The New York Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1862, Page 4

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NATIONAL THEATRE Sireet.—Sonas, Dances, B ‘D MUSIC HALL, Canal eR, &C RT HALL, 616 Broadway. —Daawixe GAIBTIES CONC Koos Extwxtainas: ee oy PEOPLE's MUSIC HALL, 4 Bowery.—sovcs, Dances, Bonussgoes, fc. DERS, 56 Broadway. PARISIAN CABINET OF W. M aM ypou daily irom 1 A. M. uu 10 P. New York, Saturday, June 28, 1862, THE SITUATION. General Pope entered upon his duties as Com- mander of the “Army of Virginia” yesterday, and we may now confidently expect that thing important will be done at once in the which will teud to the speedy reduction of the rebel capital, for it has been decided upon that General Pope with his new command shall opezate a; General McCall, whose division numbering 10,000 men, had been previously operating with General MoDowell. has joined General McClellan, and in addition to this force, reinforcements from other quarters fully equal to the numbers required by General McClellan, have arrived to the support of the Commander-in-Chief in front of Richmond. The detailed and minute description of the bat- tle at Fair Oaks on Wednesday, written by our special correspondent on the field, which we give to-day, is worthy of the attention of our readers. ‘The gallant part which the New York regiments of Sickles’ brigade played throughout the fight deserves all praise. Nor were the New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania regiments of General Grover's brigade behind them in valor. ‘The story is graphically told, and will amply re- psy perusal. Recoanoissances made in the Shenandoah valley vecently bring intelligence that the enemy had not any force there lower than Luray. Contrabands end Union citizens agree that Ewell and probably Jackson were at and around Luray at that time, and some stated that Jackson had sent south for reinforcements. On the other hand it was said ‘that he had crossed the Blue Ridge, but could not Qssert whether he was to move up or down. It would appear from various sources that the posi- ‘tion of Jackson is quite uncertain. Our news from the vicinity of Charleston is ex- citing. The troops under command of General Benham made an attack on Secessionville, on James Island, at four o'clock on the morning of the 16th, and after four hours’ hard fighting against, the rebel batteries were repulsed, with heavy lous. The Seventy-ninth New York Volunteers (Highland regiment) behaved with the most de- termined valor, and suffered fearfully. The Eighth Michigan sustained with them the hottest portion of the fight, and suffered equally. The attack was made on the Tower battery, which, for some time past, had been annoying our troops with shells, and General Benham resolved to make a recon- noissance in force to discover the strength of the enemy at that point. The result proved that his command was not large enough for the operation he undertook to accomplish; and, although the troops retreated in good order after a terrific com- bat, their sacrifice was heavy, and their repulse under the circumstances was rendered inevitable. That General Benham had not force enough to effect what he attempted is unquestionable; and although the blame of failure is put upon him, and he has been sent here to New York under arrest, ft remains to be seen whether the cause of this disaster cannot be traced, upon investigation, to parties higher in office than the General who con- ducted this attack. It may be shown before long that if Gencral Hunter had paid more attention to his military duties, and less to negre schools and negro regiments, and if the Secretary of War had not encouraged him in these puerile and dangerous pursuits, that the disaster at James Island wonld Mot have occurred. We publish to-day a minutely detafed account from our correspondents of this late affair, which cost us six hundred and sixty-eight brave soldiers killed, wounded and missing, together with a map of the scene of operations. The latest intelligence from that quarter—which comes from the Richmond Enquirer—is dated on Wednesday, and reports everything quiet. The list of the Killed and wounded in the late action will be found in our columns to-day. An oficial order from the War Department yes- terday, announces that Major General Fremont has requested to be relieved from the commend of the first army corps of the Army of Virginia, because, as he says, the position assigned him by the ap- pointment of Major General Pope as Commander- 4”-Chief of the Army of Virginia is subordinate and inferior to that heretofore held by him, and to remain in the subordinate command now assigned would, as he says, largely reduce his rank and consideration in the service. Mr. Stanton accordingly relieved General Fremont from ‘the command, and has appointed General Tafus King, Iste of the MHwaukee Senténel, to the place vacated by General Fremont. We give a snotch im another column of General King, which will be found very interesting at tis juncture. + We learn that General Rosecrans, who has hitherto proved himself an able officer in his career in Western Virginia, is to take General Bose's command. 4 some- Bhenandoah valley inst Richmond. