The New York Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1862, Page 4

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The latest news from the camps on the James river is up to Friday bight, and — no fresh movements. {| The President has issued a proclamation, in pur- suance of the sixth section of the act of Congress entitled “An act to suppress insurrection, to pun, ish treason and rebellion, to seize. and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes,” warning all persons to cease participating in aiding, counte- nancing or abetting the existing rebellion, or any rebellion, against the government of the United Btates, and to return to their proper allegiance to the United States, on pain of the forfeitures and B2izures as by said sixth section provided. 1 The call of Governor Gamble, of Missouri, for the militia to turn out and protect themselves against the rebel guerillas, has created quite ® sensation in St. Louis among those residents who, it appears, consider themselves entitled to the protection of the British flag. There was somewhat of @ row about the English Consul’s office there on Thursday. Several loyal and patriotic citizens, it seems, objected to parties ho had shared the prosperity of the city for so Jong, in time of peace, deserting it in time of war nd anticipated danger, and consequently there was a good deal of trouble, almost amounting to a fPerious riot, while those persons were seeking to their protection papers. { The extracts which we give from the Richmond Papers throw considerable light on the state % affairs in the South. Desertions from the army are complained of as frequent and demoralizing. We bre told, too, by the Richmond Examiner, that Shere is a lasting stigma left by this war on the character of the South, and that it is ‘ the almost mniversal rage in the South of the vile lusts of ava- fice and extortion, in which netive Southern mer- chants have outdone Yankees and Jews, and have not only defiled themselves, but inflicted a burning disgrace upon the nation, prostituted a noble war to the most infamous purposes, and blackened their country in the eyes of the world. The whole South,” it says, ‘stinks with the lust of extortion. The extent to which it prevails in this city is enor- mous and shameless; trade is reduced to a devil- Ash art to make money out of the distresses of thumanity; and, that hypoerisy may be added to Other diabolical accomplishments. 4d _ To judge from th the tome of the Tennessee papers, iw ‘would appear that the rebels expect to make considerable progress in the middle part of that State, and that Generals Buell and Mitchel are fabout to be vigorously attacked. Despatehes from Cairo yesterday, moreover, state that the steamer Evansville, from the Tennessee brings the news of a rebel raid at Florence, Ala., on Tuesday last. The rebels, it is said, entered the city and burned all the warehouses used Yor our commissary and quartermaster stores, and all the cotton in the vicinity. They also seized the United States steamer Colonna, used for conveying army supplies over the shoals. ‘They took all the money belonging to the boat and passengers, and then burned ber. A small detachment of General Mitchel’s army was cap- tured. The rebels then proceeded down the Ten- nessee river to Chickasaw, Waterloo and the vi- cinity of Eastport, and burned all the warchouses which contained cotton. Another band of forty Febels attacked a wagon train near Pitteburg Landing, and captured sixty wagons conveying commissary and quartermaster stores. ‘ MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamships Great Eastern, New York and Borussia, which sailed from this port yesterday for Europe, carried out a large number of both cabin and steerage passengers, besides neatly a million and a half in treasure. The Great Rastern left her river, anchorage at Flushing Bay under the most favorable circumstances. The heavy baggage and the steer age passengers were conveyed to the big ship hy | the tng Red Jacket on Friday afternoon, and the | cabin passengers were taken by the same tug yes- terday morning from Whitehall. The passenger list by the Great Eastern includes three hundred | ind seventy steerage and about two hundred cabin assengers, among whom are Louis R. Minot, the | viseape artist; Rev. Elam Foster, and travellers n almost every State in the Union, inclading issippi. A large number of Englishmen and al Canadians are also on board. She took tht thousand tons of freight, chiefly bread- Court of Special Sessions, during the last cases brought before Justices Brennan, Steers averaged about forty each day. ty of these were for assault and batte- y larceny. Small floes, ranging in —_ ‘om three to ten dollars, were inflicted, amount and the prisoners released, with a caution to pre- | serve peace in future. ‘Phose convicted of | | petty larceny were sent to the City Prison for short t Yesterday Judge Betts granted an order to sell | the prize schooner Albert, pending the proceed | ings tor her Condemnation. Gold