The New York Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1862, Page 4

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The rebel batteries at City Point on the James tiver, below Fort Darling, opened fire on our fleet on Tuesday, but the gumboats returned it so brisk- ly with shell and shrapnel that the batteries were soon silenced, and the rebels retired. Skirmish- ~ tng atill continued in front of General McClellan’s ermy. The rebels are assuming a threatening at- titude, and seem disposed to provoke a general engagement. * We publish to-day a very interesting account, from our special correspondent, of the visit of General Dix to Suffolk, and the opening of the Nansemond river by our gunboats. Late advices from Winchester report that Gen. Bhields has concentrated all hia force at Stras- burg. The rebel General Ewell was reported to he fn Loray with a large body of troops. Genera; Fremont was about to advance upon New Market. General Jackson with his forces is said to occupy Harrisonburg and Port Republic. The news from Memphis is important to-day, General Lewis Wallace is in military command of the city, and has taken possession of the Argus Office, a notorious rebel sheet. He has placed two competent men to supervise its future editorials. ‘The vicinity of the city is infested with guerillas, many of whom are engaged in burning cotton in the southern countics of Mississippi and other Points. Trade in Memphis is rapidly improving. Boats going North are filled to their utmost capa- City with passengers and freight. f A Paris letter, of the 3d of June, in the London News, saya:—It is stated that Count Mejan, the‘ French Consul General at New Orleans, has sent a pote to M. Mercier, French Minister at Washing- ton, complaining of, alleged acts of violence com- titted by the Northern generals at the French Consulate. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday, a motion to have the bill reorganizing the navy returned from the House, in order to reconsider the vote whereby the Senate agreed to the Honse amendments there- to, was adopted. A bill granting the proceeds of certain lands to the Pacific Railroad Company was referred. A resolution was adopted directing in- quiry into the expediency of appointing consuls at recently opened ports on tle Black Sea, The bill to repeal the act of June 2, to prevent and punish frauds on the government, was called up, and postponed till to-day. A Conference Committee was drdered on the dill defining the pay and emoluments of certain army officers. The Pacific Railroad bill was taken up. A motion to strike out the section’ providing for four branch lines at the eastern terminus, was rejected—15 to 25—and the Dill passed by a vote of thirty-five against five. ‘The Senate then adjourned, with the understand- ing that the Confiscation bill shall be the first ‘business in order to-day. In the Mouse of Representatives the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means Feported a bill inereasing temporarily the dutics on importa and for other purposes. It was referred to the Committee of the Whole, and made the special order for Wednesday, Several private bills were Passed, and the House adjourned tili Monday. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. We have papers from Merida, in the State of Yucatan, Mexico, to the 28th of May, containing detailed avcouats of the recent conflicts between the French and Mexicans at Puebla. The spirit of the people seema to be thoroughly aroused, and the papers say that the whole French army will either be cut to pieces or compelled to surrender. There are brief statements of another attack on the French rear during their retreat from Puebla; wae on tase had not been received in . Considerable sickness . ra Cruz at latest dates. ee Major H. Hawks has been chosen by the Ken- tucky Travelling Legislature Provisional (rebel) Governor of that State, in place of Geotge W. Johnson, who was killed in battle at Pittaburg Landing. The rebel papers congratulate the peo- ple of Kentucky upon the election of old Hawks tothe Executive chair. At last accounts he was making tracks from Coriath, Mississippi, towards the Alabama line. The captain of the prise schooner Dixie, having been discharged im Philadelphia, has beon re-ar- rested by order of the government and sent to Fort Lafayette. . The Stars and Stripes pow wave over the ro- ry dead President of the United States except those of James Monroe, whose remains were taken, some years since, from this ity to Richmond. ‘The “tate of New York has now fn the field the followiug forces:— hla fofantry .. +104 regiments, Cavalry... 11 regiments. Attillery. 