The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1862, Page 4

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It was not thought atthe War Department, how- ever, that anything of consequence transpired, despite the threatening aspect which the news of Saturday night might be supposed to give to affairs on the peninsula. _ Despatches from Mount Jackson state that everything is quiet in that direction, and that the febel pickets are five miles in advance of our troops. More detailed accounts of the fight at Port Republic on Monday last are given in our columns to-day, together with the names of the killed and wounded. Our troops fought magnifi- cently, although some of the regiments suffered very severely, particularly the Seventh Indiana, which maintained its position for four hours against a@vastly superiorforce. This regiment left Fred- ericksburg 800 strong, and came out of the action with only 140 men to answer tho roll call. All the Western troops behaved nobly. After the fight it is understood that Jackson took the road toward Skanardsville, passing through the gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in @ line for Gordonsville, at which point is railroad communication with Richmond. * General Wool paid a visit to Harper's Ferry yes- terday,and found everything in good order there, The bridge recently destroyed was nearly com- pleted. The road between Harper's Ferry and Winchester is being rapidly repaired, and it is thought that the government will have it in use in @ few days. Affairs at Memphis are progressing very satis- factorily. Businces is being resumed rapidly, and ‘the citizens who deserted it are returning. By the China, off Cape Race, we learn that the Paris Constilutionnel, of the 7th of June, published an article to show “the impossibility of the South (rebel) being conquered,’ and maintaining that foreign ‘‘mediation alone will succeed inputting an end to & war disastrous alike to the interests of humanity and Europe.” The owner of the British steamer Circassian protests against her capture by the United States, Qs he asserts she was engaged in a lawful voyage. Steamers running the blockade were insured at Lloyds as low as from thirty to forty guineas. The Paris Moniteur of the 7th of June notifies the blockade of the Mexican ports of Tampico and Alvarado bythe Emperor. A French protectorate for the republio was spoken of, The Spanish documents relative to the affairs of Mexico had been submitted to the Cortes. The im- pression is reported as unfavorable to General Prim. Our correspondence from London, Paris and Berlin, published to-day, contains @ very important resume of the latest aspect of the American war question in England, France and Prassia, MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamships Bavaria aud China, from South ampton and Queenstown on the 4th and 8th of June respectively, were boarded of Cape Race last Saturday forenoon, on their way to New York. The China brings @ week's later news. She made tho passage from Queenstown to Cape Race in five days and seventeen hours. A synopsis of her ad- vices appeared in the Hexatp yesterday (Sunday) tmorning, and the full details, telegraphed from Newfoundland, are given to-day. Cotton advanced one-fourth of a penny fn Li- verpool during the week, and the market closed quiet on the 7th of Jane, Breadstaffs were dull, Provisions closed heavy onthe 7th instant. Con- sols closed in Londom at 91% #923 on the 7th of dune, The Count de Montebello, ; who has just beei ap- | Aointed Wo command the French Army of ona | pa Rates were also frm to Lo tion at Rome, is the second son of Marshal Lannes. He has been in the army aince 1830, aud was made gvnerat of division in December, 1855. Colouei Ward, an American, has been created & Mandarin of China. A letter frem Riga, of May 27, says the flax trade, which constitutes one of the principal! branches of exportation of that place, amount- ing, im fact, to two-fifths, experienced in 1861 & diminution of eighteen millions of pounds weight. ‘That reduction, which is expecially shown in the quantity taken by England, is principally due to the war in America, by which the sale of Eng” lish linen goods hus considerably decreased. Captain Bartlett, commaniing the Rhode Island Battery B, a brother of W. Q. Bartlett, Esq., of this city, who was engaged with Sedgwick's divi- sion in the hard fought battle before Richmond on the 31st of May and the Lst of June, ina private letter describes the slaughter of the enemy as terrible, He says the dead rebels in front of our army were piled up in heaps, just asif they had been emptied out of carta. Im one place, ona space not larger than one of Sibley’s tents, Cap- tain Bartlett counted eleven dead rebels, apparent- ly killed by the explosion of one shell. The population of New Orleans in 1860 was 168,675, divided as follows: — Whites born in slave States. Whites born in free States... Whites born in foreign countrie: Not known... Free colored. - s Slaves...... eevee 13,389 Total....... te ee scene eee conenee]68,675 The inglorious retreat of Beauregard from Co- rinth has been the means of scattering Gen. Hal- leck’s army over a wide range of country. Gene- rals Buell and Pope are in pursuit