was ra’ her higher yesterday. There were sales at lita; t noon 1173¢ was the best bid. Exchange ¢ 9 a 180. Stocks were general ly from \ to 4 per cont lower, Money was easy at 4 a Gper cent, The bullion export of the day was $1,434,- #16. The cotton market yesterday was again irregular and sales limited. Large holders in most instances | withdrew their supplies from the market, while pur- chasers only operated ag they could pick up small “ necessity lots’? at asmart concession in prices, gene- rally within the range of 44c.a45c. for middling up- lands, The transactions in small parcels footed up about 150 bales. Flour, in consequence of higher rates of sterling exchange, advanced about 5c. per bbl., with moderate sales. Wheat was firmer, and 1c. 2c. bigh- er, while sales were aciive. Corn improved lc. per bushel, and was tolerably active, the sales including sound and prime old Western mixed at 56c. a Sic. Pork was unchanged, whilethe demand was fair. The sales embraced mess at $1075 a $10 8734, with some heavy barrels reported at $11, and prime at $8 75 a 39. Lard was firm and active. Sugars were in great de- mand and prices firm, withsales of 2,500 a 3,000 bhds. and 380 boxes. Coffee was quiet, but firm. Freights were stiff, with a fair amount of engagements, at un” changed rates. Our Civil War and the Development of Military Talent. It has been frequently observed that hitherto the war has produced no very high order of military talent—no man who, like Saul among his brethren, towers a head and shoulders above all others, and of whom the government and the country can say with conlidence, “That is the man to lead our armies to victory.” There is much truth in this observation. McClellan has exhibited great prudence, caution and or. ganizing power. But Halleck is the only man who has displayed much comprebensiveness. In the Southwest, away from the malign influence of Washington, he has been success- ful. What he will effect in his new and diffi- cult position remains to be seen. Several generals have shown ability on a narrow scale and as leaders of small bodies of men. But as yet no overshadowing strategist has loomed up who can plan and execute great and decisive battles, by giving the enemy checkmate; nor have grand tactics on the battle field received any signal illustration from any of our generals in the present war. What General McClellan is capable of doing, or may do hereafter in the field, we have no other means of forming a judgment than in the splendid handling of his army in the seven days’ fighting on the Chicka- hominy. In Western Virginia he made a brilliant beginning, and his antecedents are highly favorable to him; but there he was un. trammelled by politicians. Since that time, in Eastern Virginia, he has not had fair play. His excellent army was divided and diminished, and in the recent battles before Richmond he was served by co-operating generals as Napoleon was served by Grouchy in the battle of Water- loo, and as McDowell was served by Patterson in the battle of Manassas. Grouchy permitted Blucher to reinforce Wellington, but did not come himself. Patterson suffered Johnston to reinforce Beauregard, and was non est inventus. And Fremont and McDowell allowed Jackson to slip through their fingers and assa‘l the rear and flank of Mc(iclian’s army, whilst they never appeared on tue ~cene at all, though the battles continued for seven days. On the whole, it must be confessed that the South, co far, has outstripped the North in generalship; and the reason is that the whole talent and edu_ cation of the Southern States have gone soul and body into the war. Yet it cannot be doubted that in the Union army, and even among civilians at the North who have not hitherto entered the service, there is an abundance of military talent, which only requires to be brought out by time and cir_ cumstances. At the North talent is attracted to business pursuits more than to the profes- sions or to statesmanship. It is different at the South. Our navy has exhibited splendid abili- ties, as it always will @. But it must be re- collected that we have never had a standing army of any account, and never any protracted war since we became a nation, and that we have cultivated the arts of peace instead of the art of war, being too strong to be attacked by other nations, and too prosperous and posseased of too much territory of our own to covet the soil of our neighbors or wage wars of conquest. But a change has come over the spirit of our dream. Civil war has broken out, and if it should be prolonged the most brilliant gene- ralship will assuredly be deveboped. The Romans had almost atways able gene- rals, because they were always at war; and in the last days of the republic there was a galaxy of military genius, including Octavianus, An- tony, Marius, Tulla, Pompey and Cesar. In the history of England the case is different. At the time of her civil war, which commenced in the reign of Charles I., the cawaliers defeated the roundheads at first, and it took nine years