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday, a Dill authorizing the ‘Superintendent of Printing to print and sell public A resolu- ments at cost price was passed. tion calling oa the Secretary of War for the report of Messrs, Holt and Owen, on the purchase of ordnance, was adopted. Mr. Powell said he un- derstood the report exposed the greatest frauds upon the government, A bill establishing a na- tional foundry at Hangivg Rock, Ohio, was re- ferred to the Military Committee. The bill pun- ishing Congressmen and other public officers, and holding office, on con- consideration for disqualifying them from viction of their having taken an procuring government contracts, office or place from the government, Was pw The report of the conference committee on the bill reorgan- izing the navy was agreed to. The debate on the Confiscation bill was thea resumed, and continued till the adjournment. In the House of Representatives, the morning hour was occupied in discussing the bill provid- ing indemnity to loyal ns for losses of pro- perty through United States troops. A bill was reported making good the amount of the Indian trust bonds stolen from the Interior Department through the connivance of the traitor Floyd. In Committee of the Whole the discussion of the ‘Tariff bill was resumed, and all the sections of the bill were acted on except the last two, when the committee rose. A resolution was adopted order- ing the arrest of Michael C. Murphy, of New York, to answer for contempt, he having refused to ap- pear before the Judiciary Committee in the case of Hon. Benj. Wood. The House then adjourned till Monday. ANEOUS NEWS. The schooner A. B. Terry, of New Haven, Captain Eldridge, arrived last evening from Nor- folk, bringing a full cargo of corn and flour, This is the first regularly shipped cargo from that port since the rebellion. The bark Texan Star, of Boston, Captain Pike, arrived at this port last evening, in twelve days from Key West, She brings 1,200 bales of cotton. She brings no news, everything at Key West re- maining about the same as at last advices. Health of the troops good. A number of troops were about being shipped for New Orleans. The prize steamer Circassian was to leave for New York about the 19th, In our article yesterday, referring to the correspondence from Nassau, N.P., an error oceurred, by which the schooner Kate was named instead of the schooner Time, as mentioned by our correspondent. ‘The stock market was firm yesterday, aud the Western shares were higher, closing firm. There was no change im governments. Gold sold at 109), closing 1093, bid. Exchange sold at 121, closing at 12031214. Money was in brisk demand at 5 per cent. ‘The cotton market was agaiu firmer yesterday, while the sales embraced about 1,800 bales, 1,600 of which were reported taken by manufacturers, to go out of market. The stock left on hand was very light, and good to tine qualitios were scarce, and mostly held out of market. Prices closed on the basis of 3730 @ 38c. for middling uplands. ‘A lot of fully fair quality, and clean, sold at 40c. The chief transactions made during the week have been confined to the lower grades, run- ning from middling to low middling and ordinary, these being most of the two latter grades. The reduced sup- plies were confined to comparatively few hands. The flour market was firm, with a good request, though some less active. Common and mediuia grades of State and Western brands were about 5c. better, while the other grades were firm and unchanged. Wheat was Ic. a 2c. higher for some qualities, while the market was some less active. The sales making were in good part for expert. Corn was firmer and in good re~ quest, with sales of old mixed, in store and delivered, at 583, ® 543¢c., with some sales of prime at 65c, Pork was firmer and in fair request, with sales of mess at $11 123¢ a $11 25, and prime at $8 75 0 $8 8734. Su- gare were firm and in good demand, with sales of 055 hhds. and 327 boxes. Freights were firmer. Wheat to Liverpool was engaged at 103¢¢. in ship's bags, ang flour at $#. Atthe close lid. was asked for wheat in ship's bags. Flour was taken to Loudon at 3a. 3d., and = to Glasgow at 11d. in ship's bage , and flour at General Fremont’s Resignation—A Mare tyr at Last. Our readers will perceive that, in conse- quence of the appointment of General Pope to the command of the new Department of Vir- ginia, including the late departments and the commands ef General Fremont, General Banks and General McDowell, Fremont has thrown up his commission in disgust, that Mr. Secretary Stanton has accordingly relieved him of his command, and that General Rufus King has been appointed to fill his place. Here we have a characteristic illustration of the patriotism of Fremont. The President, convinced thatthe public service called for the military reorganization indicated, and the ap- pointment which it involved, unquestionably wave this appointment to General Pope to avoid giving that offence to either of the three other generals referred to, which doubtless would have been given to one or two of them had either of the three been appointed to fill this place. General Fremont, however, falling back upon his dignity and bis claims of priori ty, seizes the oceasion to become a martyr. How different his conduct in this maiter from that of General McDowell, when, after the disastrous battle of Manassas, he was made subordinate in command to General McClellan. Without complaint or remonstrance, General McDowell submitted to be superseded, and in this he speedily gained in the public estimation more than he had lost at Bull run, and a publie judgment in reference to that battle which concedes that he did all that could have been fairly expected of him to make it a victory. General Fremont, however, considers the publie service as secondary to his personal dig- nity. He has always been a troublesome officer in this