of the flying re- beis. Gen. W.T. Sherman, with his division, is repairing the bridges on the Memphis and Charles- ton Railroad, between Corinth and Grand Junction, and he will soon have the road clear to Memphis. Gen. Wood’s division is repairing the bridges on the same road east of Corinth. Gen. Thomas, with his force, is occupying Corinth. Generals McClernand and Lew. Wallace are at Purdy. The rebel army at Corinth was commanded as follows>— Major General G. T. Beauregard, Commander. Major General Leonidas Polk. Major General George B. Crittenden. Major General Braxton Bragg. Major General B. F. Cheatham. —Together with sixteen brigadier generals, among whom was John C. Breckinridge. The force of the army was as follows: Infantry, regiments, Cavalry, regiments. Cavalry, battalion Cavalry, companies Sappers and Miners, company. Batteries. rs When the rebellion broke out, a nephew of the rebel General John B. Magruder, was residing and earning an honest living for his family in Camden, New Jersey. The nephew went South, to look after the rights of the seceded States, and is now asoldier under.the command of his unele, while his wife and children are support ed by the Poor Commissioners of Camden county, The passage of the law continuing the present State officers of Missouri in power until 1864 shuts out a number of candidates for Governor, among whom were Jamos H. Birch, democrat, and Sample Orr and George W. Miller, Unionists. At the August election nine Congressmen, members of the State Legiglature and county officers are tobe chosen. The Union gunboat fleet on James river con- sists of the Wachusett, the Galena (whieh has been repaired), the Monitor, the Maratanza, the Mabaska, the Aroostook, the Port Royal, tho Dragon and thé Jacob Bell. The members of tho Baltimore City Council have been having a very good time, visiting some of the Western cities. At Pittsburg and Chicago they were received with all the honors. Of the rebel naval fleet in the battle at Mem- phis, the Sterling Price, the Little Rebel, the Gen. Bragg and the Sumter will all be soon repaired and put into service. Amass convention of the emancipationists of Missouri will be held in Jefferson City to-day, for the purpose of nominating candidates for State officers. Col. John Owen, a notorious rebel bushwhacker, was taken on his farm in Monroe county, Missouri, on the 7th inst., and in accordance with the orders of Gen. Schofield he was fastened to a stump, and the contents of eight muskets found their way into his body. He begged hard to be treated as a pri- soner of war. The usual abolition pow-wow, under the su- perintendance of William JIdoyd Garrison, will take place at Farmington, Mass., on the Fourth of July. The increase of tolls on the New York-canals, from the Ist of May to June 7, over the amount collected last year during the same time is $296,002. The annual sermon before the Young Men's Christian Association of the New York University, was delivered last evening, at the church corner of Thirty-first street and Madison avenue, by the Rev. Dr. Hague. The reverend gentleman took his text from Hebrews, twelfth chapter and first verse:—‘‘Let us run with patience the race now before us."’ From this text the learned gentle- man preached a very eloquent and instructive dis- course, which was principally thoological in its character. The Central Park and Jones’ Wood were thronged with visitors yesterday, the weather after midday being charming enough to tempt evena sick man to leave his domicil. The up-town cars were literally crammed each journey with persona desirous to breathe a little freah air, and the boats to Jones’ Wood had each trip a goodly cargo of pleasure seekers. A fine Sunday is certainly a boon indeed to those who are confined at the desk, the counter or the workshop, and it is plea- sant to see that so many of both sexes know how to appreciate its blessings. A number of invalided and wounded soldiors were yesterday to be met with in both of the above mentioned piaces, no doubt trying to aid the doctors ia their efforts to restore them to health. ‘The stock market was greatly excited on Saturday,and stocks were ali buoyant and higher, Central sold at 963;, and guaranteed Michigan Central and other Western shares were wanted at an advance of from 3 to 2 per cont, The market closed buoyant. Money was very eany; call loans 34 per cent, Exchange closed at 116% for the steamer, bat afterward bankers refused to sel) under 117%. Gold rose to 106%. The deposite for con. ‘version into 6 20 bonds were $528,000. A full review of the new financial poliey of the government will be found in the money article. ° ‘The eotton market opened without animation om Satur. day, with limited sales, which erabraced about 200 bales fn amall lote, at Sic. @ 313g0. for middling uplands. af. tar the receipt of the foroign news, announcing am ad. vance in Liverpool, holders manifested incroseed eontidence and firmaess, The continued upward ten- dency in freighta depressed the flour market, which aGtin closed at & decline of be. per bbl, while asica wore moderate, Wheat, for good shipping qualitier, was rather firmer, with @ fair demand, while the market generally closed quiet and without change of importance