to produce a general who turned the tide of success, trained and disciplined an army which never lost a battle, and finally overthrew mo- narehy and rendered the commonwealth tri- umphant. That was the renowned Oliver Cromwell. In the wars which attended and followed the French Revolution the armies of the republic were frequently defeated, owing to bad or indifferent generalship, and it took four years to bring forth a young general upon whose banners victory never failed to perch. It is true that in 1793 Napoleon distinguished himeelf at the siege of Toulon as a captain of artillery, and in the following year still more as a brigadier general, by the quelling ef “the Sections” in Paris; but it was not till the open- ing of his first Italian campaign, in 1796, that he gave promise of great generalship, though the French government had the sagaeity to re- cognize in the Corsican youth the future leader | of its all conquering armies. in imminent danger, and seniority and mediocrity were not permitted to ontrank youth and genius. Appointed to the command of the Army of | Italy, with 30,000 half starved, half naked troops Bonaparte surprised and defeated 80,000 | Austrians and Sardinians. The first battle in | which he had the supreme command was at Mon- tenotte, and hence he afterwards said proudly to the Emperor of Austria, when he sought his daughter in marriage, “My title of nobility dates from the battle of Montenotte.” By this decisive campaign, in which he smote the ablest generals of Austria with the rapidity end the force of the whirlwind and the thunderbolt, he broke up the Austrian and Sardinian alliance, and won 4 reputation which henceforth grew brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. As it has been in England and France, so here in America the Northern arms have here- tofore been defeated in several battles. thouch The republic was | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1862. none of them decisive. In energy and vigor we have been excelled by Southern armies fighting on the'r own soil; but we are as yet only in the beginning of our mili- tary career, and neither the strength nor the talent of the Northern States has been put forth, In population, relatively to the strength of the enemy, in intelligence and in resources, we ° vastly excel. But the war hitherto has been sadly mismanaged by the interference of politicians and civilians, who are ignorant of military affaira, The total ab- sence of talent, or public virtue, or statesman- ship, in Congress, is one of the most singular phenomena of this age, and accounts in 4 great degree for the want of talent or military skill in most of our generals. Heretofore there has been no government and no policy. The peo- ple took care of themselves, and the machinery kept moving by the original impetus given it by the fathers of the Revolution. The sole ob- ject of party leaders and the goal of their am. bition was the public plunder, and the whole functions of government seemed to consist in nothing more than in making arrangements about the spoils of office, and the amount of success was measured by the amount of gene- ral satisfaction which the distribution gave. Hence, now, in the national troubles which have 80 suddenly beset us, we look in vain for states- men to save the ship. The only public man who has shown any marked ability or states- manship since the war was inaugurated is Mr. Seward, who has averted from us foreign inter- vention and a European war, and whose do- mestic policy is about to prevail in the Cabinet and in the political conduct of future cam- paigns. Henceforth the war will be carried on under different auspices and on different princi- ples, and the nation may expect to see the military genius of the eountry fully developed, and brilliant warriors revealed to the rapturous gaze of the people, the halls of Congress no more disgraced by the dregs of the community which found their way there, and a new order of statesmen appearing in both houses of the national legislature. Behold old things will pass away, and all things will become new. The Next State Elec Later developments corroborate our Al- bany despatch published in Thursday’s Heratp, in reference to important poli- tical combinations for the approaching election, and make the facts there stated of more importance and of greater magni- tude than we then supposed. It touched upon high grounds, and opens a new feature in the politics of the State. It presents a view of mat- ters which probably would be considered ab- surd except in revolutionary times like the pre- sent. The sweeping changes that the rebellion and the war have made in this country, in social, financial, commercial and political circles, have placed the public mind in a revolutionary con. dition as far as future political events are concerned. Politics and politicians are viewed from altogether different standpoints than on former occasions. Heretofore our political af. fairs have been almost entirely controlled by cliques, factions and