The New York Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1862, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNKTYS, EDIIOR AND PROPRIETOR, OPFICEN. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASS ag sts. Voimme XXVIL.....6 — No, 197 AMUSEMENTS THIS BVYENING, WALLACK'S THEATRE, No. & Broadway.—Pes Dia Cio —thintt Exiom st LA RA KEENB'S THEATEE, Broadway.—Faxcaow tHe CKiCKET. WINTER GARDEN. Brosdway. om Gat—Livee ie Cogsin— Aa ance OF SLND, NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Lire axp ap WEN TURES OF JACK See nasmnain Carxore's Loo. NIXON'S CREMOR: +3 GARDEN, Pourtennth street and Biath aver e—Orea., BabLet, (aoffxaoe Comoer anv Bovesraastoe AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadwi tall houre Mra afte; uoun and even: CHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 585 Broadway. —-Ermiortay ANCKS, £0.—Figut FoR Uncim Sam. wroors MINSTREL HALL, 514 B: Dasoxs, dc —Dows tn Ovn iway.-Brsortan we HITCHCOCK'’s THEATRE AND MUSIC HALL, Canal treet. —sOngs, Dances, BURLES.UES, £0, GAIETIFES CONCERT HALL, 6 66 Broadway, —Duswize Roos Ewrerramuars PEOFLE’s MUSIC HALL, 6 Bowery.—Soxcs, Damezs, Bumissuves, sc. PARISIAN CABINET or WONDERS, 563 Broadway.— @penu daily frow 10 A. M. ull OP. Mt, 69 ~ New York, 8: 1862. nnainn July THE SITUATION. ‘The news from Gen. McClellan’s army is up to last night. No militury movements have taken place. The health of the troops is good, and everything {oks flourishing in the army. Gen. Pope bas taken possession of the town of Gordonsvill:, Va., without opposition, and has de- atroyed all ‘he railroad works at that point. As the greater portion ot the supplies for the rebel army at Richmoud passed through this place, which is the junction of the Orange, Alexandria and Vir- ginia Central Railroad, this feat of Gen. Pope's is of considerable importance. The General has issued au order to the effect that the army is here after to subsist upon the country in which their operations ure carried on, and that for the provi- sions so appropriated State vouchers will be given to the owners thereof, payable at the conclusion of the war, provided that the parties can prove themselves ioyal citizens of the United States. Another order of General Pope huids the people residing within a certain distance of the railroads responsibie for the damage done by guerillas or other parties of marauders, and comp «lig such residents to repair the damage» eo done; and furthermore declaring that all per- sons detected in destroying railroads or telegraph ines glial! be shot. No such acts, he says, ca: intluence the result of the war, and they can only lead to heavy alliction for the people who practise them. According to reports which reached us from Philadelphia yesterday, Genera! Halleck has been recalled from his military post in the West, and ap- poiuted Comaiander-ia-Chicf of the armies of the United States. tion in the city, and the surmises as to the objec ‘This news created no little «: of the change were many and various. General Halleck has undoubtedly been called te Washington, and though we were aware for a long time past that he wa+ under orders to repar thither, it was not proper to make the fact pubtic for mauy reasous, Whether be goes there, 48 be probably does, to act as the military adviser the President, it is not at all likely that he is in any way to interfere with the position or the con mand of Genera! McCle!lau. The course of th Officer will not be affected by the change in Gen eral Halieck’s location, aor will his ments be in th: Everything will doubtie«s go along, as far ag General MeClel lan is concerned, iu the usual fashion im the Army of the foiomac Our army © ndence from Harrison's Lan‘- ing and Fortress Monroe to-day will be found fu’! of interest. The adiitional jist of killed and wounded in the late battles is very full. By the City of Washington, off Cape Race, w have news from Europe to the lth of July, four days later. It wos said that the Euiperor of France had in- vited the Emperor of Russia to join him in offer ot “mediation” in the affairs of America, in con-e quences? the ‘‘-tubbornacss” of England. France, the London Herald says, has very serious intentions of interfering. The London Zines still writes onthe probability of the establishment of two nations on the North American continent. Napoicon seemed to be, at the latest moment, sorely perplexed with bis Mexican difficulty. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The City of Washington, from the L0th of July, passe.l Cape Race yesterday af. ternoon, on her voyage to New York. Her news ® four days later than that brought by th Persia. The Liverpool cotton market was on the 10th of July wnsettled and flat, and Surats experienced § decline of one-fourth of a penny per pound. The brealstulfs market was firm on the sume day. Provisions were very dull. Consola closed in Lon- don on the 10th of July at 9244 for money. The Bank of England bad reduced ite minimum rate of discount to two and « half per cent. Inthe English House of Lords fears were ex- Pressed that the flag of France woald now be used te cover ships cugaged in the African slave trade. Tt was thought that the Guiway steamship subsidy would be restored. We have files from Bermuda dated on the &th of July; but the papers do not contain any news of interest. It will be seen, by reference to our advertise- ments this morning, that the citizens of the Six- teenth ward of this city are to havo a meeting to- wight for the purpose of pushing forward en. listments and increasing the Union army. The meeting will no doubt be weil attended, and we trust be of great service to the country. ( Fernando de Mareton was tried in the United Brates Circuit Court on Thursday, before Judge Shipman, for the muir of Francis Vincent, on board the ship Hlonde: Mr. Edwin James made an eloquent appeal t the jury on belalf of the prisoner. The United States District Attorney replied for the prosecution, and the Jury, after an absence of two hours, found a verdict of guilty ‘with @ strong recommendation to mercy. Mr. James took several legal oljections, which are re- served for argument. Yesterday morning the jo Fy signed a petition to the President for a commu. tation of the penalty. An effort ix boing made in Phil litary m least interfered with. resp stown on ‘dolphia to raise 100,000 by voluniMry suber) tious among tae | 1 merchants, for the purpose of putting ten new regiments into the field from that city without de ‘ay. The design is to have one handred sub- cribers, each of whom will give $1,000 toward> this fund. Many have a'ready responded, The State Convention of the republican and peopie’s parties of the State of Pennsylvania met at the Capitol, im Harrisburg, on Tharsday morn ing, ‘ to nominate candidates for the offices of Au- ditor General and Surveyor General, and to take such measures a8 may be deemed necessary to strengthen the goverument in this season of com- mon peril to # common country.” The attendance of delegates was very large. Resolutions were ananimously passed endorsing the acts of the ad- ministration, expressing the strongest confidence in the President, and pledging the people of Penn- sylvania to sustain the covernment in the prosecu- tion of the war until the rebellion is effectually suppressed, The tullowing neminations were una- nimously made:— For Auditor General—Thomas E. Cochrane. For Surveyor Generai--William 8. Ross. Right Reverend Andrew Byrne, Catholic Bishop of Arkansas, died at Little Rock on the lth of June last. He was well known in this city, having been pastor of St. James’ church, James axe about twenty years since. An informal mass meeting of the citizens of Nashville was held on Sunday last, when the ru- mor of an advance of the rebels reached that city. Stirring speeches were made by Governor John- son, Hon. Wm. B. Stokes and others, and a firm de- termination was expressed by the loyal citizens to aid the military force by every meuns in their power, in cage the rebels made an advance on the city. The meeting was contiaued on the following day. The Nashvile Union says that if the enemy makes an attack ‘we can repulse him with a slanghter that he will remember forever.’” A National Exhibition of Anglo-African Indus- try and Art isto be held in this city in the early part of the ensuing fall. W. P. Prentice, of Albany, New York, who hag served two campaigns under Gen, 0. M. Mitchel, publishes a card in the Albany Evening Journal of Thursday, in which he denies the truth of the charges against that General which have lately appeared in the Louisville Journal. The directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road Company are preparing new iron bridges in place of the wooden ones destroyed (about twenty nnamber) by the rebels, in June, 1861. The large bridge at Harper's Ferry is nearly completed. A meeting of the prominent men engaged in the ron trade met in Philadelphia on Tuesday, and idopted resolutions to further the interests of the trade in future. Lessening the time of credit on sales from six to four months was decided on, among other things. An interesting trial is progressing at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, it being nothing less than a lega} testing of the question as to the right of private individuals to issue shinplasters in that State. The stock market was dul! and generally lower yester day. No particular cavse wus assigned fer the decline. Government sixes declined 13g per cent. Money was casier, being abindant at five percemt. Gold rose to 110%, bus closet at about 118%. Exchange rose to 131}¢. but closed weak at 131. The cotion market was firmer and higher yesterday, with a further materia! advance tn prices. The sales embraced about 1,200 bales, closing on tho basis of 50c, perlb. for middiing uplands. The government auction sale of 582 bales, chiefly poor middling, drew a good =attendance, and brought 444%;c. a 47c. a 50c., the Iatter figure for soarcely middling quality. These high prices but too plainly indicate the paucity of stock in the market, which seems to“ grow amall by degrees and beanti‘uily less.’ The effects of an inflated currency and high rates of sterling were visibly demonstrated yesterday upon the market for breadstuffs. Flour was active at an advance of de. @ L5e. per bbl, Wheat was active and 20. a 3c. higher. Corn was quist and lc. @ Lge. per bushel better. Po k was Srm and in good demand, with sales of moss at $11 and of prime at $3 75 a $9. were active and ie 4 \¢e. higher than at the close of last week. The sales ombraced 1,400 h The Mossrs. Stuart’a prices for holr refined goods will be found in another column, offea wan firm, with moderate sales. Freights were nite stoa ly, especially for flour, while engagements made to a ‘air oxtnt. ‘ihe President, the Governnient and the Abolition Traitors, Some problems solve themselves. To save ‘abor, Talleyrand used to put all his corres- vondence aside for a month, and he found that \ther Time answered most of his letters, and aved him the trouble and expense of a secre ry. It would be well for us if we could trust me with many of the,questions which now erplex us. Parties have fought for years ‘bout the. tariff, and the tariff question has now ettled itself without the aid of any party. So, ‘or many years past, we have been arguing nd discussing the abslition question, until we have been argued and discussed into a terrible ivil war; and now, without argument or de date, the abolition question is solving itself at sfactorily, just like the temperance question, Se phalanx question, and a thousand other juestions of the past. By sheer force of cir- cumstances abolitionism is being forced to abolish iteelf, The fanatical and detestable Congress which bas just adjourned culminated its long series f outrageous legislation by a Confiscation i which was strongly abolition and aifestly unconstitutional. \To pass this bill the abolitionists concentrated their entire strength, and they succeeded; but their suc- cess proved a terrible defeat. The President fused to sign the bi!l, and drafted a veto mes- vage against it. The radical abolitionists raved and'stormed in vain. To save themselves from the rebuke of the mossage—to deliver which the President detained them in Washington ‘or twenty-four hours—the radicals were forced © veto their own bill, by passing a supple- mentary act amending and explaining it. Even this self-mortification did not wholly save them, however. The President signed their bill as unended, and with all the poison taken out of it; but he sent ther his veto message to assure Congress aud the country of his disapproval of the abolitionists. The rage and shame of the radicals were unbounded. The abolition or- gan, the Tribune, says that the message “fell like a wet blanket” upon the abolitionists. “It was supposed,” the Tribune continues, “that ifs author would commit it to the flames, afler signing the act. Some of the aoberest (’) Senators were urwilling to hear the mess read. No motion was made in the Senate to print it, and in the House it was a deadly foe to every republican or administration measure who made the motion for the printing of extra copies, which was defeated by the arrival of the hour of adjourn. iment,” after » “fHlibustering contest, in which John F. Potter and Thad. Stevens led the op- ponents of this usual motion.” The worat ny of the aboliton traitors could wish them (saster and could desire no more owiedyment of their utter defeat. rratulate the country, therefore, that the t has signalized the closing hours of an abo! ress by ® great con- tion Cor fervative tin: ph. We sare glad that Mr. Lin- coin bas proved trie to himself aud to the people, and has compelled the abolition traitors to comnrit political suicide, They made the Conliveation act the test question « Ley so framed ites bo embody the very esseace i Lien. & NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1862. of their venom against the South, and its pas- sage was equivalent to that of a general ey cipation act. The President bad quietly his time. Whatever may Lave been his disyu-t «t- this abolition Congress, he bad not thovelt 't politic to display it before. The goversment aeeded the support of Congresssiona! legisia- fion in order to put down the rebellion. The passage of the Tariff and Tax bills was necessary to, give the governmeut means; the passage of the Militia bill was necessary to give the government men; the passage of many minor bills was necessary to give the government power. Had the Presi- dent previously opposed the radicals, these billa would never have been passed. He wait- ed patiently, therefore, until every one of these necessary, indispensable bills had become a law, and then, when the radicals brought up their pet scheme, he deliberately put his foot down upon them and crushed them to atoms. No wonder that Wade raved like a madman, while Sumner sneaked cowardly away. No wonder tha@abolition Congressmen insultingly refused to listen to the reading of the President’s mes- sage. No wonder that the abolitionists of both the Senate and the House insolently declined to allow the message to be printed. No wonder that the abolition majority of the Senate sat with closed doors afterwards, and deliberately rejected every civil and military nomination in which the President was personally or specially interested, including