in prices. Corm was easier, while the demand wes good at the concession, with sales At 490, @ Glo, for new, and at S1igc. @ 62. for old, in store and delivered. Pork was heavy and lower, but more active at the concession, with sales of mean At $10 80 a$1087, the inside figure for check on the day, and prime at $9 a $9 12%. gi wore quiet, while prices were unchanged. The gales were condoed to 200 hts. Cubas apd 76 boxes. Coffee waa siealy. The cargo of the Zingarelia wad sold, comprising 4,500 bage Rio, at about 2046, Freights were Grmer: wheat, in bull and bags, taken for Liverpool at 10d. « 1040 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1862. The Final Settlement of the Kobi lion— The Comservative and the Radical Pu- lies. The constant and continual successes of our army and navy, and the brilliant victories won by the Union forces in every divection, clearly ind cate that the great work of crushing out the rebellion will svon be accomplished. The summer mouths will undoubtediy see the great work of our armies finished; but it will, with- out doubt, take a much longer period tw settle down, and for the nation to return to ita former quiet and peaceful condition. The near ap- proach of the day when our army will achieve its crowning victory has, through the action of officials in Washington, both in the Cabinet and in Congress, in connection with the positions taken by the different newspapers, brought about developments .that distinctly exhibit to the country two lines of policy for the final settlement of our national difficulties. Ouea conservative and the other radical, they are diametrically opposite to each other in every ar, The conservative policy was marked out by the President at the commencement of the campaign, and clearly defined in his first pro- clamation calling for troops, in which he stated to the public that the troops were wanted to put down the insurrection, and ‘ cause the laws to be executed.” The policy then enunciated by the President has been adhered to by him through all the great events of the war down to the present time. His modification of the re- port of Secretary Cameron, and his repudiation of the proclamations of Generals Fremont and Hunter, are among the official evidences that the policy of the President remains unchanged. The message of President Lincoln urging upon the border slaveholding States to adopt the system of gradual emancipation with compen- sation is further proof that he still adberes to this original conservative policy, aud is carrying on the war to put down rebellious combinations in several of the States, to enforce the laws and maintain the constitution. Under this plan each State will return to the Union fold with all its rights and interests protected, the same as they were, under the coustitution, before the rebellion commenced. Tie other or radical policy originated with Sumner, Wil- son, Wade and the abolitionists of the Senate, in connection with Lovejoy, Hickman and the extremists of the lower house, and is fully endorsed and pushed forward by Secretary Chase and the radicals of the Cabinet. It con™ templates blotting out of existence all the local or State governments of the seceded States, and bringing them back as conquered territory, giving to Congress full pewer over their local institutions and interests, the saine as it has over original territory before it is ad mitted as a State. This would prevent the Southern States being represented in Congress for the present, as well as place around their final admission into the family of States such restrictions and regulations in regard to the institution of slavery as Congress might deter. mine, inasmuch as it would give to Congress the power to govern them. Here we have two separate and distinct modes for the final settlement of the rebellion. The conservative policy, as we have already shown, contemplates the restoration of the Union, and bringing back the revolted States with a guarantee for their full protection under the constitution, the same as they had before the rebellion took place; the other to place the rebellious States under the government of Congress as conquered territory. Between the two there is a wide and radical difference. The message of the President urging upon the border slaveholding States to adopt, at their own volition, the system of gradual emancipation clearly recognizes the doctrine of State rights, and that each State has full con- trol over the institution of slaveny within its own borders, and the power to abolish it at its will. He does not propose to force this upon them, but simply urges its adoption for their own goed, and is therefore fully con- sistent thronghout, and does not in the least interfere with the rights of the Southern States under the constitution. The President is sus. tained in this policy by Secretary Seward and the conservative members of his Cabinet, by most of the generals and the great mass of the people. If they are not overridden by the Ja- cobins in the Cabinet and Congress, they will bring about, through the active ‘and decisive work of our armies, and the development of the Union sentiment in the South, an end to the rebellion anda final settlement of the whole affair before the end