6 regiments. Marine A y 1 regiment. aes eves + .2 battalions. Artillery. ....... « LS batterie: the cities of New York and Brooklyn have sent ments and four batteries of artillery, and seventy- four regiments of infantry, inoluding the militia regiments that responded to the last call. When the sick and woanded soldiers arrive in Albany, the fact is to be announced by the ringing of one of the church bells, when the citizens will send their private carriages to convey them to the hospital. ‘As will be seen by our report of the proceed- ings of the General Sessions, in another column, the Grand Jury have indicted Samuel Hallett for forgery, for his alleged criminal connection with the great Indiana frauds. He was arrested, and gave bailin the sum of $10,000. Judge McCunn quashed a number of indictments against parties for alleged violations of the Sunday liquor law. James C. Lee, who pleaded guilty some time ago to violating the Concert Saloon act, was fined $100 by Recorder Hoffman. The punishment was com- paratively light, owing to the fact that evidence was furnished to, his Honor that defendant had abandoned the business. " ‘The Bank of America, in New Orleans, resumed specie payments on the 9th inst., and it was thought the other banks in that city would also soon pay specie on demand. The lovers of open air amusements will re- member that the usual concert will take place in the Central Park to-day. The Cremorne Gar- dens will also open at noon, with their Saturday afternoon entertainments. ‘The western part of this State is suffering for the want of rain. ‘The stock macket was better yesterday, though not as active as in thoearly part of the week. The advance was chiefly on tho Western shares. Money was abun- dant at four per cent oneall. Fxchange 117%. Gold fe!l off, im consequence of the large supplies from the public, who are selling their gold for thesakeof the 18rge premium it now commands. ‘The cotton market was firm yosterday, while the siles embraced about 600 bales, on the basis of 31}éc. a 320. for middling uplands. The brig Yankee Blade, from ‘New Orleana, {t was said, nad bi: twenty-eight bales on her manifest, and part of those had boen sold to arrive. Tho our market exhibited rather more activity, while prices were quite steady and rather firmer for common grades of State and Western. Wheat was more active, while prices were without change of importance, Corn was duli aad hoavy, with sales of new and old mixed, in stora ani delivered, at 50c.953c, Pork was in moderate demand, with sales of mess at $10 81a $108744, with a small lot at $11. Sugars were steady, with sales of 850. 900 bhds. and 100 bags. Coffeo was more active, with sales of 3,000 bags at p. t. and 6,500 (cargo of the Nimburg) on speculation, and a smail lot of Santos at auction. Freights were firmer. Wheat to Liverpool was taken at 103d. a 11d. ia bulk and bags, and flour at 3s., with bacon at 278.6d. Rates wero also firmer to London. The French Invasion of Mexico and the Silence of Congress. Of all the humiliations our country has seen there is none to compare with the silence of Congress since the invasion of Mexico. They waste their time in everlasting debates about the nigger, while, they permit the attempted subjugation of @ sister republic without so much asa protest against so flagrant a viola- tion of the. law of nations—so deadly a blow at republi@m institutions. We have no doubt that Mr. Seward has done his duty in the pre” mises, ond that he bas sent an indignant remon- strance to the Tuileries. But if there was a spark of patriotism or public spirit in Con- gress—if it was not the meanest body of men that ever pretended to represent the American people at Washington—the Capitol would have been long since made to ring with euch elo- quent denunciations of the tyrants of Europe as would make them tremble on their thrones. The question involved is one of the greatest of modern times. It involves the independence of free nations, the fate of republican institutions on this continent, and of human liberty all over the world. The ruler of France, overlooking the progress of freedom for the last three centuries and a half, disregarding even the principles of the French Revolution, which first established his dynasty in power and placed himself at the head of the French nation, imitates the course of Charles Y., who, in the beginning of the sixteenth cen- tury, sent out Cortez with a handful of troops to conquer and appropriate Mexico. The fact of Napoleon sending #0 few troops for such a purpose betrays great ignorance of Mexico and its people. When Cortez invaded the country he found the inhabitants semi-civilized Indians, their weapons being lances, darts and a kind of sword, but chiefly bows and arrows, slings and stones. At that time, too, they had never seen a horse, though now they excel all nations in horsemanship. Cortez had not only small fire- arms and cannon, but cavalry to put their un- disciplined troops into disorder. When Gene- | hundred - years afterwards, he found the people well skilled in modern war- fare. tanght them by their conquerors, and their cavalry among the most effective in the world. Being a scientific soldier, Scott, by his operations and battles, gave them new les- sons in all the modern improvements in the art since in their intestine strifes. Such