that of General Marcy, the father-in-law of McClean. Having used them as he wished, the President, as the Tri- bune sorrowfully admita, has suddenly cut loose from the abolitionists forever, administered to them a kick by way of farewell, and taken his stand among the conservative masses upon the border State platform. The loyal people of the North are electrified by this glorious action of the President. They now desire him to go on in the right path and treat Northern and Southern traitors alike. By the logic of events abolitionism has been proven to be treason. Wendell Phillips, the arch- traitor of the North, declared at Boston, a few days ago, that “Jeff. Davis was doing less to break up the Union than President “Lincoln ;” that we “are paying the enormous penalty of millions of dollarsand thousands of lives for that bad system of government mis. called democrecy,” and that “from 1846 to 1861 the abolitionists had preached the iesson that over the ruins of the American church and the ruins of the American Union is the only exodus for the slave.” Greeley, the little abolition traitor, has again and again endorsed these sentiments, and has declared within the last few days that “the war was essentially over; that Europe would now recognize the confederacy, and that the Union would be dis- solved.” If this be not treason, what is? Abo- litionism, thus having proven itself treason, has also proven itself useless to aid the Union cause. Its intrigues have brought us only de- feat. MeClellan has in vain endeavored to get sblie bodied negroes to work for him in the trenches. Hunter, having freed by proclama- tion the slaves of three States, could not obtain one full regiment of blacks to use his Tribune inuskets and wear his red flannel army trowsers. The President could not be blind to these facts; bnt the abolitionists controlled Congress, and he therefore hesitated to rebuke them until the bills needed by the government were passed. As soon as those bills were laws, the President deliberately slapped abolitionism?in the face. Let him but follow up the biow by the arrest of one such traitor as Wendell Phillips, and the oyal North, enfrancbised from the enervating doubt as to whether the war is to be prose- ented for the Union or the negro, will rash to arms and crowd the field with patriot soldiers. Tak Ricevoyp Revers Byoinine To Cuanoe Tarin Mvaic.—The leading rebel organs at Richmond are no longer jubilant over their late imaginary victories, but are getting very uneasy in regard to the present position of General McClellan’s army. They are satisfied that his purpose is to take Richmond if he can, and, as they are not satisfied that he can be moyed off or kept out by the bayonet, they urge General Lee to bring the shovel into requisition, and vbrow up such a labyrinth of earthworks that Yankees can never get over them. The Riehmond Enquirer thinks that McClellan in- tends to use his army on beth sides of the river, to clear the way for our gunboats, and the gun- boats to clear the way for our army, and does not like this land and water programie, and is evidently afraid of the consequences Hence General Lee is urged to dig, dig, dig, Here we aro admonished of the advantages of hurrying up enlistments and reinforcements to McClellan be- fore General Lee can accomplish much in dig- ging. We hope these hints from the Richmond rebel organs will receive the prompt attention of the government. Esutstwents.—In another column will be found an interesting correspondence between Colonel W. Bliss and the Governors of nine dif- ferent States on the subject of enlistments, The’ Colonel, who is raising a regiment of cavalry, applied to them for authority to recruit men within their jurisdiction, The answer received by him in every case has been that all the men fit for the army are wanted to fill the regiments of each State at present in the field, or for the new regiments now being organized by it. This shows the earnest spirit with which the State governments are entering into the busi- ness of recruiting, dnd the anxiety that they feel to fill up immediately their respective quotas, We are not sorry that this plan of re- craiting men from other States to fill up our regiments is discouraged. New York has got to do her duty like the rest; and if any stimulus is wanted to keep her up to the mark means must be found to supply it. Governor Mor- gan’e offer of a State bounty of $50 will, we doubt not, go far to effect what is required. That sum, with the United States allowances—$2, $13, and $25 out of the $100 bounty—will en- title the soldier to $90 as soon as his company is complete. With such an inducement there ought to be no diffienlty in our immediately raising the quota allotted to us under the Pre sident’s call. Gree.ey on Miteace Reronm.