar of distant artillery, taking no particular course, but darting away at random, until its fury was spent. ‘Another of like description took its rise aa tho fire darted across the railroad track, to a piece of rye belonging to R. Suepard, sweeping it clean; to the GeveraL Burien anp THE New ORLEANS Press.—Major General Butler does things promptly and successfully in his dealings with all classes in New Orleans, the press included. The editor of the True Delta having published some contraband sentiments in his money arti- cle, General Butler sent him'the following curt and pithy order:— Heapquarrers, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Oxtxas, May 10, 1862. } To THe Prorrieror oF 108 New Onieans True Detta:— ‘Sir—The romarks in your money article of to-day are inadmissible. Wanton, useless and criminal acts of destruction of property, gouerally by tho mob who do not own it, are not acts of patrivtisin, but vandal incendiarism, which will be panished. ‘You will not receive further caution, but punishment, at a for a like offence. s ” | towed her up to Norfolk. She was there, in turn, seized | Tosltence och, fowall, parity wee thom Into ite vore piney conspicuously. Ey RSE, by order of General Wool, and with @ military guard on | tex; then passing & Gow and ssveiee house, and going ‘ 4 off again to the fire, without injury to man or beast. Guo, C. Stnona, Assistant Adjutant General. board sent back to the wreck. Tho difficulty has been | off Ausin 1 the thes rte nday the dwellings aud out- referred by General Wool to the War Department. He claims that the navy had nothing to do with the matter, and this view of the case ts sustained by the fact that the navy took no notice of the wrecks until the wreckers had commonced operations, and that Goneral Wool is clothed with authority as commandant of that military department to make such contracts. ARRIVAL OF MR. BOULIGNY. Mr. Bouligny, late Member of Congress from New Or- loans, has arrived here, He states that there will proba- bly bea strong Union party in that city; that the ac- counta of universal destruction of property aro oxagger- ated, and that for a considerable time the rebel loaders have been turning Confederate notes into money, jowolry, &e. buildings of H. Holmes, I’. Prico, W.Stamps, W. Stokes, W. Sheperd, EF. Powell and W. Silliman were in consider- able danger, ail on the north side of the railroad; but, as the inhabitants were out in force, not @ building, per- gon or animal was injured, s0 far as I can learn, and the fire, with but little exception, was confined to the south side of the track. ‘Tho ground burned over in whole or in part is probably eighteen hundred to two thousand acres. The loss it is dilficult to estimate—say $3,000 Ww $10,000—and falls mostly on W. H. Sotham, H. Pike, 8. E. Bridger, P. Mur- hy, J. Whitworth, R. Shepherd, N. Biydenburgh and ‘m. Nicoll. The Inst loses the largest amount in ox- tent and quantity. Personal Intelligence. General Prim was waited on yesterday at tho Claren- don Hotel by most of the foreign Consuls resident in this city. Genoral Paez, of Venezuela, and the principal Spanish merchants doing business here, also calied om him during the day. Tho Genoral had made arrange- ments to visit the Central Park and other places of inte- rost in and around the city, but the unfavorable state of the weather compelled him to postpone his ride, During the niorning, however, he visited Staten Island, for the purpose of personally inspecting tho accommodations which have been provided for a number of fine horses he brought with him in the steamer on Saturday. Wm. H. Merriam, Esq., of this city, delivered his humorous lecture upon ‘Cosmopolitan Life; its Gaieties and its Lessons,” by invitation, before the students of Williams College, at Williamstown, Mass., on Friday evening last, the 30th ultimo. Dr. Ruschonbergor, of the Unitod States Navy; J. Har- rod, of Mount Carbon, Pa., and F. W. Rackemaa,of New ‘York, are stopping at the Albemarle Hotel. The editor as promptly responded by “pub- lishing conspicuously” on the very same even- ing the above order at the head of the edito- rial page. Tue Corroy anp Grain Crop or THE Soura.