The New York Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1862, Page 4

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Norr—Livine Wiatx, &c.. at all hours —MoncugRan>— Bevin Cie tks—Honxst Mitkman. Afternoon and Evening. BRY\\TS' MINSTRELS’ Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad- way.— BaLuo in Mascugro. CHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 585 Broadway.—Ermtortan ‘Sones, Dances, &c.—Fiat Foor Jaxx. DODWORTH'S HALL, No. 806 Broadway.—Mur. Dz Viutusr’s Vocat anp Instaumentat Concert. AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, No. 444 Broadway.—Soncs, Boriesqves, Dances, &¢. NATIONAL THEATRE AND MUSIC HALL, Canal street.—SonGs, Dances, BuRLxsguxs, £0. GATETIES CONCERT HALL, 616 Broadway. =Deawixa Roos Enteetaxments, PEOPLE'S MUSIC H. SON Bosuauenn ao ALL, 45 Bowery.—Sonas, Dances, PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS, 563 Broadway.— Open daily from 10 A. M. Ul 10 P. M. New York, Sunday, June 29, 1862, There is nothing new from General McClellan's command to-day. General Rufus King and his staffleft Fredericks- burg yesterday, to assume command of General Fremont’s corps d’armee in Western Virginia. The latter officer started for the East yesterday morning, after turning over his command to Briga- dier General Schenck, next in rank. He visited Generals Banks and Sigel before his departure, to say farewell. General Pope had not taken up his headquarters at Fredericksburg yesterday, but he was momen- tarily expected. He has notified the army, how- ever, that he assumed command yesterday. We publish to-day the rebel accounts of the battle of Fair Oaks—or Oak Grove, as they call 1t—trum wie Hichmond papers. Their story of the affair differs somewhat from the facts, in the essential particular that they omit the sequel of the fight, which resulted in the defeat of the rebel army and our occupation of the field of battle. We have received by the steamer Marion a very interesting correspondence from New Orleans, which we give to-day, showing the more recent state of affairs there. We also give an account, from an eye witness, of the late battle at James Island, before Charleston, which will be read with great interest. An attack was made by a body of rebel cavalry on Wednesday upon a train bound for Corinth, on the Charleston and Memphis Railroad, twelve miles from the latter city, containing a company of the Fifty-sixth Ohio regiment, a number of of- ficers‘and several teams and wagons. The rebels destroyed the locomotive, burned the cars, killed ten of our men, and captured several officers, in- cluding Colonel Kenney, Majors Pride and Sharp. CONGRESS. Inthe Senate yesterday a communication was received from the War Department transmitting Official reports of the battle of Pittsburg Landing, one hundred and sixty in number. They were re- ferred to the Military Committee. A bill providing for the payment of $7,475 to the Panama Railroad Company for transportation was passed. The bill establishing a land office in Nevada Territory was also passed. The bill providing for arsenals at Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis and Little Rock was d'scussed. The consideration of the Confisca- tion bill was resumed ; and, after some debate, the motion of Mr. Clark, of New Hampshire, to sub- stitute the bill reported by the Senate committee for the House bill, was adopted by a vote of twen- ty-one against seventeen; and afterwards the bill was passed by a vote of twenty-eight against thir- teen. An executive session was then held andthe Senate adjourned. A meeting of the conservative members of Con- gress was held yesterday, and a series of resolu- tions explanatory of and reaffirming the declara- tions contained in the Crittenden resolutions of last year, was adopted. A report of the proceed- ings of the meeting is given in another column. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The concert in the Central Park was yesterday afternoon marked with its usual success, although in consequence of the scorching heat of the sun’s rays, the namber of pedestrians was not so great as on the previous occasion—the official re- turns giving but fifteen thousand in round num- bers. Several thonsand carriages, with their gaily dressed occupants, were present. The cor- net band on the lake, from some cause, has been dispensed with. This is certainly a pity, and it should be at once resumed. At Jones’ Wood a large number of persons par- ticipated in the usual Saterday afternoon amuso- ments, the monarchs of the wood shielding them from the solar heat. The Board of Excise held its Thirty-(ifth session yesterday, and granted twenty-one licenses, mak- ing in all two hundred and forty-seven np to this time. The licenses for the past year expire on the 9th of July ensuing. The preparations of the police have all been made to arrest by warrant all offenders during the present week. The origi- nal plan was to arrest the offenders in the even- ing, each policemen coming in from his beat to bring in his man, and lock him up in the station house during the night, and take him before the police justice next morning, f> be baile} or com- mitted, This was modified from considerations of clemency. All the respectable and responsible dealers are making arrangements to get out li- conses immediately. ‘The contest in the valley of the Shenandoah will pow he