was the military enthusiasm excited in the United States by the war, that in six weeks one hun- dred and fifty thousand volunteers offered tlemselyes to the government. Of these one hundred and twenty thousand were accepted, one-half of whom advanced into the heart of the country and upon the capital, while the re- mainder operated in Northern Mexico and on | the Rio Grande, or were beld in reserve. It | would therefore take two hundred thousand French troops to successfully invade Mexico, considering the distance from France, and the circumstance of the men being entirely unac- clinated. Such was the sickness among Ameri- can troops, whose climate resembles that of Mexico far more than does the climate of France, that when Scott reached Puebla nearly one-fourth of his army were on the sick list. What folly, then, for Napoleon to send such a handful of troops to take the city of Mexico. It is extremely probable that not a man of | rat Scott invaded Mexico, more than three } of war, and they have had great practice ever | + commiice be appolnted to Inmate wheter | IMPORTANT FROM. WASHINGTOS. to the war six regiments of cavairy, three regi- | the James and York rivers. An army cannon and stores cannot pass through it till late in the fall. Besides, through all that low, hot region, known as the tierra caliente, the vounito, the yellow fever and other fatal fevers, will continue till October. Orizaba ia the com- mencement of the first range of table land, and from thence to Puebla the climate is temperate, while from Puebla to Mexico there is a still higher range of table land, known as the cold region, The French blundered about the road as well as the time. Cortez and Scott took the same road from Vera Cruz—that over the National Bridge, by Cerro Gordo, Jalapa and Perote, to Puebla. The French took the route by Cor- dova, Orizaba and Tehuacan, to Puebla. The great obstacles that meet an invading army, especially from Europe, are the extremely dif- ficult nature of the country, the sparseness of the population, the impossibility of getting provisions, and the almost impossibility of transporting them for a large army. The peo- ple of Mexico present this dilemma to the French: “If you come with few, we will over- whelm you; if you come with many, you will overwhelm yourselves.” The American war with Mexico—which was only about a boundary and of short duration— cost this country upwards of a hundred mil- lions of dollars. It will cost the French treble as much, on account of the greater distance and the greater number of men required to conquers people fighting for their indepen- dence and republican institutions, and having the moral support—and, if necessary, the physical force—to back it of a great neighboring republic, which will soon have its hands disengaged of its domestic troubles, with three-quarters of a million of disciplined troops and an iron-clad navy able to whip the combined navies of the world. If Napoleon persists in this insane enterprise, it will end like the expedition of his uncle to Russ‘a, and prove the downfall of his dynasty. {t may be that at the eleventh hour he will abandon his hopeless project and employ his arms nearer home, where success would be sure to attend them. That he must either do that, or prepare for the invasion of Mexico on agrand scale, is certain. The honor of the French arms must be redeemed at any sacri- fice of blood and treasure. By the last news from Europe we learn that Napoleon was adopting our volunteer system for Mexico, and that vast numbers were offering their services to the Emperor. Meantime it is the duty of Congress, in the interest of peace and humani- ty, to warn Napoleon of the consequences of any further attempt to subjugate the Mexican republic. The question is one that affects all Europe, but more particularly the United States. A cowardly silence now may involve trouble hereafter, from which a bolder course at the outset would save the nation. Tue Trung anv THE NigGer Question IN New Or.eans.—Gen. Butler has bad the labor’ of Hergules upon his hands in restoring law and order out of the chaos which he found ex- isting in New Orleans on his arrival there. Within lees than a month, however, he has done a wonderful amount of work, and has been amply rewarded for his labors in the vast- ly improved condition of things in the city. But our negro-worshipping philosophers of the Tribune have discovered that the New Orleans newspapers, as reformed and watched over by en. Butler, instead of worshipping Sambo and raising a hue and cry against African slavery, are disposed to deal with this question like sensible men, according to the circum- stances by which it is surrounded. The conse- quence is that the abolition chiefs of the Tyi- bune office have resolved to bring these disobe- dient New Orleans editors, or Gen. Butler if necessary, to the guillotine. The unpardonable crime which he and they have committed is that of making the question of Sambo’s eman- cipation subordinate or secondary to the great work of the restoration of the Union. We dare say, nevertheless, that President Lincoln will be unable to discover any very serious of- fence to law and order in this matter, inasmuch as Gen. Butler and the New Orleans editors are in the same boat with the President him- self. The New Orleans editors, therefore, and Gen. Butler, with the right and the President on their side, may dismiss their fears of Massa Greeley. - Drsertions rrom THR Reset Army.