leagues, working upon the public throngh committees and conventions, and through those mediums promulgating wordy party addresses and high-sounding reso- lutions as platforms, upon which they placed their candidates and rallied the voters, not for the candidates, but for the platforms. Thus, in 1856, we were told that the Cincinnati plat- form, and not Buchanan’s personal ability and merit, was before the people for their endorse- ment; and in 1860 it was the Chicago platform, and not Lincoln's personal ability, that was running. The system long in vogue, of sinking the mea into platforms—electing this or that man because he stood upon a certain platform—is one of the great causes of our troubles, and has placed third and fifth rate men in our national Congress. The revolutionary wave that the re- beltion has caused to sweep over the country has abolished all this. Party addresses, resolu- tions and platforms no longer carry any weight with them: the public ave now looking for representative men, not wordy resolves. They turn from the meaningless platforms of parties to men of mark, and upon them centre their hopes for the future. The movement, therefore, to combine the names of two such representa- tive men as Gen. Dix for Governor and Wm. Il Seward for United States Senator, in opposition to the infernal republicans, answers to this great change in the public mind, and touches a chord that meets with a hearty response from all con- servative men. These men have labored in the ranks of opposite parties in the past; but since the commencement of our national troubles they have both risen above party. ard sunk every consideration in the service of their coun- try. They are therefore representative men, and occupy a position before the country that but few men have been able to reach. Since the days of the American Revolution this State has furnished bat three really great men who are fully entitled to that signiticance above all others. These men are De Witt Clin- ton, Martin Van Buren and William H. Seward. De Witt Clinton possessed un original mind, that stood out in bold relief from all others, and early placed him in the front ranks of the statesmen of his day, and secured for hima prond position in this State. Van Burea was a statesman of enlarged views, and rose above party, although he used party to accomplish his ends, while Seward’s greatness has been fully shown in his action in the Cabinet in defining and defending our foreign and domestic policy of the war. There is not a word or a Jine to be found in the docu. ments of his department in which he has yielded to party. Standing aloof from the entangle- ments of factions and parties, he has considered the great questions before him only as an American. His talents enabling him to rise above the feuds around him, each question has been considered in the light of a statesman who comprehended the length and breadth of our country and all its varied interests. His diplomatic correspondence is therefore one of the proudest features of the war, and has be- come the policy of the administration. While Seward’s career in the Cabinet has made him a representative man of the times, General Dix has attained a high position in the army. Success has attended every effort both at Baltimore and Fortress Monroe. Conservative and firm in his course, he bas met and settled each difficult question that has erisen in his department, and that, too, without any unnecessary fuss or special edicts from the departments at Washington. In ® movement, therefore, in which are combined the names of Dix for Governor and Seward for Senator, the demand of the public for repre- sentative men is fully met, and their names are all the platform needed. We repeat it: the public mind is jp @ revolutionary couditiyn. Old | party ties and views have passed away. Men of talent, and not party resolutions, are now asked for; and the combination of Dix for Gov. ernor and Seward for Senator is the first response that we have seen to this change of affairs, Already it has caused an intense alarm in the camp of the infernal republicans, and is meeting with a hearty response from all Union loving men. Let the ball roll on, and the world will soon see that we have not studied the lessons of the war in vain. The Remarkable Patriotism of Govern- ment Contractors. Times change, and men change with them. There are now but twenty-five Revolutionary patriots left in the country; but as they dis- appear a new order of men spring up to take their places. Once upon a time it used to be considered the duty of a patriot to make every effort and sacrifice for his country. Now, how- ever, the enlarged intelligence of the nineteenth century has changed all this, and he is the purest patriot who can make the most money out of his government in the shortest space of time. We find our most illustrious examples of perfect patriotism and exemplary virtue, there- fore, in our government contractors. The re_ ports of our investigating committees are the annals of our most distinguished