between Major General Joba Pope, ia be- half of the Union, and Major General Thomas Jef- ferson “Stonewall” Jackson, on the side of the rebels. “ When Greek meets Greek, then come’ the tug of war.” + Prospects of a famine begin to alarm the rebels in some portions of Dixie. The attention of the Common Council of Richmond has been drawn to the fact that provisions were getting scarce in that city, and a resolution had been considered order- ing all the young men who were not directly en- gaged in some business to quit the place. In Ar- kansas it is reported that unless assistance is soon provided starvation must overtake a great many families. Nearly all the cattle in the State had been taken by the rebel armies; comparatively few crops had been put in the ground, owing to the uncertain state of affairs, and unusually high floods had swept the bottom lands. In Alabama and Georgia planting has been meagre and slow, and in many portions the crops have been attacked by various drawbacks, and considerable alarm is felt in consequence. Eastern Tennessee has been in such a troubled state during the whole planting season that sufficient will hardly be raised in that quarter to supply the remaining inhabitants. The middle and southern portions of Virginia are in about the same situation as that of Eastern Ten- nessee. Famine in the South will probably soon portray the beauties of secession. Executive itinerancy is at present very popular with the Governors of some of the Southern States. Gov. Claiborne F. Jackson has a roving commis- gion granted by the people of Missouri to go wher- ever his inclination prompts him, and to remain as long as suits his convenience, his duties at the ca- pital being, in the meantime, properly attended to by Hamilton R. Gamble. Gov. Isham G. Har- ris, of Tennessee, may be compared to the Wan- dering Jew—no one knows, as nobody cares, where he is or where he is likely to be. Governor Thomas Overton Moore, of Louisiana, is following in the footsteps of the Prodigal Son, and may some day turn up a repentant sinner. Governor John Milton, of Florida, it is supposed, is rambling among the everglades, or occupying one of the deserted mansions erected by Billy Bowlegs. We expect in a few days to hear that Governor John Letcher, of Virginia, and Governur Jacob Thomp- son, of Mississippi, have also taken to the moun- tains, to join the bushwhackers. Two new gunboats are now bnilding at St. Louis, named the Choctaw and Fort Henry. The former istohave a turret similar to that of the Monitor, and will be under the command of Lieut. Winslow; the latter will be three hundred feet long, and pierced for twenty-two guns. Lieut. Hall will be her commander. Commodore Hull, Naval Con- structor Hart and Engineer Shawk have arrived at St. Louis to superintend the construction of seven additional gunboats. The Boston Traveller (republican) is severe on Senator Simmons, of Rhode Island. It says that “ no such man ought ever to be chosen to repre- sent a free and intelligent people. His hands are not clean, and he demeans the position of a states- man and Senator to that of a petty business broker of sharp practice.” After the close of the present Congress the seat now occupied by Mr. Simmons will be filled by Gov. Sprague. Major General William T. Sherman has written a scathing letter to Lieutenant Governor B. Stan- ton, of Ohio. Mr. Stanton saw fit to unjustly criti- cise the actions of two or three of our generals in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and General Sherman metes out to him a most deserved punish- ment. On the 13th instant there were in the hospi- tals in and around Washington five thousand two hundred and three sick and wounded soldiers, of whom one thousand nine hundred and ten belong- ed to New York State regiments. Commodore Foote, Flag Officer of the Missis- sippi gunboat flotilla, reached his home in New Haven, Connecticut, on Wednesday. His health is improving; but he yet needs rest and quiet to in- sure his speedy recovery. Captain Worden, late commander of the Moni- tor, has gone to Gran i Rapids, Michigan, on a visit to his mother. General Ebenezer Dumont is quite sick at Nash- ville. The Grand Jury of Fayette county, Kentucky, have found bills for treason against John C. Breck. inridge, William Preston, Robert J. Breckinridge, Jr., and thirty-one others. The farmers in all the counties of Southern Illi- nois are now busy harvesting their wheat. The yield is excellent and the quality good. The Cork Reporter of the 12th of June, the latest paper received by the Etna, speaking of the ap- pearanceof the crops in that part of Ireland, says:—Since Sunday the weather has been very va- riable, with frequent heavy showers, while Tuesday was one continued wet day, with a very cold, high wind, which gave everything a November aspect. Yesterday the weather held up, and was pretty fine. All kinds of cereals look well; but the mea- dows want the sun, in order to secure a good hay crop. All kinds of vegetables are coming in, and, as regards quantity and quality, equal to any we have had in the most favorable seasons. Already the new potatoes are making their appearance, and we have had for several daya back very fine ones. From the West Coast of Africa we have news dated Cameroons May 1, Old Calabar the 2d, Fer- nando Po the 3d, Bonny the 7th, Lagos the 11th, and Sierra Leone the 21st. Trade