of the year. If, on the other band, the radicals are successful with their policy, then the last vestige of the Union sen. timent in the South will be crushed out, and the war prolonged for years. The declaration of Jeff. Davis, of twenty years’ war, will thus be fully realized, with all its horrors and cost in life and treasure. It is not at all improbable that the people will have to decide between the two plans at the ballot box. That the President will adhere to the con- servative policy so well maintained thus far, sustained as he is by the statesman- like abilities of Secretary Seward, there is not the shadow of a doubt; but it is yet uncertain whether the radicals have the strength or not in Congress to override the clear and well defined conservative policy which has guided President Lincolu ever since the commencement of the war. If the events of the next two months should show that the radicals have the necessary strength to secure the adoption of their policy, and to override the President and Secretary Seward in this matter, or that there is even a probability of such a re- sult, then the two modes of settlement will form the issues in the election of Congressmen at the next election. In that event the’people, in casting their votes for representatives, in Congress, will be called upon to decide whether they are in favor of the conservative policy of the President, and # speedy settlement of the rebellion, with an immediate return to peace and prosperity, or the policy of the radicals, with ite long and lingering war and the evils that attend it. The verdict of the people upon an issue of that kind no one can doubt. Destavction or TR Cotton Cror.—We have heard a good deal of the destruction of the cot. ton crop by the rebels at the South; but, as far as any statistics can be gathered, we do not think that the cotton staple has suffered so much after all by the suicidal hands of the rebels, It is true that accounts have been received, from time to time, of the immense consuming of cotton in one quarter or another. Large volumes of smoke have been seen at different points within sight of our armies, and the pre- sumption was that it was caused by the burn- ing of cotton on the adjacent plantations. Very little fire, however, often makes a good deal of smoke, especially when cotton is the material which feeds the fame; but it is a sig- nificant fact that the Southern papers—which have made the largest boast they could of the wholesale destruction of the cotton crop—have not been able, when they come to figures, to make the number of bales destroyed up to this time more than 150,000, And as the entire crop numbers four milliois of bales, this is but a very small drop in a very large bucket, and really amounts to nothing. What Will Spoleon Do in Tis Mexican Dilcmmat In a military nation like France the late de- feut of its arms in Mexico must be keenly felt by all classes, and to those who only look at the surface of things the course of Napoleon must appear to be an egregions error, placing him in a dilemma from which i is impossible tor him to escape. But to those who look deeper into the springs of action, and who have studied the history and character of Napoleon, there isno blunder and no insurmountable difficulty, On the contrary, the invasion of Mex'co is but the means to an end, and the failure is part of his plan to rouse the enthu. siasm of the French nation to the point to which he desires to bring it. He well knew that a temporary check to the success of French arms would stir up the popular mind to its most profound depths, and would inflame the martial ardor of the army to such a pitch that it would require tremendous battles and dazzling vio- tories to satisfy it. How easy to direct this resentment to England, as the cause of the dis- aster, in not adhering to the convention, and deserting France tu the critical moment. The intetligence which we published yes- terday of the naval preparations in France onagrand scale shows that a blow is medi- tated against “perfidious Albion,” and that, in all buman probability, a struggle will soon commence which wil) cast into the shade all the wars of the present century. There is no mention made in the French newspapers of these preparations, nor does anything appear to be known of them in England; but there can be little doubt that British statesmen see what is going on in France, though, from policy, they affect to be ignorart of it, for two reasons: first, they calculate they will the better put Napoleon off his guard by feigning ignorance of his designs; and, secondly, they do not want to alarm the people, who are already sufficiently prepared for the revolutionary spark which may at any time set them ina blaze. But there is abundant evidence to prove that they are greatly alarmed at those dark shadows which precede the coming events. The invasionjof Mexico is, therefore, a foil, like the invasion of Egypt, half a century ago, to conceal the real destination of the impend- ing stroke which is to‘make or break Napoleon ILL. There is something very tempting to an ambitious mind, which has the power, in the idea of breaking up an old commercial empire which bad so long lorded it over all creation, more