men, whose names will shine brightest in the history of this war. In this view of the case, the embryo contractors who design to make themselves patriots out of the equipment and supplies of the new army of three hundred thousand men recently called for by the President will find much to admire and emulate in the cases cited by the Contract Investigating Committee of the House, in its second or supplementary report, just published: In regard to the purchase and charter of ships, for example, the committee have dis- covered countless modes and instances of pa- triotism. They bring before the bar of public opinion the patriotic George D. Morgan, with his two and a half percent commission, and the numberless middlemen or shipbroker pa” triots of whom he is the type. Prominent among these is Mr. Russell Sturgis, of thir city— a patriot who managed to receive commissions both from the government and the men whose ships he purchased for the government. Mr- John Tacker, a patriot of Pennsylvania, having been appointed “General Transport Agent for the War Department,” purchased two vessels which had previously been rejected by a gov- ernment officer, and paid their owner, Mr. Marshall ©. Roberts, eighty-nine thousand dollars more than their actual cost. These boats were loaded with provisions and troops and sent to Port Royal. One of them foundered and sunk on her first voyage, her cargo being a total loss. The other ship reached port after throwing much of her freight overboard, and was immediately condemned by a survey as useless. The steam- er Governor was purchased by the agents of the War Department after having been con- demned by the Navy Department, and sunk on her first voyage, her cargo being lost and her crew only escaping a watery grave by the skill and energy of Captain Ringgold, of the frigate Sabine. Are not the men who sold and the brokers who bought these ships for the govern- ment to be honored and esteemed as patriots? In the New England Department Mr. Paul R. George chartered the ships for the Ship Island expedition. This patriot was surrounded by favorites, whose influence had to be purchased. In some instances one sum of money was re- ceived by the owner of « vessel, while another and much larger sum was named in the char. ter, paid by the government and received by the government agent. Is there no patriotism in such dealings? In this and all other departments ships were chartered at heavy prices, and allowed to lie idle while under pay. The steamer Constitution, chartered in Boston, earned her patriotic owners $135,000 before sailing, simply by lying idle at the wharf. Other chartered vessels earned more than their value before leaving the dock. The committee might have added that, by some similar patriotic arrangement, the small vessels, receiving $250 a day, have always been loaded and unloaded first, while the large vessels, receiving $2,500 a day, have been left for weeks untouched. C.S. Bushnell, the very distinguished patriot who sold the Stars and Stripes to Morgan for $34,000 more than she cost to build, was immediately taken to Morgan’s bosom, and was his agent for the purchase of the Varuna. Mr. Bushneil bought the Varuna, unfinished, for $110,000; had her completed at a government shipyard without any expense to himself, and then sold her to the government for $135,000—clearing $25,000 by the transaction—besides making the govern- ment pay twice for completing the vessel. Turn from the sea to the land, and we find records of the same patriotism. Mr. Thomas A. Scott, an official patriot, was employed to superintend the government railgoad transpor- tation; and at the same time he was vice presi. dent of a railroad company over whose line most of the transportation came. How could Mr. Scott consult the best interests of both the government and bis railroad? He patriotically fixed a tariff of charges for government trans- portation at least one-third higher than the prices paid by private individuals. The con- sequence was that Mr. Scott’s railroad increased its profits about forty per cent, and the national treasury proportionately suffered. Is there no patriotism in this? Lut these matters of transportation are insig- nificant when compared with the patriotism dis- played in procuring supplies for the govern- ment. General Fremont, a iilitary patriot, sent Major Corwine to Cincinnati—though Cin- cinnati was not in Fremont's department—to raise an army. That appointment gave birth to numcrous contract patriota. A Mr. Reeside charged $22,000 for commissions in purchasing horses, and Captain Darl, a brother-in-law of Major Corwine. added from six to seven per cent to the cost of fitting ont two regiments as his profit on the atfa At St. Louis, General Fremont made an agreement with Mr. Beard, a patriot of California, to build fortifications, and paid Beard $85.000 within eight days after, and before any contract was drawn up and signed. Mr. Beard eleared $100,000 profit in two months and seven days as a reward for his patriotism. In Colorado