was dull at Benin, in consequence of a disturbance among the natives. The rains were setting in, and trade was inactive at Fernando Po. Sickness was very prevalent at Bonny and New Calabar. Out of a population of one hundred and forty whites, seventy-five had died of yellow fever. Trade was suspended at Old Calabar. Stocks wore stoady yesterday; Cleveland and Toledo advanced 34 per cent. Money was in brisk demand at 405 percent. Exchange fell off to 120, and gold to 108%. The export of the day was over $2,900,000. ‘The cotton market was again firmer and higher yester- day, with sales of about 1,500 bales, closing at 38igc. a 30c. for middling uplands, chiefly at the inside figuro- Fine qualities were measurably out of market, while supplies of all kinds were extremely light., Flour was less buoyant and active, and, owing to higher freights and some concession in foreign exchange, the common and medium grades of State and Western were easior, while the higher clase ef extra brands wero unchanged, Wheat was heavy and fell off from 1c. to 2c. per bushel, while the sales were toa fair extent. Corn was also oasier, with sates of old West- ern mixed, in store, at 635¢c. a 55c. and 66c. for winter yellow. Pork was in fair demand at steady prices, with sales of mess at $11 25, and of prime at $8 76 a $8 873. Sugars were firm and in good request, with sales of 1,800 bhds. There was some movement in coffee, and sales of 6,000 a 7,000§bags of Rio wore made on private terms. Freights were firmer, and wheat was taken to Liverpool in bulk and bags at 11d. Flour was reported at 4s. a 3s. 3d, Rates were also frm to London, Mritary Government or Lovistana—We learn that a Provisional Military Governor has been talked of for Louisiana. There does not seem to be any necessity for this step. General Butler is now acting the part of Military Governor, and at the same time commander ofthe army. His headquarters are at New Orleans, and it would not do to have @ divided command there. General Butler bas been very successful in developing the Union sentiment in Louisiana. Such is the rush of officers and soldiers of the Confederate army to give their adhesion to the Union and to register their names that it was found neces- sary to extend the time to tho 23d instant, in order to give the crowd of applicants a chanee. Let General Butler, therefore, continue in- supreme command, There is no necessity for any Ghange. His regime works like a charm, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1862. The Offended Dignity of General Fre- | ment. He, like others, fully realizes that their | The capitalists are already unabio to odiain mont and Its Probable Consequcnees. General Fremont, at bis own request, has been relieved of his command in the va!ley of Virginia. His reasons for this step, though very broadly intimated by himself, are more distinctly set forth by his special organ, the New York Tribune. 1 thus appears that, Gen. Pope having been a subordinate officer undor General Fremont in Missouri, the latter regards the present appointment of the former as any- thing but a compliment to the senior officer, who is thus’reduced to a subordinate position. In other words, General Fremont considers these new military arrangements as involving not the approval, but the displeasure, of the government in reference to his late military operations in the Shenandoah valley, and con- sequently he retires from his command, under the pressure of what he deems an insupportable act of injustice. We apprehend, however, that General Fre- mont, in this matter, has not performed so much the character of the patriotic soldier as that of the restless and umbitious politician If we are not mistaken, he was instructed, in moving across from the Western mountains of Virginia to the Shenandoah valley, to strike into that valley at Harrisonburg or in that neighborhood, 80 as to head off the upward flight of Jackson; but instead of doing this General Fremont struck into the valley some fifty miles lower down, at Strasburg, and only to find that Jackson was abead of him. We grant that General Fremont commenced a vigorous pursuit, and, overhauling Jackson near Harrisonburg, damaged him considerably in two bloody battles; but still the rebel gene- ral, with the bulk of his army, contrived to make good his escape. And so, whatever blunders may be chargeable to his co-operat- ing generals from the east, or elsewhere, Gene- ral Fremont could hardly expect to escape the responsibility of the violation of his orders, when this violation resulted in the failure of his expedition. The government, upon this offence of disobe- dience, would have been justified in turning him at once out of his command and out of the service; but he was retained, in consideration of the fact that, although guilty of disregarding his orders, he had earnestly labored to achieve success, and, perbaps, from that other conside- ration, that the escape of Jackson was due as much to the blunders of the War Office itself as to the disobedience of Fremont. The President has displayed his characteristic magnanimity in permitting General Fremont to retire from his command in Virginia without retiring from his pay and perquisites as a major general of the regular army. It is to be hoped, however, that he will not long consent to eat the bread of idleness, éven though he may not be able to find an