particularly as the aristocratic rulers of that empire are the hereditary enemies of France, and, above all, of the family of Bona- parte. That Louis Napoleon possesses the means in his immense iron-clad fleet of gunboats, and in the enormous army of infantry, artillery and cavalry, which he could transport in a few hours to the Thames and the Mersey, no person can doubt who knows anything of bis naval and military resources, and of the immense pre parations he has been quietly making for a number of years. He knows his dynasty is not safe till he has thoroughly humbled the pride of England, and he appears to have made up his mind to doit. He could effect landing in various parts of the island; but it is probable that the destination of bis troops is Liverpool and London, one of them being the capital, and both the two great commercial cities, containing the chief wealth of the coun- try. He could, in the first place, levy enormous contributions to ransom those cities from the shells of his gunboats, and he could make them the two bases of his operations in the brief campaign which would suffice to overrun the land. Having reduced England to subjection, and effected a social and political revolution in her institutions, he could then proceed at his leisure to dispose of Spain, and whatever other Power rendered itself obnexious to him. It may be supposed that Germany, the ally of England in other days, would assist her in this struggle. But the conquest would be ef. fected before there was any time for an alliance. Besides, Napoleon’s command of the sea would effectually eut off rein- forcements, and the insular position of England, once her greatest strength, would now prove her greatest weakness Lastly, all Germany is like a smoking volcano, which may at any moment burst into a flame. It is not ina condition, therefore, to contend with France, The first attempt of Prussia to interfere would be the signal to wrest from her the provinces of the Rhine. Selfish, proud, insolent England, has not a true friend among the nations of the earth. But would not the colonies of England still sustain her, though the heart of the empire was smitten? Not if the control of the sea belonged to the conqueror, as it assuredly would. On tie contrary, the colonies, which England even now holds by very feeble ties, would then be reat asunder from her forever, and would either establish their independence or be annexed to kindred and neighboring nations; for instance, Canada and the West Indies to the United States. Nor is this the only benefit that would accrue to the American people. The capital- ists and great manufacturers of England would desert her shores, and repair to the New World, to make investments by which they would ac- cumulate rapid fortunes, and be free from the shock of revolution, which is chronic in Europe, but in America is the exception te the rule. In Europe the causes continually exist, and it Tequires every exertion of the wisest statesmen to stave off revolution. Here there is not only no cause for it, but every cause against it; and when the present causeless rebellion issup- pressed, as it soon will be, there will be no danger of insurrection ,or revolution for another century. We are thus on the eve of vast changes in Europe, produced by the American war; for the French Mexican campaign is the offspring of our civil war, and will beget a war with England, whose results will be of the most tremendous character, As the first American war—the war of the Revolution—led to the French Revolution, war with England and the convulsion of all Europe, so will this last war bo the cause of war and revolution all over Europe, beginning with England, which has done so much to kindle the fiames of national discord in America, and will now, by a right A eous retribution of Providence, reap the due reward/of her deeds. In such @ contest with France she can expect no aid or even sympe- thy from the United States, the only Power on earth that could save Ler from destruction. she bas sown the wind: let ber now reap the whirlwind, New York Money WANTED FOR AN AROLITION Aatration wy Kextucky.—At alt times all sorts of provineia! money beggars may be found in this metropolis, and the veriest “confidence man” is often the most suocessful in pulling the woot over the eyes of our phitanthropic citizens and the spare change out of their pockets. The author of the foltowing circular, however, in coming to this city at this time, to collect money for the purposes of an abolition agitation in Kentucky, is, we apprehend, somewhat out of his latitude, notwithstanding the distinguished names from among our fellow citizens which he bus secured to give him a start. The conserva- tive Union reader will judge of the merits of the Kentucky abolitionist’s case from his circular in the premises, which is as fellows:— Paivats Hove, No. 80 Wa.re Srrerr, New Youu, June Or 1862 Rearecreo Sre—In Aprti lust several gentlemen, some Of ther uatives, aud ail of thein for any years residents of thecity of Louisvilie, m tho State ol Kentucky resolved (0 spend their labo. free'y aud their meaus A i Reg exteut as they could possibiy aliord 1m Lue estaDil 5 and publication of a weexiy Journal, to be exciusively de- voted