respect. When, in 1847, during the Mexican war, he was tried and convicted at Washington for mutiny, insubordination, &c., in California, and when the judgment of the court martial and its penalties were kindly set aside by President Polk, and Fremont was or- dered to resume his command, he answered the President's generosity by a contemptuous re- signation. We need not here recite the embarigssments which he brought upon the army in Missouri by his self- willed and imperious condact in that depart- ment; nor how he was magnanimously given by President Lincoln an opportunity to repair in Virginia bis military follies and blunders in Missouri; nor how he failed to obey his orders in his march to cut off the retreat of Jackson in the Shenandoah valley. It is enough that he has resolved to become a martyr for the radical republican cause, and has chosen to ap- peal from the President to the radicals of the republican ¢amp to redress his imaginary wrongs. We apprehend, however, that General Fre- mont will very soon discover that in raising this issue with the administration he bas com- mitted a fatal mistake; and if the radical, Ai lition faction choose to make his their own, as against the conservative otic course of President Lincoln, we fear of the result. Fremont and hi disgraced and displaced by the jwigment of the country. te Repulse Near Charlesion— Where Lies the Responsibility! Alittle columa of our brave soldiers in South Carolina, after a desperate engagement with some of the defensive rebel works on James Island, near Charleston, have been repulsed. with a very heavy loss in killed and wounded. The details, which we publish at length, from our own officers and reporters, tell the melan- choly story, We read it over, with the accom- panying explanations; but still the question recurs, Where lies the responsibility ? General Benham, the officer in the immediate command of this Stono Inlet enterprise, has been seized upon as the responsible party, and Our disorganizing supporters will go down togetifer, | has returned to this city under arrest, as hav- ing disobeyed or exceeded his orders in the battle. But, whatever may be the charges against him, and whether true or false, we must strike at higher game than General Benham if we wish to reach the parties to whom the re- sponsibility in this matter properly belongs. We tuink it very evident that General Benham’s force was much too small for the work which he undertook to accomplish. Five or ten thou- sand, additional men would have given him a decisive, and, in all probability, a bloodless victory. Our supreme commander in that de- partment, General Hunter, should have known better than to suppose that the small force de- tailed under General Benham would be sufli- cient to work its way round to the back door of Charleston. General Hunter, however, had been too much preoceupied with the negro question, his emancipation edicts and the con- trabands of Hilton Head, and the abolition missionaries and school teachers among them— male and female—to know much of the rebel forces and defences around Charleston or any- where else. We think, therefore, that, in the first place, the responsibility in question may be justly shifted from the back of General Ben- ham to the shoulders of General Hunier. Instead of econciliating, by a conservative policy on the slavery question, and by acts of charity and magnantmity, as General Halleck has conciliated the white population of the dis- tricts he has conquered, we find General Hun- ter, with his abolition decrees and abolition negro schools, to say nothing of negro soldiers laboring zealously, in behalf of our abolition fanatics and disorganizers, to exasperate the white race of his department to the fiercest desperation against him and the'Union. But whence and why these extreme abolition manifestations on the part of General Hunter? That is the question. We answer that he has been encouraged in these proceedings by the emissaries and proteges of the Treasury Department, and by the full consent, if not by the active co-operation, of our present Secretary of War. While we may condemn General Hunter, therefore, in this business as the willing instrument of his superiors in official power and influence, they are the really responsible parties for this late military blunder near Charleston, and for the very unsatisfactory results of all our vast military expenditures in that quarter since our occu- pation of Port Royal harbor. We charge upon Mr. Secretary Stanton, es- pecially, this disaster at James Island and all the unprofitable results of our late mili- tary operations in South Carolina and Georgia as we charge upon him the chief responsibility for all our military blunders, reverses, losses, failures and entanglements, from the Rappa- hannock to the valley of Virginia, which have followed the breaking up of the original army and the plans of General McClellan. The Pre- sident, however, appealing from the War Office to General Scott, has at length taken the proper course and the proper man to repair all these losses and blunders in the Shenandoah valley and the Rappahannock Department. General McDowell, General Banks and General Fre- mont, each as an independent commander in the same general field, have only served to em- barrass each other, and make “confusion worse confounded.” The latter has just resigned, and, under the comprehensive supreme command of General Pope, we dare say the others wil! do much better in having a su- perior, tried and approved military leader to direct their movements. A similar reform in the department of General Hunter, making abolition philanthropy, fanaticism and folly se- condary to the more important work of putting down the armed forces of this rebellion, will leave us very little more to be desired in view of aspeedy end to Jeff. Davis and to his spu- rious and intolerable despotism over the rem- nants remaining of our late so-called “Coifede- rate States.” Union Meerise av tus Coorer Ixstirere, AND THE Powiricat Issves.