opening in the active field of war equal to his own valuation of his claims, merits and capabilities. Our philosophers of the Tribune, who seem to regard him, soldier, anti-slavery statesman, phi- lanthropist and philosopher, as something consi- derably above the ordinary standard of human wisdom, are constrained to confess that General Fremont has made a grave mistake in giving up, at this crisis, the command of his army corps in the important field of Virginia. We think the probabilities are that this mistake will shelve him as a milltary leader and as the favorite Presidential champion of his political abolition faction. After the expulsion or dis- persion of the armed rebel forces of Virginia, we believe there will be very little more to do to bring this rebellion to an end, and that General Fremont must seek to be reinstated in active service somewhere in Virginia, and that very soon, or his chances will be lost for re- pairing the damages which his military reputa- tion has lately suffered. To his emancipation heresies and his political ambition, and his abolition supporters, he may attribute his present unfortunate position. If he would recover from it he must come down, and without delay, from his lofty pretensions as 8 politician, and consent to serve in this war with unquestioning fidelity the cause of the Union, whether in a superior or subordinate command. An offer such as this will atone for his demoralizing example of resigning his com- mand, as we may say, in the face of the enemy, upon a question of rank and precedence. Let him make this offer, and he may perhaps still recover the ground he has lost; but let him stand out upon his dignity, and his military and political prospects are at an end. Tue Bayxrupr Law—Wi. It Pass?—We hope Congress will take up this measure and pass it before it adjourns. It has time enough to do it. The bills before the committees are carefully prepared from the laws which expe- rience has rendered necessary in other coun- tries, and a year’s deliberation would not be likely to produce a better system. The bills proposed combine the interests both of debtors and creditors, as far as they can be reconciled in theory. If in the practical working of the measure some slight amendments should prove necessary, they can easily be made. The im- portant consideration is to set free the energies of our active merchants, manufacturers and artisans. Beside this any error in the bank- tupt law would be s mere bagatelle. The soldiers of the Union army, whether in the new homes they may select or in the old homes where their business has been ruined, greatly need this act of public justice. Here is a prac- tical measure, which the domestic troubles of the country have rendered necessary, and if Congress should neglect] it the whole country will arrive at the conclusion that the reason is that Congreas has no patriotism, and that no measure is acceptable to the majority that is not of a strong party character. Whatever is for the common benefit, and absolutely essential to the success of the financi#] operations of the government itself, is completely ignored. But we hope better of Congress, bad as are our reminiscences of its course during the last two years. Cotonen Francis P. Buatr on tHe Coxserva- TIVE Pratror.—Colonel Blair, the present representative of the First Congressional dis- trict of Missouri, has announced himself a can- didate for re-election, on a conservative plat- form, in opposition to the radical abolition element of the republican party. Mr. Blair has been in a position at Washington that has enabled him to understand fully the objects and intent of the radical portion of the party, and, although at one time counted among their number, he has now shown to the public that he no longer travels in their company. The decision of Mr. Blair is only the com- meacement of the repudiation by its most talented men of the efforts to turn the party over body and breeches to the abolition ole- only salvation is to cut loose from the radical faction and their disunion intrigues. . Affairs in Richmond. We publish in another column this morning a very interesting narrative of the escape of Mr. John White, a British subject, from the confederacy of Jeff. Davis. Mr. White is a most intelligent gentleman. His statements of af- fairs at Richmond are important and interest ing, and we deem them reliable. * Mr. White bas been employed for the past two years asa clerk in @ store at Macon, Geor- gia. He left Macon on the 17th of last March, with the intention of quitting the Confederate States. On Wednesday last he arrived in this city, having been all this while effecting his es- cape. Seven weeks of this time he spent at Richmond, vainly endeavoring to obtain a pass either from the British Consul or the rebel Secretary of: War. Finally he succeeded in procuring a pass to Petersburg, whence he pro- ceeded on foot to’ Suffolk and surrendered him- self to the Union pickets. General Mansfield having heard his story, forwarded him to New York. Mr. White brought with him, concealed about his person, sixteen thousand dollars worth of English bills of exchange, consigned to a merchant in this city. Of the strength of the rebel army at Rich-| mond Mr White knows nothing. No civilian is permitted to approach the army camps, and no idea could be formed of the number of the forces in the field. Having