— The Southern newspapers have a good deal to say about-the crops just now, and they inti- mate that very little cotton is being planted, but that agriculturists are devoting themselves to the culture of grain. These statements are doubtless made to assure the people, who are generally becoming alarmed lest their provi- sions should fail; but for all that it is quite probable that cotton is being planted in con- siderable quantities. Nor is there any fear of a dearth of provisions in the Southern States next season; for, although there is evidence of rust and blight in the crops of Texas, the Great West has abundance of food, and, as the South will be restored to the Union by the time the next crops are gathered, the Southern people can have all the grain and provisions they re- quire from the Western States. THE NAVY. Commander William R. Taylor, detatched from ord- nance duty, has been ordered to report to Captain Hud- son, for theeommand of the Harriet Lane. THE EXCURSIONISTS TO FORTRESS MONROE. Tho naval committee excursionists to Fortress Monroe are expected to return to-morrow, They may have lin- gered in that vicinity to gather the details of the battle at Richmond to-day. It was their intention to visit Norfolk, James river, York river, &c., if the opportu- nity could be afforded them. Obituary. ‘Tuomas B. Hecen, late commander of the rebel steam- or McRae, who died in New Orleans onthe 11th ult., from wounds received in the engagement with the Unit- Prize Moyey—Laros Havis ny Our Navan casitates fleet on tho 24th of April, wasn native of South | ¢. hoya, of London; F. Boyd, H. R, Rood tend 0, Pa Orricers.—The sums cleared by our naval offl- | Carotina, Ie was appointed in the navy as midship- | say yer Tot’ Boston; Mr. Piuramor and family, of Newport, cers by the capture of vessels trying to run the | men on the 6th of March, 1895, and made his first cruise | R. 1. J.C. Palmer, of Quincy, Ill., and D, Wallace and in the ship-of-tho-line North Carolina, now the reeoiving - Beg ie, of Pittsburg, are ing at the Fifth Avenue anip.at this station, Tho navy rogister of 1861 gives | Hotel 8; Aro Blopping blockade will make some of them rich. Flag re. Officer MeKean’s share of prize money, for in- | Mr. Huger sixteon years and UStea Poort at mouths | «Bt 8. F. Kiliot of the United States Army; W. Mase stance, already amounts to about $100,000, anempioye. At ih ibe Mr. Hor revived, he was a H, Washburn, of, Wgcwmseay arena irst Lieutenant steam sloop Iroquois 6 . | Paris; Be A x while another officer has cleared $49,000. The | First Uientanany or ana airith Mr, Warley, lately sent to Donald, of Fog we Reilly Ot, ye aga Fort Warren—was among the first to tender his resigna- tion on the breaking out of the prosent war. Ex-Lioute- nant Hogor belonged to 4 family who have always, prior to the rebellion, borne honorable connection with the history of tho United States; he was a son of Dr. Benjm min Huger, and nephew of Alfred Huger, of Charleston. He married Miss Mondo, sister of the present eom- who died sumo threa sailors, of course, come in for # proportionate share of the total amount cleared by the sale of these vessels and their cargoes, and many a poor fellow who shipped with little more pro- perty than the clothes on his back will leave the St. Nicholas Hotel. Colonel Vielo and wife, of BuMtwlor; John E-Owons. oF Baltimore; E. L. Dayons of, 3aw saachasestss 4. Bait and family, of iitmols; ©. ¥ oot, of Michigan; 1 Tlonch, of Natchez, Miss.; J. 1, Hg mond, qi BA Hirackot, of Boston, and F. F.assoll, of Philadelphia, are stopping at the Metropolitan, ‘dotol. ander of the North Carolina, R the navy with @ handsome provision for his old | Years since, loaving a family of five ebildren—two sons | Captain Broyton, of the Ayeamor Bay L sors he o. tis well that this is so, But for our | Sed threo daughters. Buck and 6, G. Mokinney 1 9C Chem e i rand Be ie age. AAZ.on Bnooxs died in Fayotte county, Pa.,on tho 18th | H. Bardlie, of Be a ae ee Chicopee: A. Golly, brave sailors we should not be as far advanced as we now are in the suppression of the rebel- lion ult. , at the advanced age of one hundred and one yeas ar.d'three months, Ho bad resided in the county over seventy years, voted for General Washington for Presi- sident, and at overy Presidontial oloction since, ad tM. Sw’usey and daughtor, of Fall Rivor oar 1 ea 7 ‘Columbus, are BlOppine at the Aater House