—-The Mon. Maasa Greeley ts sorely distresved at the failure of the proposition in Congreas to reduce th paltry mileage of members of Congress one- balf; but he bas nothing to eay in denunciation of those rascaily contracts for gins, clothing, , &e., by which the Treasury has been and continues to be swindled out of millions of monéy, Some of these swindling jobs, per- 4 touch the Zribune concern in a ace; and hence, we suspect, this strain ng at a goat and swallowing @ camel by the sow Greeley. Our New System of Direot Tax i portance of New York and Gar Otner Central Cut Tie-e is no question of our national policy | that move intimately interests the peop'e at the preseat moment than the provisions and pros pechve operation of the new Tax law. The greatest anxiety is everywhere mauifested to know all about its ramifications aad purposes, and clearly to understand how the enactinent ts to allect the varied branches of Amencan cor meree, trade and industry. For the inf tion of the public in ths matter we bave al ready published an elaborate and carefully prepared tabular edition of the jaw. ‘Toughing its uvlity and necessity at ths time there is no doubt; but in executing its provisions there will be many things to be carefully considered by the legal and adinin:strative authorities of the city as well as of the Stave. « We have always telt the greatest interest in the success of this bill, and in its progress through the two houses of Congress we havi pressed upon the representatives of the poop'e the absolute nevessity of passing it into law We did this because we saw how necessary was the measure. Now we have some sugges tious to offer as to the mode of carrying it out efficiently—so far, at least, as the city of New York is concerned-—and it is fair to say that the same observations will apply to al! our other large cities. In the first place, it ap pears to us that this city should compose an entire and complete axsessment district. The provisions of the bill indicate that the intention of Congress is that the assessment districts shall belarge. Thus, the first section of the act provides “that any State or Territory or the District of Columbia may be erected int» one district; and, again, by the thirty-third section, “the Secretary of the Treasury is au thorized to make allowance to deputy col lectors in cases in which, from the extent o! the territory of the district, it may seem jus‘ to make such atlowance.”” While the bill was pending in the. Senate itwas aleo urged by a Senator from New York, and apparently con- ceded, “that the city of New York shouid not be divided into separate districts.” Now, inde pendently of the views of Congress on this sub ject, sound expediency and a desire for the efficient administration of the law require the adoption of this very course. By making the city of New York one district more tmportance and dignity of position will be given to the chief executive officer; his responsibility wil! be central and not divided; and a more perfec: system of action can thus be devised for, the whole city, while it will be very difficult t- evade the assessments and licenses guarantee: by law. To compiete the efficiency 0! the system for our cities, the asssesso: should be authorized to arrange his dis trict so as to be able to select his assistant~ without reference to locallty, and to dispose o them when employed so that their labore may be most beneficial and available to the public service. In many localities of the city of New York it will be most difficult, if not impossible to obtain auitable persons to discharge the duties of this new and responsible office whereas, if selections of capab!e men can be made without reference to the tramme!s of re sidence, a great difficulty and objection will be obviated. The appointment of the assessors is alao a question to be carefully considered. It will be as wrong as it would be dangerous to appoint these ofilcers from among immediate neighbors Because in many cases personal or politica: considerations may influence leniency; and other collateral facts, more weighty, perhaps. might present temptations too powerful and urgent to be easily resisted. It therefore ap- pears to us that the assessor, once properly appointed, should be allowed freely to ascer- tain what assistance he will reqiifré, aiid t ée- lect his aids without any rostraint whatever This Was the view taken in the Senate by Senator Harris, of New York, who said that the assensor in New York should be lott to follow the practi ce of the alieriffs, and to select Lis assist- auts from among the most intetligent men in his district. Hence the adoption of the amend ment of the Senate to the first part of the third section, giving authority to the Commise'oner o! Internal Revenue to regulate and limit the ar- rangements of the assessor. The office of assessor, as well as that of as- sistant, is of much importance. Men of posi- tion, integrity and mdustry should alone be selected to discharge its duties—always deli- cate, aud frequently onerous. Temptations will be held out, evasions attempted, pretexte of living or doing business in othor district: resorted to, and many other efforts made to avoid the plain provisions of the Jaw. Ai: these can readily be prevented by having one district and by selecting the assistants from the district at large. By this means political influence in wards can have no effect; personal influence cannot be exercised, and the subter- fuge