visited the Richmond hospitals, however, Mr. White is enabled to give arough estimate of the rebel sick and wounded. The churches, warehouses, public halls and large stores are all used as hospitals, and not less than thirty thousand rebel soldiers are in the hospitals of Richmond. The greatest scarcity and distress prevail there. Every available man has been forced into the army. The conscription act is rigorously carried out, and-starvation proves an excellent recruiting officer. There are still Union mea in Rich- mond, however, and Mr. White found no difficulty in meeting them among the soldiers and citizens. Of course they were guarded in their language; but some of them declared that “they were tired of the war and wanted it over,” and others that “they would gladly hail the old flag again.” From personal conversa- tions Mr. White is of the opinion that no less than one-third of the Richmond people are at heart true to the Union and pray for McClellan’s success. This is, indeed, cheering news. Of the rebel treatment of foreigners Mr. White has a word to say, which we recommend to the attention of the English press. He found his pass from the British Consul at Macon of no more value thana piece of blank paper. He applied to the British Consul at Richmond; but the Consul informed him that consuls were now powerless. When he informed the rebel Secretary of War that he was a British subject, Mr. White was told that “they did not care for England; that they intended to manage their affairs in their own way. without any re- gard to the feelings of her Britannic Majesty,” and much more to the same effect. No foreign- er is allowed to receive employment of any kind without taking the oath of allegiance to the confederacy, and the moment this oath is taken the foreigner becomes a subject of Joff. Davis; his Consul cannot protect him, and he is immediately drafted under the conscription act. Hundreds of British subjects have been caught in this trap. They must either enlist or starve; for they are not allowed to leave the confede- racy under any pretext, and cannot work there without taking the oath. A number of respecta- ble Englishmen, with several ladies, are now at the Spottswood House in Richmond. They cannot leave the rebel lines—cannot write to or receive letters from their friends here, and cannot tell what will become of them when their present means are exhausted. Lord Pal- merston, Earl Russell, Gregory, M. P., and the London Times have a great deal of sympathy with the rebel ladies. Have they none left for these poor English ladies, confined by the rebel authorities at Richmond? Mr. White sums up his description of life in Rebeldom by the emphatic assertion that he would not stay there another week for a thou. sand dollars, even if his safe return hither was guaranteed. From our Union pickets he re- ceived the first cup of coffee he had seen for months. On his journey from Petersburg to Suffolk he saw @ battalion of rebel troops burn forty bales of cotton belonging to a poor woman; and he relates a thousand other in- stances, only too well authenticated, of rebel cruelty and oppression. The journals of Mr. White’s own country may find ia his narrative food for much reflection. To us it is only another proof of facts which we have repeated- jy stated, and we join with the Union men of Richmond in hoping and believing that before many days the old flag of the Union will wave over the rebel capital, announcing the end of the rebellion and the restoration of Virginia to the old Union, undivided, inseparable and eter- nal. Tux Prorosep New Issve of Treasury Nores.—A desperate effort is being made by a few members of Congress, backed by several journals and politicians in this’ vicinity, to prevent the passage of the law autho- rizing @ new issue of Treasury notes. A con- stant cry is kept up that the country will be flooded, and that there will be a rapid inflation, foHowed by a panic and general financial distress and ruin. The same argu. ment was used by these financiers both against the issue of the green backs and the legal ten- der notes of February last; but the result of these experiments has in every way been satis- factory, and the very reverse of the predictions of these financial prophets. The first issue of the green backs bas long since disappeared from circulation, and they command nearly as high a pre- mium as gold. The second, or the legal tender notes, have also become quite scarce. They are eagerly sought for by all classes, and but few are to be had even for the purpose of being funded into United States bonds. A portion of this issue of ninety millions is circulating in the Western States—taking the place of the currency that was withdrawn by the collapse of the Western banks, owing to the depression of the Southern securities, the basis of the circulation of those banks—and they are said to be so scarce even there that they are commanding a premium. As these notes are convertible into United States six per cent bonds, capitalists made extensive preparations to invest them in those securities. A few millions were in that way funded, when it was found that business circles were drained, and that the ordinary business transactions suffered for the went of ® cirgulating medium, these notes to exchange for government bonds, and at the same time there is a pressing want for additional circulating