—The announcement that a Union meeting is to be held at the Cooper Institute on Tuesday evening next has stirred up the wrath of the abolitionists, who are endeavoring to misconstrue Its purport and object, no doubt prompted by a fear that it will be more numerously attended than their Emancipation League meetings have been. The object of this meeting is to sustain the President, and to show to him that the masses in New York endorse his conservative policy in conducting the war, and that his repudiation of Fremont’s proclamation, and revocation of General Hunter's order, meet the hearty ap- proval of the people in this, the commercial metropolis of the nation. We have no doubt that, the attendance will conclusively show that in the iseue between the conservative po- licy of the President and the radical doc- trines of the emancipationists, the pulse of this metropolis beats in harmony with the President. This, however, will be no news; for no person could have watched the events of the last twelve months and not have become con- vinced that the entire North fully endorsed the war policy of the President. The support that he has received in men and money at every call is evidence that no person can gainsay. The Cooper Institute Union gathering is not intended to have any effect upon the coming election in this State, nor could it have if it was. The present position of the parties pre- eludes any such idea. The republican party is divided between two factions, and the demo- cratic party is broken up, ite fragments drifting about in every direction. In this condition of affairs the controversy between the two factions of the republican party is likely to become the real issue in the next political campaign, espe. cially in view of the fact of their direct bear- ing upon the prosecution of the war. Secre- tary Seward being the representative man in the Cabinet of the conservative element; Thurlow Weed naturally becomes the leader of the conservative faction of the party in this State. On the other hand, Secretary Chase, with his side issues, negro missions and conquered territory schemes, stands at the head of the abolition faction im the Cabinet. thus NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1 an placing Collector Barney in the position of leader of that faction he The issue thus “raised by the two factions of the republican party will have a direet bearing upon the final settlement of our present difficulties, and there- fore becomes the real division between con- tending parties at the fall etection in th The broken fragments of the demecrat and the spoils-seeking politicians will attempt to raise other issues; but they will gradually disappear under the great national importance of this controversy between the republican fac- tions. Those of radical views will rally around Barney, and the conservatives under the lead of Weed. With lines thus drawn, the result of our election will be easily foreseen. raed The Tribune and the Indiana State Frauds. Ex-Governor Hunt once declared that Gree- ley, of the Tribune, “was more dengerous to his friends than to his enemies.” The State officials of Indiana must already fully endorse the ex-Governor’s opinion. The Tribune has become noted as the organ of every species of depravity, from woman's rights to amalgama- tion, and from Matteson drafts to contract jobs. We were not at all surprised, therefore, to tind the Tribune defending the Indiana State offi- cials in the matter of the recent fraudulent issue of Indiana State bonds. By this time, however, the officials have doubtless found that their defender is their worst enemy, and we can imagine them ardently praying—if they pray at all—that Providence would deliver them both from our Grand Jury and their Tribune friend. From the very first, the Tribune's sup- port has prejudiced the public against the officials, and the Zribune’s admissions have been the very best proof of their guilt. In yesterday's issue the Trilune attempted to reply to one of our articles upon this In- diana State fraud. Instead of a reply, the 7vi- bune’s editorial is really a full corroboration of our article. From the best information we can obtain, the Indiana Legislature authorized the issue of bonds for a loan of two and a half millions of doilars, over and above which 4 obs. amount one and a half million of dollars worth of fraudulent bonds were put into the market. The Tribune admits this, but asserts that no one but Mr. D. C. Stover, “the late democratic State Agent and agent’s clerk in this city,” ever issued one of these bonds. How does the Tritune know this? The bonds were in the same form and came from the same agency. Neither the brokers nor the public could distinguish the authorized from the un- authorized bonds. The State officials of Indiana received and redeemed the fraudulent bonds. Upon what grounds, then, can the Tribune anticipate the finding of the jury and pro- nounce Mr. Stover the guilty, and the only guilty, party? We stated that the republican State officials of Indiana, now in power, con- nived at and,continued the original fraud: by concealing it from