—One of the most undeniable evidences of the collaps- ing of the Southern rebellion is the frequency | with which desertions are taking place in the rebel army. While from Memphis and other parts of the South now occupied by Union troops we hear of returning loyalty and the { rush of citizens to swear allegiance to the old | flag, from every other side comes news of de- sertions from the Tebel cause. The Richmond Dispatch bitterly complains. of the extent of Coufederate army desertions; and by an arliclé from that paper, which we publish this morn- ing, it will be seen that great fears are entertained of the spread of the practice. For this reason the punishment of death is recom- mended as the only means of intimidating the rebel army; for the Dispatch admits that all other kinds of punishment are futile to check desertion among the soldiers of Rebeldom. This is one of the best proofs of the waning fortunes of Jeff. Davis and his deluded follow- ers, The army, on which alone they can rely to maintain their cause a little longer, is now rapidly breaking up into disorganized masses before the pressure of our armed hosts and the desertions of their own soldiers. In this emer- gency Governor Letcher has resorted to the desperate alternative of issuing a general or, der offering $30 for the arrest of every abscond. ing soldier. Will there be funds enough in the thom will ever return to tell the tale, and France, when she iearns their fate, will boil over with rage. Reinforcements can- not reach them, nor can they retreat to Vera Cruz; for the fortified pass of Chiquibuite, through which they gained an entrance by treachery and breach of faith now held by the Mexicans, and they cannot escape to the seaboard; while the victorious foe who has driven them back from Puebla to Ori- ziba is atill pressing on their rear, Tho com- munication is completely cut off between the reinforcements at Vera Cruz and the army im- prisoned behind the tupassable Chiquihuite. Starvation, capture or total destruction by the sword awaits them. The invasion was comme’ Season of the year, and wrong roud. Scott began his march in the middle of winter. At this season the roads are impassable, owing to the rains, and particu- larly the road through the valley, between Vera Cruz and Orizaba. It is deep mud, infi- nitely worse than that of to peninsula between the yONg @ army took the rebel treasury to pay the rewa rds? Cumpertann Gar av Last.—-Our readers will, require no elaborate explanation to satisfy them that the occupation of Cumberland Gap by our forces is a very important achievement. It gives us the command of Fast Tennessee and of the great railroad artery through that region which connects the States of Georgia, Alabama Mississippi, &c., with Virginia and the rebel ca- pital. Secondly, this occupation of Kast Ten- nessee disposes of the rebeliion throughout the State, and liberates a hundred thousand Union men, chiefly East Tennesseeans, who have beon waiting a whole year for the day of their deli- verance from a secession reign of terror. We have no doubt that General Halleck will take good gare to provide against the retreat of the rebeis from Virginia through Fast Tennessee. There willbe no lack of volunteers of the very best description to fill up his diminished regi- mentsin that quarter; and Jeff. Davis & Co. must look very sharply about them, or their only remaining doors of escape will be closed against them in North Carolina, } JUNE 21, 1862. with |The Indiana Fraufe-Whe Are the Greatest ucet The affair of the fraudulent issue of Indiana State bonds is evidently coming toa head. In yesterday’s issue we published an obscure, oracular letter from Mr. Samuel Hallett, of the firm of Samdel Hallett & Company, Wall street, upon the subject; and on Thursday, a8 our readers will see by our legal reports in an- other column, this Mr, Hallett was indicted by the Grand Jury upon the charge of forgery in the sedond degree, and gave bail in the sum of ten thousand dollars to appear and answer the indictment. Mr. Hallett, it will be remember- ed, is the Wall street broker in whose name the fraudulent bonds were issued; and, as Mr- D.C. Stover, the confidential clerk of the for- mer State Agent of Indiana, who ‘issued the bonds, is also before the Grand Jury, and will, it is presumed, turn State’s evidence, there is every prospect that this mysterious businéss will soon be subjected to the searching light of a thorough legal investigation. The fact is now before the public that « fraud has been committed, and it is admitted that the overissue of bonds amounts .to two and « half millions of dollars—a swindle greater than that of Schuyler, and equalled in this country only by the stupendous operations of Floyd and Thompson. It is admitted, also, that the officials of Indiana knew of the ex- istence of these fraudulent bonds for a long time before the matter became public. Mr. Hudson, the State Agent of Indiana here, is said to have been cognizant of the fraud fifteen months ago. Governor Morton,:of Indiana, knew of it five or six months ago, and came to this city to consult with attorneys and brokers upon the subject. Other Indiana State officials are also implicated, since an arrangement was made by them with the Wall street brokers for the concealment of the fraud and the redemp- tion of the fraudulent bonds through the legiti- mate State Agent in New York. Such being the facts of the case already developed, the question of interest to the bondholders may be whether or not these fraudulent issues will be redeemed by the State; but the interesting question for the general public is, Who are the greater rogues, the officials of Indiana or the brokers of Wall street ? There are two sides to every question, and there is a great deal to be said upon both sides of this question of comparative roguery. A long established and well maintained bad reputation would seem to entitle the brokers to the palm; but then official corruption is by no means so new a thing in this country that the officials of Indiana may claim a presump- tive innocence. If it had not been for the roguery of the State officials there would have been no fraudulent bonds; but, then, if it had not been for the suggestions of the Wall street brokers—who probably devised the whole gcheme, and tempted unsophisticated Stover, as Satan tempted Eve—there would have been no roguish officials. Verily, the question be- comes difficult, and needs the acumen of a Philadelphia lawyer for ite solution. ‘The vexed query in regard to the assault upon Billy Patterson is nothing to this. That both brokers and officials were cheek by jowl in the matter it is only fair to believe; for when the officials came on here, some time ago, the brokers entertained them with dinners, suppers and yacht excursions; and when the brokers found themselves in a very tight place the offi cials reciprocated by hushing up the fraud from the public, in order, as is now stated, to secure for themselves a new war loan of two millions of dollars more. This patriotic com- pounding of a feiony is a noticeable feature of this extraordinary affair. We are of opinion that the Indiana Stato officials might better have adopted the policy of honesty, and al- lowed other States, not thus embarrassed, to carry on the war. Perhaps patriotism was not the only motive for silence, however. It very seldom is in such cases. But while this patriotic sham moves us to award the merit of the greater roguery to the State officiuls, the course of the New York Tribune also impels us to the same decision, The Tribune, having a government job or two on hand itself, very naturally favors the worst rogues, upon every ocSusion, particularly if these rogues happen to belong to the republi- can party. In this affair the Tribune throws its hat into the ring in defence of the Indiana party, and even goes so far as to insinuate that our Attorney General, Mr. Dickinson, and our District Attorney, Mr. A. Oakey Hall, were the parties who advised the concealment from the public of all knowledge of this frand when it was first revealed to Governor Morton and his ie It will be difficult, however, for the Trimie to explain why Governor Morton and the other Indiana officivls did not go before a magistrate, prefer a charge against the gulity s, take out warrants and have arrests made as goon as the fraud was discovered by hem, Jf after such proceedings, the District Attorney er fhe Attorney General interfered and wae silen®®, well and good. Wut what does the fact that the Mndiuna offictals did no stich thing plainly intimate? is it that the ofiicials had seen the guilty parties before they visited Mr, Oakey Halt? Is it that an arrange- ment was made between the officials and the brokers before Mr. Hall was called in? Mr. Hall could do nothing against the criminals until a charge was preferred against them under oath. As soon as this charge was pre- ferred he had Stover arrested and Hallett in- dicted. Why did not the Indiana officials make this charge, like honest men, at first? Why did Morton, or Hudson, or any of the Indiana peo- ple the risk of being regarded as particeps criminis? To all these queries only echo replies at present; but Stover, if he turns State’s evidence, may answer them better by and by. Whether the Indiana State officials or the Wall street brokers ave the greater rogues, we are, therefore, as yet, unable to decide When hinlf a dozen of each party ave indicted and tried, the fact of superiority will be more evident. Meanwhile, under all the circum- stances of the case, and with the championship of the Tribune, Indiana has rather the lead in the betting, and Wall street is, comparatively considered, disgracefully honest in this affair. More Work ror tue Usiren States Sexare.