medium. These facts are sufficient proof of the fallacy of the argument raised against the proposed new issue. The favorable experience of the public in the past issues has given them full confidence in the issue now proposed, and already it is acknowledged that they are actu- ally needed for the ordinary business transac- tions. The idea that the country will be ruin- ously flooded by them is perfectly preposter- ous. The moment that they become plenty capitalists will take the favorable opportunity to invest in government bonds, in which they are to be made convertible, and thus they will to that extent be withdrawn from circulation and cancelled by the government. They thus not only furnish a relief to business transactions, but facilitate funding the United States debt. ‘Tue Ratzrau (N. C.) Sranparp AND THE Ricu. Monb Enqurren.—aA recent number of the Raleigh Standard records the fact that there is a bitter controversy going on between the editor of that sheet and the Richmond Enquirer. The editors of the latter sheet have seen fit to take the editor of the Standard to task for its plain and outspoken facts in reference to Jeff. Davis and his so-called Southern confederacy, and its support of Zebulon B. Vance, the conservative and anti-Jeff. Davis candidate for Governor. The Standard answers back as good as it receives, and makes some decided home thrusts on the State,rights party of the State, as well as Jeff. Davis & Company at Richmond. The two gubernatorial candidates are Zebu- jon B. Vance and William Johnston; the former supported by William A. Graham and the con- servative and Union men of the State, and the other by the out and out secessionists, the fire- eating and cotton burning party. The contest is becoming quite interesting, not only in the “Old North State,” but throughout the so- called Southern confederacy, as is plainly appa- rent by the interest manifested in it by the Richmond papers. The conservative party manifest no disposition to yield to the dictation of the fire-eaters, but, on the other hand, are conducting the canvass with all the energy in their power, confident of carrying everything before them. Death of Mrs. General Winfield Scott. Telegraphic news from West Point brings us the intel- ligence of the death of the wife of the veteran hero, General Scott. It appears that the subject of our sketch lied at Rome, in Italy, on the 10th of June, 1862, at the advanced age of seventy-two years, and during her last illness was attended by her daughter and éon-in- law, Colouel Henry L. Scott. Although bearing the game name, Colonel Scott is not known ds a relation to the hero of the Mexican war except by marriage. Mrs. Scott was, in her younger days, one of the most dashing belles of Virginia, and is reported as having been a very brilliant woman, bearing off the palm of the era of hor youth. A very curious story is told of her early days, at the time when it is said Winfleld Scott of- fered her his hand. The story goes that she rejected him at first, but gave him to understand thit on one candition she would marry bim. He was to go forth into the world and win such a,position as in hor epiniou would make bim worthy of her. To win her, and to make himself ‘‘wortby of her,’ was now the object of young Scott’s ambition; and, it is said, this thought so inspired his. heart and stimulated him that he was enabled to accomplish those heroic deeds in the army which have immortalized his name and crowned his noble head with laurels, and earned for him his country's love, honor aud respect. So goes the story, and it is a very romantic one; but, like many of a similar nature that form tho ourrent conversation of the world, there may not be even a shadow of truth in it. Mrs. Scott has spent a great portion of hor latter years in Paris, and the veteran her not long since crossed the ocean for the double purpose of recovering his health and visiting her in her transatlantic homo. The threatened difficulties with England, arising out of the Trent affair, were deemed sufficient cause by Genera! Scott to bring him back w his native land, in which be bas since remained. Personal Intelligence. We notieed the arrival from London, about a month sinco, of Senor Don Desiderte Trujillo, from the republic of Paraguay. Senor Trujillo has visited all the navy yards of England and France, and his visit to this coun- try is in compliance with the ordors of his government to inspect the improvements now being made in the naval architecture of our vessels-of-war and gunboats at the several United States navy yards. Senor Trujiilo bas had every facility extended to him in examining the works at our itterent navy yards, and expressos him- self highly pleased with examiuations and the at- tentions shown him. He roturns to Paraguay, via Liverpool, on the 2d July, bysteamer China, to make his report to bis governmont on the improvements now making in our navalarchitecture. Dr. Hammond, Surgeon General of the United States Army, left tne Metropolitan Hotel yesterday for a per- Mog tion of the hospital being constructed on David's . The Navy. Monawk—Steam gunboat, seven guns—Has received a thorough and extensive overhauiling , now guns, boilers, &e., and will sail on Monday next for Port Royal,8.C., taking mails, paasevgors and express matter for the South Atlantic blockading squadron. any person do- siring to send presents to their friends can do so by directing to the care of the Naval Lyceum, Brookly Navy Yard. The following is a correct list of the officers of the Mohawk:— Commander—Araon K. bg ined i r—Geo. B. Durand, . Smalley, E. F. Tillinghurst. Pa H. Andrews. Assistant Surgeom.