the public, by refraining from making a charge against the guilty parties, and by buying up and reissuing the fraudulent bonds. The Tribune admits that our “statement is true,” but contends that this “course, taken by Mr. Hudson, the republican State Agent, with the partial assent of some other of the Indiana State officers,” was “im- pelled by the purest motives.” Of course this assertion is indisputable. Doubtless the Irish- man who went out with a comrade to steal bacon, and refused to give evidence in regard to the theft, was also “impelled by the purest motives” in concealing his knowledge of the crime. We entirely agree with the Tribune also—or rather the Jribune agrees with us—that “it would have been wiser and safer for the officials to have taken a very different course—to have exposed the fraud the moment it came to their* knowledge, and let consequences take care of themselves.” This is just what we have con- tended throughout this case, and we are glad to see that we have at last converted such a hardened sinner as the Tribune to our opinion. Indeed, in the face of the facts it is impossible to indulge in any other belief. We hold that by concealing and abetting the original fraud for fifteen months the present efficials of In- diana have made themselves particeps crimitnis, and should be indicted by our Grand Jury, We are st a loss to know if “only Stover” issued the bonds, and if our brokers gave “good assets” for them, why a Wall street broker bas been made the scapegoat of the Indiana officials. We think that the Board of Brokers, in view of all the circumstances of the affair, should immediately close the stock market against ald Indiana securities, some of which— old, repudiated canal stock—were exchanged for these bonds. The Zribune agrees with us so well upon these points that we are sure it will join us in advising the people of Indiana to turn out and keep out of office all the poli- ticians, democratic and republican, who had anything todo with devising, abetting, con- uing or concealing this atrocious fraud upon Indiana and the public at large. We shall cer- tainly expect and anxiously await an editorial from the Tribune to this effect; and in the meantime we urge that the approaching elec- tion in Indiana shall be controtled more by the honesty than by the politics of the candidates. Tue Trevxe Acain i Hor Warren. -A committee of Congress has been appointed to investigate the charge made by the Trilune in relation to the exploded job of the old Jntelliyencer, by which the proprietors of that lively sheet clutched at $35,000 of the public money. If this charge is probed to the bottom, Congress will probably discover that it was made because the old Jntelliyence refused to pay five per cent commission on the job—the regular Washington rate—to the Ziibune re. porter. As Sam. Wilkeson is now absent from Washington, Greeley should at once be sent for, and the beoke of the Tribune contract bu- reau—of which Wilkeson wrote—should be immediately examined. We believe that the committees would thus discover something about this Intelligencer matter, and more about the 7ribune musket contracts. The Union Troops in Arkansas, Maurum, June 25, 1962. The Little Roel Demoerat ways that thoreare in Ar. Kansas from 10,000 to 12,000 Union troops scattered over a large extent of country. The largews body, amounting to 5,000 or 6,000, are in the vicinity of Batesville, The jitest advices are that they bave grossed the White river and are retreating towards Missourt, Guerilias in Northe: orn Missonvi. Cmrcaao, June 27, 1962. Aspecial despatch to the Journal from Quincy says that the guerilla parties, whioh have been forming all winter in Northoastern Missouri, are now prepared two move in an effective shape, being well armod and having a number of snrall cannon. They number about seven hundred. A part of this gang attacked « small party of State troops on Wednviday near Monticelle, killiag eight net agoorteined., om om PrQ02 WAsaeTON. General Fremont Rel eved trem Duty in the Army of Virginia. 2m tai IMPOR General Rufus King Appointed to Succeed Him. The Tariff Bilh Completed in the Houve. Debate on the ConGscation Bill in the Senate, &e., &e., &e. WAR GAZETTE. Official. ORDER RELIEVING GENERAL, FREMONT FROM COM- MAND, War Devarrwnyr, Wastrsarow, June 27, 1862. [.—Major General John C, Fremont baving requested to be relievod from the command of the first army corps of the Army of Virginia, bova we.as he says, the position assigned hiza by the appuvintment of Major Genc- ral Popo as Cominandor-in-Chiet of the Army of Virginia is subordinate and inferior to that horetofore held by hin, and vo remain in the subordinate command now assignad would, as he says, largely reduce his rank an‘t cuasideration in the service, it is ordered than Major Genoral John ©. Fremont be re- lieved from command. 1.—That Brigadivr Gonoral Rufus King be aad he is hereby assigned to the command og the first army corps: of the Army of Virgiuia, in place of Geueral Pre:noat, ro- lieved, By order of the PRESIDE Epwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. SKETCH OF GENERAL RCPOS KING. Brigadier Genera! and Aviing Mojor General Rufus King is a vative of New York, from which State ho was originally appointed to tae A of tha Hnited Stutas. He entered the Military Aca, 1829, and graduated on the 3)(h « No. 4in his class. On the et of July, 1933, he was ap- potated a brevet Seeoud L ant of tho Corps of ginoors, and Vind Swob, BU, 1836. 