to advocating the gradual emauctpation of the 400,000 slaves vi that State, vuder theo ndit.ous enidodied in the message of the Presiient of the Gib last March, aud ad pted by Congress. knowing bow Little assistance they woud receive {rom citizens ot Kentucky ior such @ pir- powe, but believing that the woulthy friends of freedom in the free States would aid them, those goutlemen ap- poinud the writer (oue of their number) to travel in the ditddie and Fasiern States, t such subscriptions in aid of this purpose as will evabiv Lhom to di-seminate 10,000 copies of tue Kentucky Kreman Weekly Lor one yeur among tho owners vf LLe 40v 000 slaves in Kentucky. ‘As gontivman whese name Las been conected with liberal subscripttops fur every guod work presented tu uur notice, the writer bas buci advised to a) you, but knowing how diienit it 16 to vbian @ per view of dulliciout duration Lo enabie Lun to plug t- ness tu & proper light beiore you, he adopts iis wethod of doing 8, In the ervent trust that he dues nut dv eo th Kentucky tins journal us an absuluteuecessity, value of irey and ly and anethodt present, though y 1e¥5 of the udininstration, the leading daily journal cf the State most carefully excludes trom 1x8 col.imuns all refe-ence tv and «tigoussiva of slavery as a condition, suvecating (he Union, it is tree, but the Union aff wus, not ihe Unton regenerated aud delivered from the degratation of Buvery,as tt ought to be,mud, as the only meaus of obtaining permanent peace and pros- perity for is pation, ream eT hk. And froin the fuct that nentucky did not, by the act of her Logis ature, us uearly every other siave “tule did, adopt the vitimatum of sces- sion, when reconstruction of the governments of these Tobe! States takes jyiaco, sho wil: maiutuin wtuct ber origt- nal position, apd this be evabid tu conserve slavery, and wiil, 1 20 hee 7 be effected in the minds oi ber people, without duubt, do go longer than any other state, By +o much more, then, is there acrylig Repaid, for the reguiar pub. ication of @ jourualtbat by prudent, kind, moderate, statistically correct and logically argumenta- tive articles will appeal weekiy to the better natures of the people, enlighten tbe pubiic mind, and wiv it to em- brace the views of the government upon this subject. Hay ing deen allowed the privilege of doing 80, the writer has the hever of reterving you Ww the {uliowiug gcntiomen, who, among others prominently kaown in this city, have ciniributed of their means to the object Of this ap:eal:—Hiram Barney, sy. Collector of the pert of New k; John J. Cisco, £sq., Assistant Troasurer United States; Will.am M. kvarts, Fag., No. 2 Hanover strect; Edward A. Stansbury, £sq., President Setropolitan fn- surance Comrany, WS Broadway; Simevn Draper, kaq., No, 36 Pine street. Relying upon receiving from you such a response to this appeal as may be, convenient in view of the mavy calis which be doubts not yuu are desired to meet, and believing that sca:cely aby cause you could assist would be more permanently ia:duble than this, the writer, on 8, in this seli-iinposed and servant, . F. BR ‘Agent and Corresponding Editor Keniuchy Freeman. P. 8.—Your res) onse, aduressed to the writer, at No, 80 White street, will meet with ready acknowledgment, your ghes..c,@ receipt for the amount. Please receive with this copy of the initial number of the Keniucky Freman for your personal in- apection and perusul. Here we have some very interesting sadmis- sions. First, it appears that the people of Kentucky are too slow in this business of abo- lition; that they are not disposed to subscribe to abolition publications, and that the only way to introduce such reading among them is by gratuitous circulation. Next, it seems that in Kentucky ® gratuitous abolition organ “is an absolute necessity, as all information upon the relative value of free and slave labor has hitherto been persistently and methodically denied to the people,” and that the Union papers of Kentucky, while supporting the Union, ignore the discussion of slavery, and ad- vocate “the Union as it was, not the Union re- generated and delivered from the degradation of slavery, as it ought to be, and, as the only means of obtaining permanent peace and pros- perity for this nation, it must be.” Lastly, it appears that Kentucky will be content to re- main a slave State, unless pushed into the work of emancipation by a violent abolition agita- tion from the free States. This is the mission of Mr. Brennan to New York—to raise inoney to get up a violent abo- litton agitation in Kentucky, as @ part of that comprehensive radical abolition scheme of exasperating this war on the part of the govern- ment intoa bloody and remorseless crusade for the extirpation of slavery throughout the South. Let our free States assist Mr. Brennan and’ bis abolition colaborers in the border slave States, and we may very soon have them boiling over again with all the active elements of rebellion. The city of New York adheres to the Union policy of President Lincoln—the policy of leaving the question of slavery to the several States directly concerned and to the people thereof. We of New York have nothing to do with slavery in Kentucky, and Mr. Bren- nun has properly no right to come here to beg for money for the purpose of raising an aboli- tion conflagration in Kentucky. Let him retire and*wash his dirty Moen at home. Our poor soldiers and their widows and orpbans call for all the money our citizens in charity can spare. The slaves of Kentucky, meantime, are doing very well, and they can wait, at least to the end of this rebellion, to be turned loose upon the world. s Tus Tax To Be Patp tn Eacu Srate.