—Geo. W. Woods. Engincers—Second Assistant, 8. Carponter;Third As- sistants. Wm. King, E. K. Morrison, S. E. Whitney. in's Ulerk—I in ¥. Monroe. Paymaster’s Clerk—Louis J. Kano. Acting Master's Mates—Tnos. Holiand, Alfred Hornsby, Thos. G. Speight. News from California. Say Francitco, Jume 25, 1862. The steamsbip Sierra Nevada arrived yesterday from the Northern coast bringing over $200,000 worth of gold dust from Oregon and $33,000 from British Columbia- ‘Sailed ship Young Mechanic for Callao. Racing in Philadelphia. Pmuaperenta, June 28, 1862. ‘The fourth and last day's racing of the Philadelphia meeting was held to-day. Tho weather being fine a large assemblage was present. ‘The first race, for a purse of $1,000, three mile heats, was won by Idlewild in two straight heats. Time, 5:48%¢ and 6:48. The race fa the Continental Hotel prize, ladies gift, a half mile dash, was won by Mr. Warnock’s colt in two straight beats. Time, 62 seconds and 55 seconds. The Case of Appleton Oaksmith. Bostox, June 28, 1862. Tho bearing for a now trial tn the case of Appleton Oakemith, convicted of being engaged in tho slave trade, has been postponed until the October term of the bail was Axed at $6,000. Witarncton, Del. , June 28, 1862. The brig Princeton, from Philadelphia, bound to Bos- ton, while lying at anchor in Bombay Hook, was run into by the brig Amanda Jane, of Newport, and bas arrived here for repairs, having lost jib boom, top timber, cat- head and part of standing rigging. Bier Allowed *0 be Theatres. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Before Hon. Judge Barnard. Jon 28.—The People vs. Joseph Hart.—The defendant in this case is proprietor of the Volks Garton, Bowery, and was brought before tho Court on a writ of habeas corpus. The return made to the writ wae that defendant was charged with having gold lager bier to his audionce during a theatrical performance. The Judge discharged Hart, holding that he had not committed any offence. This deci#ion accords with thone already rendered by City Judge McCunn and Recorder loffman. reer Atte the people, Mr. ©. B. Whitehead, Asgiatant District Attorney; for defendant, Messrs, Cline ou and Atalknecht, : Lager Sold in Passage of the Confiscation Bill in the Senate. WASHINGTON. Meeting of the Conservative Members of Congress. The Crittenden Resolutions Explained and Reaflirmed. Important Declarations Relative to Rebels and Abolitionists, Confis- cation and Emancipation, . &., &., &. ‘Wasruncron, Juno 28, 1862, THE CAUCUS OF CONSERVATIVES. ‘The caucus of conservatives in the hall of the House of Representatives was less successful than was expected, From some cause there was not even a full meeting of the border State ropresentatives, and no recognized member of the republican party was present, Itis seriously doubted by many of the most conservative men here whether this effort at a conservative organiza- tion, composed exclusively of border State men, is not Productive of more harm than good to the very cause they are anxious to promote. The separation of this political element from all others is tending to conso- lidate the conservative with the radical republicans, and to weaken the prospect of a practical and successful con- servative organization. It is dividing the supporters of the administration, and driving the strongest portion of them into an apparent, if not a real, coalition with ite fiercest and most implacable opponents. This, at least, is the current comment upon the effort of to-day, and may havo had some influenee in producing a thin attend- ance upon the caucus, although that was attributed by some to a misapprehension of the hour for the meeting. THE PASSAGE OF THE CONFISCATION BILL. ‘The adoption of Mr. Clark’s amendmeht to the Confis. cation Dill, after a fierce debate and warm words be- tween the two factions, is regarded as an unmistakabie triumph of the conservatives over the radical republi- cans. It has occasioned bitter denunciations by leading radicals. It is apparent, however, that the republi- cans proper were about equally divided between the House bill and Mr. Clark’s amendment, and have adopt- ed the amendment by the aid of the opponents of confis- cation, who voted for it as the milder and less obnoxious of the two bills. The radicals were in the end com: pelled to vote for it or to go without any Confiscation bill. ‘There was no other business of importance transacted in the Senato to-day. In the exocutive session some un, important nominations were acted upon. WHAT IS SAID OF FREMONT’S CONDUCT. ‘The conduct of General Fremont has forfeited the sup- port of nearly all of those who were ardently supporting him. Many who were his strongest friends are now willing to ‘* whistle him down the wind.” Thoy believe that he has committed political suicide, and will never be able to recover from this lest most miserable faus pos. Tho action of the President is universally approved, and the conduct of General Banks highly commended. « WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE CONTRABANDS? ‘The disposal to be made of the contrabands is becoming a serious