of non-residence will be of no avail what- ever. Thus alone can the purposes of the law be thoroughly observed and its designs faith- fully executed. There is afso another fact to be observed under the fifty-seventh and sixty-third sections of the law. In the department of licenses a very large amount of revenue must be collected. This branch of the service alone will require an assistant assessor, whose exclusive attention must be devoted to it during the whole year. It is safe to estimate that not less than one hundred and fifty thousand persons in the city of New York will be annually subject to the section requiring licenses, And these are being constantly added» to and changed weekly— nay, almost daily. New business firms are formed, professional men added, hotels, saloons, . &c., opened. All these will require an officer constantly in charge, who sball keep an accu. rate register of everything transptring; and, as the act requires the Registry to be made by an assistant assessor—-(section 57)—such an officer must have the control of the matter. It would never do to divide the city, so far as licenses are concerned. The assessor of the city of New York should make the city one assessment dis- trict for licenses, and should appoint an assist- ant, who should have exctusive charge of its affairs; for it must be well known that the reve- nue to bo derived from Licenses. will be enor- mous in the city of New York. In concinding these observations, we will say that fora safe, economical aad faithful ad- ministration of the new Tax law in the city of New York there are three things requisite:— First—That the city of New York shall not sist of more than one assessment district. L—That the assevsor shall be authorized to were saistagt n the general district Third—That one asaietant assessor shal have charge of the registry of licenses. &e. These three cardinal principles will secure more efiiviency, fewer officers, and, conse- quent!y, less expense; a8 well a8 @ more tho- rough supervision by the assessor, and fewer temptations to evade or violate the law. ‘These retlections are worthy of consideration in euch a vital obange as that by which we are now threatened. We hope the law may realize everything hoped from it, as we believe it will do if it be properly administered, FoveRNMENT Conriscrs.— In another columa will be found some interesting extracts from the report of the Congressional committee on the contracts for the purehase and charter of vexsels, as well as army caps, to which we call the special attention of our readers. The cor- ruptions, extravagances and swindling that have been carried on since the commencemeng of the war are gradually being uncovered and plaved before the eyes of the public, who have been swindled and plundered in every direc” tion, First we had the Cataline contracts, where several politicians figured quite con- «picuously, to their own profit and to the loss of the government, Then came the dinen pants, straw hats, ale and porter, with confiding Cum- mings’ profits, Next in turn we had the “ tea tuble commission,” with Geo. D. Morgan’s two and a half per cent commission. Then came the extravazance in the St. Louis department, un- der General Frenont, with the purchase of re fected guns and carbines at an enormous figure. In due time ex-Secretary Cameron was ar raigned under a long list of extravagances, and a condemnatory resolutipn passed by the lower braneh of Congress, followed by a retort from the ex-Secretary in his farewell speech to the e'tizens of Harrisburg, throwing @ great deal of light on the jobbery of Congress. All this spiced with the Tribyne gun contract, and by shoddy uniforma and shoddy blankets, under this and Pennsy!vania State authorities. And now we have a supplementary report, civing dditional particulars in the charter and pur- shase of vessels, both noder the Navy and War departments, and additional commitsions, with some interesting facts ip regard to army caps by way of a variety. All this we can rendily see is not very pleas ing news to the masses of the people, who are now to submit to the burden of taxa tion. It would seem as though every person who has had anything to do with the purchases, or supplyiny the army and navy, had taken this hour of adversity of our nation to swindle the government and deplete the Treasury in every possible manner. The operations of officials in free wool lezislation, railroad grants, gales and purchases of s tes for forts and sales of reser- vations, and thé siealinge of Fioyd and other ficials under Buchanan, sink into insivnifi- cance when compared to these recent two and a half and five per cent commissions. and attempts to rob the government in its present critical and trying hour. Well may the people ask what next? The extracts referred to above, furnishing a they do some interesting and important facts in reference to the operations of George D- Morgan, under the authority of the Navy De partment, and John Tucker, the “General Transport Agent of the War Department,” in the chartering and purchasing of vessels, in eluding the Varuna, Constitution, Union and overnor, not