— As the Senate has aiready distinguished itself by ordering au investigation into the action of General Banks in allowing a little negro boy to ride on an army wagon, and another invosti- gation, culminating in an official correspon- dence, in regard to the causes why General Mc(lellan did not use the little house of Geno. ral Lee (which holds only about ten people packed) asa military hospital; and, as these subjects are now pretty thoroughly exhausted, we suggest to Senator Wade and Company that General McClellan uses the noble, loyal, intel- ligent negroes of Virginia to black his boots, wash his dirty shirts and cook his victuals. If General McClellan is guilty of thus infringing upon the rights of the negroes on account of # silly idea that a white man is as good as a black, Secretary Stanton should immediately jasue a bulletin upon the subject, in his usual style and with his characteristic energy. The astute chairman of the Military Committee; Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts; the Se- cretary of War and other dignitaries should then write letters about it, and General Mc- Clellan should be instantly deprived of his command, and some general appointed who, though ignorant of military science, is so sound on the abolition goose that he will not only black his own boots and wash his own shirts, but will algo black the boots and wash the ebirts of all aristocratic contrabands who may do him the honor to come within his lines. Will the Senate please attend to this matter immediately, and not defer it on account of any trouble it may cause General McClellan, who, of course, has nothing todo but to answer silly letters, or on aecount of any public busi- ness, which, in comparison with the negroes, is, like poor Toots, “‘of no consequence ™ Tux Suenanpoan VaLLey.—It is an old and a wiee old saying that “too many cooks spoil the broth.” It bas been proved in the late es- cape of Jackson from the Shenandoah valley. Had Gen. Fremont taken the right road, or had Gen. Carroll burnt that bridge, or could Gen: Shields have reached Port Republic with his whole force in time, or could this thing, that thing and the other have been provided for, Jackson and his army might have been cap- tured. But the simple truth is, we had too many generals and not quite soldiers enough engaged in this enterprise to make it a sure thing. The same trouble, since the rebel eva- cuation of Manassas, has been the greatest em- barrassment to Gen. McClellan. With his Po- tomac Army divided into three or four sepa- rate armies, and his department proper into three or four dopartment&, he was sent forward to take Richmond. His supporting armies were all thrown into confusion with the repulse of Gen, Banks from the valley of Virginia; and now, among them all, itis doubted in some quarters whether they are competent to hold that valley against Jackson after having cut him up and driven him out. It strikes us thst, had Gen. McClellan been allowed to hold on to his original army and Department of the Potomac, he would have taken better care of the Shenandoah valley, and would have been in Richmond a month or two months ago. Gen. Halleck has gone for- ward from St. Louis in-Missouri down toCorinth in Mississippi, because his department and his army were neither retrenched nor broken up. Our abolition disorganizers, however, after having deranged all the plans of MoCleilan, and weakened him in every possible way through couficting counsels, are beginning to admit their treachery and their folly. But they will not escape the consequences should any serious disaster befall our army in front of Richmond. Gen. McClellan, however, and his splendid army, may be trusted, especially as the Gene- ral and his army have always had and still command the fullest interest, confidence and support of President Lincoln. Spinola’s Brigade, Third Regiment, ‘This regiment is pow under the charge of Col, Morriott N. Croft, who served in the Mexican war as an officer of the Second New York Volunteors. His headquarters are at 483 Broadway, where he is recruiting rapidly, with every prospect of speedy completion.» Atv ror Orr Wornnep Sonpixns.—The fair and festi- val arranged by tho ladies of Harlem on Tuesday~ and Wesnosday last, for the benefit of our sick and wounded volunteers, met with all the success which such an act of patriotism deserved. Tne gathering was pleasant in overy respect, and the purse strings of the visitors were culy tightened whon thero was nothing cise to buy, The result of the fair has been highly satisfactory tothe originators, and the proceeds will be of essential service to those wounded voluntoers now needing the assistance of their countrymen, If other fairs do as well as the Harlom Festival the wounded volunteer will want for nothing. Wattack’s Trmatee.