—When we speak of taxing our people to an extent of $200,000,000 each year, by means of duties im- posed on the foreign and domestic ar- ticles they use, the sum seems alarm- ingly large. When we look at the taxes in the aggregate it appears that their imposition must be severely felt by every per- son in the land. But the impression naturally left by the long lines of figures we have been aeoustomed for the past few months to regard, in speaking of our national debt, is entirely er- roneous. The tax will be, to the surprise of many, scarcely felt by most persons, so evenly will it eventually be distributed over the coun- try. The ocean, vast as it is, is made up of sin- gle drops of water. There is one general principle to be kept in mind by those persons who fear that the tax wil] be oppressive—namely, that what one person is compelled to pay the government another per- son is compelled to pay him ; that this eompen- sating principle holds good with every change of ownership, until, at last, the actual consumer is to pay the tax. Now to pay these taxes there is plenty of money. In addition to the millions of dollars of specie and bank nates ordinarily in circulation, there are $1~%,000,000 of Treasury notes, more valuable than the best of paper, and almost equal in va- Ine to gold itzelf, in the hands of the peoples The circulating medium of the country is in creased by this amount of money, The coun- try is, practically speaking, just eo much richer than usual, and the people have just so muc’ more money in their possession with which to cancel their obligations. In consequence of this increased ability to pay, the levy of taxes will be less burdensome than at any oiler time. It will be interesting to our readers to notice the following statements of the amounts which it is estimated will be required of the inhabi- tants of the different sections and States. The estimates were made by Senator Simmons, oa the supposition that his substitute for the Tax bill would be adopted, and are consequently too large. as, it will be remembered, the bill. ig calculated to raise but about $110,000,000, * whereas his substitute was intended to yield about $155,000,000. The Senator estimates that in the States of New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut the population reaches 5,746,572, and that the average amount each individual would be required to pay would be $3 per annum; in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that the population is 3,578,000, and the average tax $225 per annum; in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, the popu- lation 1,269,000, and the tax $1; in Ohio, _ Michigan, Indiana, [ilinois, Wisconsin, loww Minnesota, Kansas, California, Oregon and the Territories, the ‘population 9,535,000, the tax in Ohio $2 and in the other States, and Terri- tories named $1 per annum; Maryland and the District of Columbia, the tax $2; in Dela- ware, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, the population 3,560,000 (of 618,000 of whom no tax could be collected), and the tax $1 per annum. It will be seen, therefore, that we of New York, and our neighbors of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, will be re quired to pays larger sum per capita than the inhabitants of any other States, and that this sum is not $3. It is well that the taxes are so arranged; for these States are the richest and most able to pay. The consumer of manufactured articles, whether they be of cotton, iron, wool or other materi@l, will ‘be required to pay for the article cousumed a price larger by three per cent than before the Tax bill went jnto operae tion. This tax and that on incomes, trom all sources, are the the principal ones levied. A dress of cotton material which heretofore cost $5 will cost only fifteen cents more whea taxes are laid, which addition is so small as te be almost imperceptible. So with other arti- cles in common use. Thus the three dollars to — be paid is made up of little driblots, so that when the year is ended the consumer knows not when or how he has paid it. ‘The whole $110,000,000 will have been raised. however, the credit of the nation sustained, its wars waged and its victories won. Military Funcrals Yesterday. ‘ A aad evidence of the dark side of the picture of war ‘was presented in the streets of this city yesterday. The funerals of no less than half a doze officers, who fell nobly on the battle field during recent engagements io Virginia, took placa and were attended by long trains of carriages and mournful progesaivns of persons on foot, performing the last gad teatimony ef respect to the me Tnory of the departed. * LABUTENANT COLONEL MASSETT, SIZTY-Fing? NEW YORK VOLUNTEEKS. Foremost among these funerals was that of Lieutenant Colonel William Carey Massett, Sixty-first regiment New York Volunteers, who received his death wound in the late terrible battle of Fair Oaks. The deccased was well known in the mercantile circles of thie city, being the son ef B. W.