only show how the public money has been squandered, but also how the lives of the gallant soldiers have been trified wit) und the interests of the government endanger- vd. When the agents of the governmert and contractors are thus spending their time ir devising ways and. means to deplete the Trea sury and pocket their commissions, is it to be wondered that when our army, after tho feint upon Manas«28, returned to the transports for (Le purpose of proceeding to the peninsula, they were obliged to walt for three or four Weeks. and until the enemy had suspected sre plan of General McCiciiag, for the yeason that no fue! sad been provided to get up steum. When the history of this war is carefully and eardidly written, it will be found that the delays and slow movements that have been charged upon our generals will be accounted for, to a grea! extent, by the swindling operations and commis" sions of department agente, in their efforts to add to their profits and increase their commis. sions. Tae Revcis ww rae Sovruwest.—It is re ported that Beauregard is gathering up the loose ends of his Western army at Chattanooga. Tennessee, to head off General Buell; that the rebel guerillas of Kentucky threaten to take Vrankfort, the State capital; that the rebe! General Hindman, with a large force, is close pon the track of General Curtis, in Arkansas; that large numbers of rebel steamboats and transports, worth several millions of dollars. are away up the Yazoo river; and that the rebel General Van Dorn, with his army of ten thousand men, though he has not taken Baton Rouge, intends to do so the moment after our gunboats are driven away from Vicksburg. Jn fact, the rebels are trying all sorts of raids and rumors in the Southwest tg divert onr govern- ment from the one great object of the rebel army of Richmond, upon which the life or death of this rebellion depends. General Hal- leck, however, has doubtiess fully posted the War Office upon all these ruses of the enemy. Oxp News.—The Harrisburg Union publishes a letter from Washington announcing the pos. session by the writer of positive proof that Horace Greeley, at the beginning of this war, told a number of his friends that he was in favor of the final separation of the Northern from the Southern half of this republic. There can be no doubt of the truth of this statement; but it is rather old news. All that the writer of the letter had 4o do was to turn to the files of the Tribune about twenty months ago and find these sentiments openly avowed. Greeley made no secret of tt. He has been a radical disunionist for many long years, in the same boat with Wendell Phillips, Lioyd Garrison and Charles Sumner. Greeley sometimes pretends that he is in favor of the war for the Union; but this he explains by saying that he is not in favor of a w@ for the old Union and the constitution, but for a new Union, on a new basis, with slavery abolished. If slavery be not abolished then he is not for the Union; for are not the Union and the constitution, formed by George Washington and his coniemporaries, “an agreement with death and a covenant with Hell?” So say they, all of them. Tue Preawent’s Veto Messace axp Tar Ato- Lition Rapicans.—According to the testimony of the Tribune's Washington correspondent on the subject, the abolition tadicals were ex- tremely incensed at the production by the President of his late veto message, after they had backed down from their delit con tempt of the constitution in the unaiter of tue as Confiscation bXL The message exposes ee broadly their infgynous conduct in this thing that they were anxitus to suppress it, if possi- ble; but they signally fadled in their efforts to do so, The President, in vindicating the con stitution, bas fully revealed ¢heir unscrupulous designs to the country, and the country will take a note of them. Meantime, let us be thankful that we have a President who, against all sorta of party threats and intrigues and schemes, firmly adheres to the constitution. Tue Soupmers ov THE Pay Roits anD THOSE in Servicr.—Secretary Cameron, in his report to Congress, stated that there were over six hundred thousand soldiers in the service of the government. There is no question that the pay rolls exhibited that number, when, is reality, there were only about five hundred thousand actually in the service. This dis crepancy is now said to be accounted for from the fact that the paymasters returned lists of the different regiments with their full quota of men, when, in fact, many of them fell two an@d three hundred short. The money for the pay- ment, uccording to the lists returned, was drawn from the government. The public cao ‘raw their own inference as to the disposition of the surplus, or the amount drawn for the two or three hundred men over and above those actually in the regiments. Herets an- other important item in the cost of the war, and an additional chapter on the swindling operations that have been carried on. Is there not aome way by which these paymasters and their accomplices, whoever they are, can be made to disgorge their fraudulent gains and re turn them to the Treasury? Brena or A Fratuer.