1836 to 1833 he was Assistant Hig neer of the and Erie Railroad, and from 183) to 1343 ovcupied the position of Adjutant Gensral of the State of New York. From 1841 to 1845 he was the associate oditor of the Albany Journal, after which he veramo tho editor of the Milwaukeo Sentinel. He was a membor of the Cou- vention to form the constitution of Wisconsin in 1847-8, after which ho filled the position of Regent of the University of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Board of Visitors to the Military Academy at West Point during the year 1849. General Rufus King, at the com. mencement of the prevent administration, was appointed Minister to Romo, but resigned this lucrative office to take up the sword to defend his native country from the graspof rebels. On the 17th of May, 1861, he was com missioned a Bigalier General of Volanieers, When the Army of the Potomac was fully orzanized, General King d to the comm nd of a division under Gene- |. It was @ portion of his command that made @ dash and occupied Falmouth, thereby taking Fredericksburg, and General King has boen in chirge of the troops in that vicinity siace the capture. He has Deen spoken of ag & good soldier, and the opportunity is now given him to make his mark if over. General Mc- Clellan appears to have thought well of him by giving him the command he has but recentiy held so long. GENERAL NEWS. - WASkiNcron, June 27, 1862. “SVERYTEING QUIR ALONG THE LINES.” As faras heard {rom to-day at the War Depaitment, all was quiet in every direction. EFFECT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GEN. POPE TO THE COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA, The appointment of Major Generai Pope two the com- mand of the Department of Virginia has brightened many faces bere, made anxious by the existing condition of affairs in the Shenandosh valloy. It jis regarded asa proof that the President is determined to overlook all mere partisan considerations and select the right men to provecute tho war against rebellion. 1t has loug been apparent that there could be no cordial co-operation of the various corpe in that part of Virginia while each was commanded by x Major General commanding ap independent department, some of whom were, in truth, omy political Major Generals, and were looking more to political influence Uuau to & vigorous prosecution of the war. The resent appointment has cured this great difficulty, and if st sould sesuit im the resignation of the subordinate offivers whe nave thus been placed in & subordinate position, ihe country may not be the loser and the people will sureiy oot be dissativfied. Tt is believed that Genorai Pope will vixerously resume the execution of the plan proposed by General McClellan for the conduct of the war ju Virgivis, which bes been layed for months by injudicious mterfercnce and the wn- timely jealouries of rival puis veal generals. It is stated that Genoral Pope will have tuo ii y Co-Operation of General Banks, who from the vey ing has been anxious to carry out the original desigu ior Ute prosecution of the war in Virginia toa speedy and sure conclusion. Some republicans have been saying to-day that the inajor generals that Genoral Pope las superseded should resign. The latter cummencud operations to-day, aud it is felt that the army of the shenaudeal will no longer be held Mebeck by a fifth part of their number under Stonewall Jackson. According t@ the dexpatcs which has been published today, under the authority of the War Deparansnt, neral MeCiellan now hus four corps darmee under his command, which te the numb rf upon witeh he calculated in starting ont to take Richmond, It seems, also, by the sequo authority, that All pe is Wo oporace against Richmond. IMPORTANT TREATY WITH MKXICO—ELEVEN MIL: LIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE LOANED YO THAT RE+ PUBLIC. The treaty mado through Minister Corwin, loaning elayen tmiltions of do eatood, been sent into the & by the President. The delay in the prosentation of bhe trevty uae, it is thought, bem owing to the reluctance of the Prosident to submit a project so directly at varianse with the recent action of the Menate upon the subject of Meaican affuirs the same titue, he bas not felt willing to witht their action should a disposition now exist to change our Ineot poliey and tke a divect part in the affairs of Mexico, to which Uhis treaty, according to report, would commit us. ACTION OF THE HOUSE OM THK PAHive BML. ‘The House hay beou esgaged almost exclusively to-day in the consideration of th The bil! is now complete, se far a8 action will be had upon it in the Hovse, Some important amendments will be propased im the Sevate. A committee of iron marmfacturers, from Pittsburg, are here, to ask a chanye in the proposed tariffon iron. As itis fixed in thie Mil, the tari will reach very few kinds, and a very small quantity of the iron imported, and wif do great injustice to that vast interest at home, They propose # diitwrent schedule, whieh will afford Americ&o fron workers some protection from foreign competition, and at the same time enable the government to realize quite as much revenie from this source. As the House had already passed upon this part of the bill, the amendment will be brought forward in the Senate Finance Committee. THE BANKRUPT BILL. The prospect of tho passage of a bankrupt bill at this seesion is waning. If i should not pass it will be be cause it has been killed in the Houre by its friends. Gentlemen have been entrusted with its management who believed themselves capable, bat have utterly failed, either from a desire to reap for themselves the immedi. ate profit