@. Massett,and having been engaged im the China trade for # considerable period with one of the most extensive firms in this city. He was a gradw ate of Columbia Co.lege, and only alittle over twenty- three years 0; age at the time of his death. His conduct at Fair Oaks has beev mentioned very highiy. For three whole hours he handled his regiment wit skill as to bo) of Houston street and Broadway, yesterday afternoon. The edi Telatives, friends and old classmates of the youthfal joer. Ate meeting of the Columbia College class of 1857, Morgan Brower in the chair, beid on the 1ith inst., the following preamble and resolutions were adopted:— ‘Whereas, it hath pleased Almighty God in His wise Providonce by a sudiion death to remove from the scene of his earthly <r bem inion ean Williams Cary Mass-tt, Lieutenant Colonel Sixty-first regiment New ‘ete oy peowern pe oereta as ea =: Resolved, That as citizens, while we deplore his death. Gast os 1h iD OUT Gearts the memory of our id hes ° el Ny noble defenders of his coun- try Abandoning the pursuits of —— life in whi bis talents and attainments might vo vecured bim am honorable position, he placed himself at that country’s cal!, among the maintainers of her constitutional rights and in scenes of diffieulty and danger eonducted hitnsel with a degree of discretion and courage far beyond his rears. Resolved, ‘That as classmates, we were proudof hie hievoments in college days; and now no less pro.@ ‘are we that our class has offered, in the person of her youngest member, so gallant an example of devoted pa triotiam. ce Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved parents 1m this, their heur of deepest affiction at the loss of @ only gon, our heartfelt sympathy, avd claim the prive- loge of shedding with them our tears over a heros ve. P Recolved. ‘That copies of there resolutions be forward. ed by our secretary to the family of the deceased, and that the same be duly published. Resoived, That the members of this class duly attend the funeral of deceased. CAPTAIN JAMES TRENOR, SIXTY’FIRST NEW YORE VOLUNTERRS. ‘The funeral of Captala Janos Joseph Trenor, Sixty-firet regiment New York Volunteers, aiso took place from St. Thomas’ charch, in Broodway. Captain T. was » companion in arms of Lieut. Col. Massett, and received hie death wound in the @ngngetent, He was the youngest son of Nr. John Tren No. 1 Rast Washing- ton square, corner of Fourth , this city. Many of the Sevent!: , National Guard, at- tended the funeral in cith: dross, and exhibited deep sorrow at the unbappy fate of their old jon, The deceased was intorrod in the Second Street oury. * CAPTAIN THEODORE RUSSELL. The funeral of Captain Theodore Russell tok place a® two o'clock yesterday after: from Christ church, corner of Fifth avenue and Thi rth street, The de- Coused was killed on Sunds lune 1, at the battle of Fair Oaks, The remains wi ly interred in Greea- wood Cemetery. = WILLIAM JOMADDEN. ‘This young man met bis death in the battle or Fair Oaks, where he served ae a private. The funeral tool pines at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from tho old Second regiment armory, corner of Seventh street and Hall place. The deceased was formerly ® member of that regiment, and many of his ola companions in arma, the Young Men’s Roman Catholic Assosiation, | attended the obsequivs. Police Intetligence. Sransma Arvnay.—Isadore Folleman, a private watch- man, was dangerously stabbed in the abdomen and four other places about the bedy, at two o'clock yesterday morving, in William street. In company with offcer Donelly, of the Fourth ward, he wae patrolling that dis- trict, when, finding @ cellar door open, he went inte the ‘lager bier salon No. 266 William street, | kept by Edward Uirick, for the fst of procuring light to examine the cellar they had found open. Im the saioon were the landlord, Edward Ulrick, @ German, and Thomas Lepkercher, Philip Denn rd who subsequently escaped. The two German, and olain to be merchants. Felleman statem that on entering the saloon he was sét upon by these men, when one of the number stabved him. They were Qrrested and taxen tothe tombs, when Justice Usborm committed them to jail to await tho result of the inju- ries, Falleman was taken to the hospital, whore he now lies ina precarious position. The prisoners’ version of the affair ia, that they Rad just come out of the saloon as Felleman came wp. They were standing in & Four on the sidewalk, whem Felleman raised is club. and said, “Go away d——d Dutelsman, or I'll knock your Drains out.’ he prisoner, Wennig, replied—“Don't be £0 fast, Gorman Jew,” @hereupon Felleman butted ayhim in breast with bis head, aud commeyeod using his club a® the same vime. A general alfrd@, took place, durmg, which Felleman was stabbed, They entire igno- rance as to who inflicted the {njuries, but Imagine it must have been the man who excaped. Coroner Nautnan| Juquiries at the hospital yesterday, and found oy ing ina very oritical position, although he seemed pe tive that his injuries are not of a fatal pacure,