—The Anglo-African is ut in a terribie leader against Genera, MeCletlan and the President, because they don’t elevete the blacks to the level of the white cuce by giving them arms to fight in this war. In common with the Tritnms, tag te dri d mulat- co ridfules the President aed our greatest general, and predicts that “this miserable race pride will have a fail.” The Anqlo-African holds that twenty millions of Northern whiw men cannot conquer ten millions of Southern white men without the aid of the puissant blacks, who have had every opportunity given ihein to rise at the South, but either do not dare wv do not desire to engage in the conflict ‘There will soon be an end,” quoth the Anglo- African, “of Mr. Lincoln’s jokes, gyrations and hauniliating appeals to border States trai- tors.” Here is @ bird of the same feather with Greeley. The patriotic President desires to retain the border States as the sheet anchor af the Upton; the Anglo-African and the Tribune long to see the border States forced out of the Union, in order to secure the eternal separation of the South from the North, This is what the radical knaves and fanatics have been moving Heaven, earth and pandemonium for during the last thirty years, and now their fever is at its crisis. They will soon get a covling or die by hemp. . erence Wautact’s.—On Mouday next a graud complimentary benefit will be given to Mr. and Mra. Fi co by the company, orchestra, daliet troupe and e' eatablishtnent. Those universai favorites, Mr. and Mrs. Ba: ney Willlams, have volunteered their services, and Mes. Geo, F Browne will also appear, the throes sisters Offering a combination of talent that is rarely to be wn nessed on our boards. Those who bave never had aa opportunity of seoing them play togecher would do well not to miss this occasion. op Par E, Mozio” This popalar com ponition, which was introduced in the ball scene in the **Ballo en Masche: at the Academy of Music, amd which sized hold of ev: n@ from its vivacity and the brig and charm of its molo ty, has just been published by Beer & Schirmer. Tt has boon arranged fur the piauo ia ‘& manner to render jig exocution easy to almost every player. 7k Parris Coase o Commence to Capita Macod ick, the master of f this port, revived, yes te igh Celleetor Barney, u very spiendi chi Cartas Maconve.- the ship Constantt: thy Watch, a8 a testimonial of honor to him for stew of the British brigan’ va Soonic, im F Billow, oif the coast of Nel, ruary last, The Collector also presented Constantiny, Mr. James A. Macodick, « fume source, aod for as sisting 1m proserving tho 6f)¥ of (he Billow Tho tosss moniais wore tranamitted trough Lord Lyors aadew Secretary of State at Washt:.gto: Music at the Central Park. ‘There will be music at the Central Park today, af usual, if the weather permite. The following is the ;Togramme, under the leadership of Mr. Harvey B. Dod- worth:— rant 1. Quick March , Polundesiech iat Polonaise, 3. Pavageno Polku. 4. Anvil Chorus from 1. The (Ragozky 2. Overture to 1 $. Selections from * arb} 4. Allo. Schezo. from Sym. in B. vari Gl, 1, Quick Step, “Fon Avant’... 2. 3ongn of the Thames,” waltz 3. Homo, Sweet Ho: Excitement. RETURN MATCH BETWKEN DEERY AND OULD) MWAPTB, Tho return mateh between leery, of New York, ané Goldthwaite, of Boston, for $500 a side, was playea op last Thuraday evening, at O'Connor's billiard establish. pposite Union square The game was four ball Garoma, fifteen hundred potuts up, and was very clogely contested turoughovt, young Deery winning by only twenty five points, It lasted without intermisrion from eight o'clock Thursday evening av til The playing on both sides was very highiy in Hickets of ad Devry, who san bondres hand. Goldthwaite also made sooring forty-nine, ninety thwaite having won the Dest sin sup posed that another game will be arranged to dese the champicosbip. The Turf. PASHION PLEASURE GROUND ASSOCIATION—TROTTING, ‘The trotting contest announced to come of at the Fashion Pleasure Ground yesterday afternoou, between v, Honest Whit and Geueral flalicck, did nut take but, ae a bumber of persons had arsemblel, whe were determined to see a trot, ao impromptu afuir was made up by parties belonging te Puil’s Hoad, for whic was entered Mr. Johnson's gray mare Kato; Mr. Whit- fon's sorrel gelding General filleck, and Mr. Juche Day gelding Shi ‘The two first named were driven by their reap@otive owners, while the latter was handled by Daniel Mace, Six very closely contested heats were trotted before a conclusion was arrived as. The fullow- in fly@, to wagons — Mr, Jacks entered b. g. Sh an Mr. Johnsen entered 2 z Mr. Whitson entered sy Time~2.50—2 48— 2-46 Hoboken cy ty New ‘Tae Mreteniors Morne re Hononen,—Coroner BoBn stedt was unable to procead with the inqueat in the case of the supposed murdered Union soldier, avid M. De marest, of Company B, Fifty third regiment New Yoru exierday ab Hoboken, Owing 10 the 0 of oO tho jurors, Mr. Joe at bie oft Stave Volu unavoidab:! Scholleh. Jory hat beer dave. atthe en! o 11S Pat inate wand be ; quest was ther west Lue iy nyosuing a @le veo o'clvel time ali the 4, the juz ~ posipeued unt