—Tho interesting Irish drama, “ Jretand as it Was,” is to be presented to the public at this establishment to-night. The attractions of the piece are varied enough to draw a very large audience; but as Mr. Florence is to sustain the character of Rag- god Pat, and tho most picturesque scenery has beon painted for the occasion by Isherwood, it may be ond deitly concluded that there will be an overflowing house. Mrs. Florence will also appear in some of her cholcest roles, On Monday evening, by general request, the ‘« Returned Voluntoor’’ will be repeated. Brooxtys Acapguy or Music. ‘@soe that tho great Shaksperean comedian, Mr. Hackett, is about to appear at the Brooklyn Academy of Musio for three nighta, Monday, Tuesday and Weduerday next. On Monday he will appear in his admirablo dharacter of Falstaff, in which he is admitted to «tand unrivailed aiid alone. Re- cognized as an old Long Islander, and one of whose famé Brooklyn may bs justly proud, we have little doubt his engagement will be 4 most briilinnt success. He will be surrounded by a company ombracing tho best artists of the Winter Gardon aud Wallack’s, and all the appliances necessary to ensure it. ——————— Conenon OF Dewrs Dow yrom tar Sovrn—By refe- ronce to the advertisemaat of Mr. George R. Downing, Jr., who has joat refurned from an investigating tour in New Orleans, it will be seen that that gentleman has made arrangements for the prompt collection of North- ern debts due in Louisiana, Mr. Downing is prepared 10 do thie in the most expeditious, eafe and economical manner, and the names of bankers afd merchants, to whom he refers, will be the best ruarnntee of his fidelity and ability, His acquatatance with the law officers of New Orleans and the Provost Marshal will also greatly facilitate his collections, and there is no.doubt that so enterprising @ movement, 90 early after the Union oc- cupancy of New Orleans, will prove of great benefit to the public. T Prize Casms.—Tho Washington correspondents of ‘ew York papers utter complaints of the tardiness of our federal courts in disposing of the prise vessels oap- tured by the United States Navy. We sre authorized to stato that Judge Bette has passed upon ail the prize cases which have been submitted to him, with the ex- coption of one, and on that he is now engaged writing ao opinion, Tho United States District Attorney bas kept the Judge busy on these prize cares, and submitage the Court every cau hi trains on the Hudson River Railroad will leave Now York city for Albany and the intermediate pleces on the line at four o'clock A.M. on every Sunday throughous the season, Our Sick and W Soldiers. No. 240 Weer Thinty sxcoxn ina’ } Naw Yors, June 16, 1862. Mrs. A. ¥. Stor, Treasurer of the Ladies’ Home for Sick and Wounded Soldiers, Lexiagton ’ ), corner of Fifty-first street: Manam—Lam happy to remit you the sum of $956, the proceeds of a concert given by meand pila in bebait of the sick and wounded goldiors of whieh you are the worthy patrons, and whose charitable efforts the public so incch admire, I regret thet 1 am not abietoremit you a larger amount. Teannot close this without expressing my gratitade to Mrs. Charles Giibert, who assisted in the promotion of #0 wort cause by her antiring efforts in the management of ovr successful concert. The above mentioned sum will be handed you by Mrs. Gill 1 am, with respect, your oved servant, A, BAKILI, A New Revenue Bill Intro- duced in Congress. Proposed Temporary Increase of Duties on Imports. THE INTERNAL TAX BILL NEARLY COMPLETED Passage of the Pacific Railroad Bill in the Senate, . No news of publio interest has been received to-day by the War Department from any quarter. duties on imports, im effect makes compensation manafecturers for losses which will be susteined sions, As toan equality ef duties, compared with the internal tax, three per cent home valuation is considered ‘equivalent to Gve per cent forcign valuation, and this nary revenue of fifty millions or sixty millions per ea. bum, under the present tariff, an adaition of ten millieas will, it 8 supposed, be realized under this preposed ae” ‘The following comprise some of the changes:— inst. In Hou of duties heretofore imposed— Syrup of sugar, or of sugar-cane, or concentrated mer lasses, or concentrated melado, 2 cents per pound, Sugars, from 254 to 10 cents per pound. ‘On molasses, 6 cents per gallon, Segare, all kinds valued at $6 or less per thousead, 35 cents per pound; valied over $5 and not over $10 per thousand, 60 cents; over $10 and not over $20 per thou- sand, 80 cents; over $20 per thousand, $1 per pound; and, in addition thereto, on ail segars valued over $10 per thousand, ten per cont ad valorem. Snuff, 35 cents per pound, scriptions not otherwise provided for, 35 cents per pound. Sxe0uD. In addition to prenent duties, is leviea on— Foreign brandy, first proof, 25 cents per gallon. On other spirits, manufactured or