question. Some few have found thelr way to the Northern States, considerable number have been induced to go to Hayti, but the quantity of fugitives to protection at every station of our army is increasing to an alarming extent. They cannot all be fed, and thero is not work enough at these stations for employment of alp of them, and it is out of the question that they shall be maintained for any length of time in idleness. A practi- cal suggestion has been made, that thousands of these contrabands should be set at work en the proposed ruilroad to the Pacific, and in the construction of other railroads required for present military uses and cor future facilities to the government. The corporaters of the Pacific Railroad are to be summoned to a meeting atChicago in September next, for the organization o¢ the corporation and the inauguration of the enterprise. ARRIVAL OF MAJOR PRINCE FROM KANSAS. Major Prince, United States Army, lately command- ing at Fort Leavenworth, has arrived here on im- portant business with the government. ARMY APPOINTMENTS. G.C. Davidson, of Albany, N. Y., nas been appointed Aid-de-Camp to General Sturgis, with the rank of Colonel; Henry Brickmaster, from Kansas, was to-day confirmed by the Sonate as Brigade Surgeon. IMPORTANT TO SHIPMASTERS TRADING TO PORTUGAL, ‘The State Department has received a decreo of the Portuguese government, by which it appears that mas- ters of vessels are bound to exhibit, on entering the porta of Portugal, manifests and other documents, authenti- cated by the consular agents of Portugul at the ports of departure of the vessels, and, in theabsonce os such agents by tho local authoritics. Masters must also pro- vide themselves with manifests at all the ports where they may receive cargo. All who fail to comply with the foregoing will be liable to the respective fines, FATAL AFFRAY AT MANASSAS. At Manassas ono soldier was killed by another to-day by shooting. Botn were drunk. Four men have been found dead within the last twenty-four hours, in conse- quence of drinking whiskey,a large quantity of which was captured last night. The dealer in it has beom placed under arrest. PROSPECT OF THB FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF CON- Gness. Mr. Fessenden , toward tho close of the proceedings in the Senate on Friday, urgod prompt action upon the mea- sures pending, and stated that if this course should not be pursued that the body might be left without a quo- rum. He mentioned, in this connection, that Senatora wore already leaving tho city, and that one from California and another from Minnosots had departed. He alluded to Senators Latham and Rice. Senator Lane, of Kansas, remarked that he, too, was desirous of au carly return to that ‘State, but would remain to vote on the Confiscation bill, which is now before that body. In the House tho number necessary to constitute @ quorum is obtained without regard to tho non-represented States; but in the Senate s majority of the Senators from the thirty-four Statos is necessary for that purpose—in other words, thirty-five members. The entire number of elected Senators on the roll of that body is forty- nine, including the name of Johnson, of Tennessee. PUNISHMENT OF CONGRESSMEN WHO PROCURB CON- TRACTS AND OFFICES FOR A CONSIDERATION. Senator Simmons was not been expelled from the Se- nate on Friday; but was killed by inches in the discussion Of the bill, which passed, providing that fine, imprison- ment and disqualification for holding office, are to be tho penalties when Congressmen, for pecuniary considera- tions, shall procure contracts and place, or when Cabinet officials and others shall give contracts or place for a. consideration. Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, engineored this bill, which was #0 necessary to vindicate the majes- ty of popular government. It is to the credit of tha republicans that they sought not to shield any offeader,and both Messrs. Halo and Trumbull as- sorted that corrupt practices, touching the procuration of contracts, wore not confined to Congressmen, but ox- tended to those who had been Cabinet Ministers. Mr; Hale stated that there wore cases whore Cabinet officers had enlarged the prices at which contractors had stipus inted to deliver articles, &c. In debate, two or three’ days since, Mr. Garrett Davis said, that under contracts to deliver mules at Cincinnati, which ware to be three years old, there had been received by gorrupt govern- ment inspectors those that were but cighteen er twenty months old, SOLDIERS’ ALLOTY ENTS. ‘The allotment systom is repo'rted by Mr. Roosevelt, one of the New York Allotment Commissionors—who has devoted much time to this wor'¢ of charity—to be work. jug entirely to the satisfactior, of the regiments he has soon hore in which it has begn adopted. After the trial wiven to ita large number of soldiers have added their names to the rolls during his last visit. CONGRESSMEN NOT AL",OWED TO VISIT THE PENIN- SULA. It is said that the © soretary of tho Navy bas doolinod tolet a party of Ce ngrossi have a governmont steam. or wherewith to make the u@@l weekly pleasure excure sion to General, MeClellan’s army. PERS'YNAL DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE. Senators Crumbull and Dixon had quite an oxcited pers soval dis¢usgion at the heel of Friday's sossion of tho Senne, It sprung from the dequaciation by the formes a