of its passage, or from being unacquainted with the mode of doin thing® here, It is a subject for regret (hat the majority in favor of the measure in poth houses should be fritteread away by injudicious agement. THE DEBATE IN THE SENATS ON THE CONFISCATION BILL. ‘Po.day Mr. Sumner made another written harangue, in which he declared that confiscation was less desired by ‘than emanoipatiin; that the latter could be carried ‘out by the authority of the government, under the war ‘@lause of the constitution, and that the war would not be ended until slavery was abolished. Mr. Browning pro- pounded two or three questions te Mr, Sumner upon con. stitutional points, but was answered in so superciliious und insulting ® manner that be was constrained to say, thet vulene Words ORLY gabibived ihe maligatiy of (gE Re RIO ey le | thelused them, aad they duamved no arswer, Benater Cowan pitch 6 tho House Cywfigoation bill, and sy: ke Of it as a bybrid ant monger ncer Lo vai? that the Vill looked to couiscation wader bot munigipal and admiraliy juri-diction, As it qas assumed by the | advooules of whw-lsatle comiiscation that the rovels were bolligerents, thoy could not bo tsxally (ried ia aduniraity tributsis were controlled by the law of mations, therefare proceedings cowid not be hed im them against our own eitizons, If municipal authorities were reverted to, thea there must bo action of grand and petit jur 3, and, im view of the fact that tho rebe'w ing crops, &6., what revenue could be ing stoek, furniture, &c-, op govern” among a hostile population, Mr, Cowam ment ac presented forcibly the idew that it was originally the duty of the government to protect the people of the Sout from conspirators against the government, ond that whatoyer ills hud befallen the eonntry sprang from br. Buchanan’s refweal to enforce the laws. THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. Senator Fossoncten announced to-day that he slrould at an oarly hour eal! up tho Army Appropriation bill, be- cause if he did not hero would soow bi quorum in the ” Senate. In this viow of things tue confiscation bills wow pending may yot go to tho wall FORTHCOMING DEFEAT OF THB RADICALS. From indicatious here itis now whispered that the vadieal slement, which hag been 80 troublesome to Vom gressand the country, has measured its strength, and te now on the eve of a defeat that will completely crush and silence ft, ‘This element has had ita sway. ‘hore i= & prospect that it will soon be brought up with a suddem and around turn, The administration wil! ere long vin- dicate itself and shake “% the clogs that have impeded its course. THIRVY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. FIKST SESSION. Senate. Wisuscrom, June 27, 1868 BNGARGHMENT OF THM NEW YORK VANAIS. Mr. Howe, (rop.) of Wis., preaented @ memorial trom \ citizens of Wisconsin in favor of tho enlargement of the Oswego and Erie cangis. SALR OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, Mr. Antuony, (rep.) of R. I, from the Committee em Printing, reported a bill authorizing the Superintendent of Puvlic Printing, under the direction of the joint com- mittee on printing, to print and sel! for cost copies of pub- lic documents which may have been ordered by the de- partments. Passed. Ti? RRVORT OF THE ORDNANCE COMMISION. Mr. Powe, (opp.) of Ky., called up the resolution di- rocting the Secretary of War to transmit to the Senate the report of Joseph Holt and Robert Dale Owen. ide said understood the report exposed the greatest on the government, and he wanted it printed, request th public intrest ,”’ to transinit the said report, &c. ” ‘The aincndmont was adopted by yeas 24, mays 14, and the resolution was then passed. NATIONAL FOUNDRY. - Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, introduced a bill to es- ‘biish a national foundry in the Hapging Rock iron an@ ial region of Ohin, between the Big Sandy and Sciota and Obi» rivers. Referred to the Military Committee. CONGRESSMEN, AND CONTRACTS. On motion of Mr. Powstt,, the bill to prevent membera of Congress or any officer of government from taking aay con ration for procuring contracts, office-er place from the government was taken up. ‘The bill provides that any member of Congress or off. rof the government committing such offence shall be ble to indictment for a misdemeanor, and if convicted vfer a fine not exceoding ten thousand dollars and ment not exceeling two years, and be afterwards from holding office under the United States, wand contracts shall be void at the option of the President. ‘The Judiciary Committee had made the bill stronger than the original one. He (Mr, Powell) had neard that. there were cases of officers of the govern- maps using their offices fur rewards, and he therefe thought there pores ihe riers - oa Cee ue Mr. Hair, (rep. . H., thought the far enough.” (iia weard ant belloved: that the heads of departments used their places for the groaseat favorit- ism, and in some cases had ordered contracts to be given to their special favorites, He would make it » penal offence for the heads of departments to order those under them to make contracts with special favorites. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Til., moved to amend so as te make the bill apply to those who, for avy reward, 0om- tion or consideration, give ‘aay contract, office ow i 2 ie meet RE ‘The gmevdment was adopted and the bill passed. REORGANIZATION OF THK NAVY DRFARTHENT, Mr, Haze, from the Conferenee ittee on the bi for the reorganization of the Navy Department, made e report, which was agreed to, THE CONFISCATION BILL. Leper Confiseation oe then arty rs ir. COWAN, (rep. , Proceeded to speak at lengt® against the sit from the House, which be contended waa ih and utterly impossible to put in opera- tion. Mr. Suave, (rep.) of Mass., spoke in favor of the House bills, contending that were entirely free froga all constitutional objections. y were just as constitu- tiona! as the constitution itself. form & part of the means for the suppression of t) lion. The war powers of Congress are clearl: from the consiitution, and Congress has a right to exercise war powers. He protested earnestly and tyrannical doctriue that all war were centres powers in the President, and any attempt to foist such an unconstitutional doctrine into the constitution, as showing the effrontery with which ignorance and com- ceit exctised unconstitutional doctrines, He contended at length that confiscation and liberation were among the war powers of Congress, and he had more hope from liberation than from confiscation, ‘The discussion was continued by Messrs. Baowsure, Howarp and TRUMBULL. Messis. Sactspeey, (opp.) ef Del., and Kuxsapy, (opp. of Ma., declared that though they might vote for au ment to the House bill, yet they were opposed to all com- fiseation bils,and should vote against their passage. Mr, TRemecns, ».) Of JI1., Sait he would not arm the master at*home, but # ‘hoot down the soldiers of bis ‘State or his country, he would put arma in. the hands ef his slave and bid him shoot the traitor. He would use ali means to suppress the rebellion. He utterly repe- dinted tus doctrine of the Vresident’s superiority over Congress and everything eise, and he was opposed te ap- pointing Governors of States by the President, as advo- cated by the Senator from Connecticut. The President has no powe: to create an office, and no right to appoint such officer without the advice and consent of (he Senate; Dat it was not pretended there was any law for the pointment of Governor Stanly, and sudh appointment was never sent to the Senate, Mr. Dixon, (rep.) Qf Coun.,at some length, justified the action of the President. Alter further discussion the Senate adjourned House of Kaha, eee rg ‘AsUUXGTON, June 27, 1862. INDEMNITY TO LOYAL CIMZENA, The House resumed the consideration of tho bill pro- viding indemnity to loyal citizens for losses and - ages to property through United States troops, kc. Mr. Nomi, (opp.) ot Mo., in the course of his re- marks, said that avy man who was opposed to the set tlement of these claims merely bocause 1. would impose « burden on the governmept was unfit to be a repre- ive of she Journal would show that the and influential men have gene- rally met with the success in Congress. Thousands of loyad citivens are sufferers from the army. bave reduced almost to have been desolatea, and if tl Were not justice and maynanimity enough here to provide for auch a class of persons it would be a burning shame forever. ‘The morning hour expired, and the subject was passed over. vation, and their homes THE STOLEN INDIAN TRUST BONDS. Mr. Kow,rps, (rep.) of N. H.,from the Comunittes on indian Affeirs, reported a dill relating to the trast funds of tho ludian tribes, invested by the rniment in the State bouds abstracted from the Interior Department. ‘The vill provides that the government shall eredit the Indians with the amount originally invested for thom ia the bonds, and the payment of the interest hereafter at the rate of five per cent. THR TARY MILT. ‘The House then went into Committe of the Whole om the Tariff bill. Mr. Exsau Wann, (opp.) of N. Y., ineffectually sought end the clause imposing additional duties on de laines so as to reduce the duty on them to ten per contum ad valorem, it was the duty of gud 9 sald, to make the taxes fall as lightly as i dof its rates the ‘ing the revenue creased rion | ow - be to prohibit importations, this destroy: aud producing @ complete revolution in public senti- ment. Mr. Warp also unsuccessfully moved to reduce the proposed duties on ail nianufactures of eutton, &. ir. Mactory, (Cnion) of Ky. , offeredas an amendment thotail hemp or preparations of hemp for the use of the navy shail be of American 1oanufacture, He maintaived the importance of thix proposition, both as a protection to onr own production and to ronder us independent of foreign countries in th ad Ke Mr “ rep.) of Vt. would co-operate iidinay fate, Matloty) ir hewould muove the ameudment to the Confiscation bill, ‘Mr. MALLORY had no objection to hanging abolitionists and secession'ste with American rope ki they preferred ib. t would Mr. Lovavoy, (rep.) of Iil., remarked there was not an abolitionist who is a traitor to be hung. M Offered ns proviso . SUKLLATARGER, (Fep.) of Ohio ‘of as good quality and “if the articles can ‘be obtained Mallory’s amendment was a2 at alow price.” Atnoug other amendinents adopted were the follow- vided for, the duty shall be four ceuts ver pound. Other amendments were alao mai tion, when the committee rose. mittee, ‘a resolution, Which lopted ing the. rk, refused to With this proviso Mr. adopted. ing:—On acorn o.ffee, dandelion root and all other arti- cles weed a8 a substitute for colle, not otherwise pre- The tonnage duty is to take eifeot on Lat of January, next. All the debateuble sections of Dill were ae upon, leaving only the twu last onesTor future considera. Me. Prxamam, (Fep.) Of ObIO. from the Judiciary Con I. iM, (rep. _ judiciary reported was adi ‘arrest of Michael 0. Murphy, of New Yor what he be brought hither to anawer' to the Huse for oo ou the Judiciary: ittee tn Nh