distilled from grata or other material, for first proof 25 cents per gallon. Cordials, and: liquors of all kinds, and arracks, ab. synth, kirschenwasser, ratisia and other similar spirit uous beverages not otherwise provided for, 25 cente per gallon. Bay rum, 2% cents per gallon. Ales, porter, beer, in bottles or otherwise, 6 cents per allon. : . All spiritvous liquors not otherwise enumerated, 16 2-8 of one centum ad valorum. ‘Tame. In addition to present dutics— ‘Three and five dollars per tonom bar trom, rolled or hammered, each kind acgording to width and thickness. Botler and plate iron, $6 per ton additional Waties,, ‘On other kinds of tron—on all manufactured tron an@ steel, not otherwise provided for, 6 per contum ad valoe rem. Bituminous coal, 10 cents per ton of 28 bushels, 8@ pounds to the bushel. On all other coal, 10 cents per ton of 20 bushels, 00 pounds to the buehel. On coke and culm of coal, 6 per centum ad valorem. ‘vOURTE. Additional on— Copper rods, bolts, rails, plates, &c., and other sheets and manufactures of copper, not otherwise provided for, 5 per centum. s ‘The same on brass, zinc, spolter and lead, nirTa. Increased Duties. ‘ Medicines, drugs, spices, paints, oils, chemicals, &., to pay largely increased duties, ing, On patent me dicines and cosmetics, fifty per centum ad valorem. etare. A number of articles now fy the free list to pay ten per centum ad valorem. SEvENTE. Additional Duttes. Chocolate and cocoa, prepared, 1 cent per poutid, Copperas, green vitriol or sulphate of iron, 34 cent per pound. On linseed, flaxseed, hempseed, rapeseed and mumard seed oils, 3 cents per gallon. On saleratus and bi-carbonate of soda, 34 coat per pound. Salt, in sacks or in bulk, 6 cents per 100 pounds, Spirits of turpentine, 5 cents per gallon, Starch, of all descriptions, 3 cent per pound, White and red leads, oxide of sinc, 25 cents per 108 pounds. ‘EIGHTH. Among many other articles subjected to new rate dutics, are:— Barley, 1 cent per pound. Bonnets, hats, hoods, 40 per centum ad valorem. Books and engravings, 20 per cenium. Candles and tapers, stearine and adamantine, 6 ceate por pound, On spermaceti, parafine and wax candles and tapers, pare or mixed, 8 cents per pouud. On all other candies and tapers, 3), conte per pouad, Cotton, 34 cent per pound, Gloves, 40 per ceatum, ier. Adaétional Duties. Carpets—velvet, tapestry from 2 to 3 per centum. Woollen Cloths—Wooileti thawls, ahd all mauu‘eetures of wool of every desoription, made wholly or in part of wool, not otherwise provided ‘or, a duty of 6 cents per pound, and in addition 5 per oentum. Fiannels, all descriptions, 5 per contum, Delaines, 3 cents per square yard. Among the remaining sections the duties are increase@ on ali manufactures of cotton, sheetings, earthens ware, china, glassware, porcelain, ready made clothing, cutlery, prepared vegetables and meate—tin fact, nearly, if not all, articles of foreign importation, a A tax or duty of ton Gents per ton on ships, i addié . Hon to auy tonnage duty now imposed by law, the tax to be collected not more than once s year on any vessed having a license to trade between different districts of the United States, or to carry on the Bank, whale or other fisheries whilst employed therein, of on any other vessel to or from any port or place in Mexieo, fhe Britist: provinces of North America or any of the West India Islands. Ail goods which now aréor may be deposited ia publi¢ stores or bonded warehouses after this act takes effects if designed for consamption in the United States, must be withdvawn therefrom, or the duties thereon pald, im three years after the same are deposited; and goods de.’ signed for exportation aud consumption in foreign coun~ tries may be withdrawn by the owner at any tines bes fore the expiration of three years after the same are de posited; such goods, not withdrawn fa three to be regarded a# abandoned to the government, an sold under such regulations as the Secretary of the ‘Treasury may prescribe, aud the proceeds paid into treasury. THE TAX BILL, ‘The Conferonee Committee on the Tax bilT may perf naps be ready to report to-morrow, but, as the House will not be in eension, the feport will mot be made tM, Morfday. ‘TUR PASSAOE OF THE FACIFIC RAILROAD SILL. ‘Tho passage of the Pacific Railroad bill clears the way for other important measures. t THE PROCEEDINGS OF Tk TOCSR OF REPRESENT: ‘TIVEB. ‘The House was principally oveupied to-day in ual tering about adjourning over till Monday. The :m qas carried, but ihe Senate has not adjourned over, THE FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. It is now definitely sottied that Congress will adjourte between the first and tenth of July, Tho radical (ao tion in the Senate, who bave been fighting against am adjournment, finds tiseif entirely power! Ibis now appenting bo popular outcry to endeavor 10 prevent am adjourcinent, APPROVAL OF TH BILL PROMIDITING SLAVERY 1 THE TERRITORIES. ‘The President has approved the bili securing freedoma aie