Territory the patriotic Gover- nor Gilpin became frantic for fear tbat somebody would attack him; went to work organizing and equipping forces for his protection, and wasted immense amounts of money. It is consoling to know that the Governor's cousin and the Governor's friends grew rich upon this patriotic but unne- cossary and unauthorized expenditure. In Chicago and Cairo innumerable contract patri- | ots were Qgovered. In the Wost, officers of regiments negotiated with officers of railroads; | shal at Washington issued an order that all and received bonuses to have their troops go over certain lines. In the East, generals are accused of patriotically taxing the sutlers one hundred dollars a month to pay for the gene- ral’s “wine, segars, and such things.” Whether at Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, St. Louis or in Pennsylvania, the. government was pa- triotically served in the purchase of horses. Bind, swenied, stiff-shouldered, curved-legged, split-hoofed, deformed-backed, _ stiff-necked, stoven-shouldered, glandered, distempered, ringboned, wind-broken, big-kneed horses were foisted upon the government at extravagant and patriotic prices, while often the government repurchased its own horses; and in Missouri the government stock was scattered about the country, patriotically used by everybody and cared for by nobody. Such are a few of the instances of patriotism displayed by government contractors and re- corded in a single report of a single committee. Judge, then, how many patriots this country would proudly claim if the whole truth in regard to contracts were known. We beg leave to respectfully suggest to the President that these contract patriots should not be allowed to remain rewarded only by their filthy lucre, their approving consciences and the applause of their fellow citizens, but that each of them should be provided with lodgings in one of our national castles, at the expense of a grateful government; and that Secretary Stanton, who now has plenty of time to write, be duly authorized to furnish each one of them with a pass to the accommodations aforesaid. Increase IN THE GoLp Cror.—The re- cords of .the past establish the fact that whenever any particular product of the soil rises in value immediate attention is paid to raising that particular article. Cot- ton is now selling for a high figure, and there is great demand for it. We conse” quently receive intelligence from different parts of the world that a large amount is being raised, and that the amount that will be produced this year, outside of the Southern States, will be enor- mously large, and thus in a measure supply the demand. The same is true with all classes of grain. Whenever wheat rises to a high figure the farmers turn their farms as far as possible into wheatfields, and soon bring about a sur- plus and a rapid decline in prices. ( ‘The same rule that applies to cotton and breadstuffs is now being applied to gold. The precious metal rose in the Atlantic cities to a high premium, and immediately the telegraph which now stretches across the continent to the gold fields of California -bore the intelligence of that fact to that region, and at once efforts were made to ship all the gold coin, bullion and dust to the Atlantic, to take advantage ef this pre- mium. The result we have already seen in in- creased shipments ef gold. We now learn that the government has sent a million or more of United States Treasury notes to California for circulation there. This will take the place of the metal in circulation, when it will seek the market here, where it commands a premium. The rise in gold is likewise stimulating mining, and the result will be that our California ship- ments will betarger than ever, and give us gold in abundance; gold will rapidly decline, and somebody will get his fingers badly burned. If it is those who have been instrumental in getting up the panic, nobody will shed any tears. That the bottom of this gold speculation is fast falling out is apparent to any observer of events. How to Revver tax New Reorvirs Iuue DIATELY AVAILaBLE.—Nothing is more urgent and desirable at the present moment than to increase the number of our troops in the field to a formidable extent. It is tme recruiting is actively going on; but it will require some time before the new recruits will be available on the plan at present pursued. That plan con- sists In forming entire’ new regiments, in which both officers and men will be new and inexpe. rienced. Such regiments of untried officers and men it is evident eould not be led into battle at once with any chance of success; and yet it is desirable that no time should be lost. Now, it appears to us—and we suggest the idea to the Commander-in-Chief, or other proper authori_ ty—that the right course to pursue in this mat. ter, and in the present emergency, so as to ren- der all the new recruits immediately available on the field, would be the plan which was con- stantly adopted by the great Napoleon. We have many regiments, both on the peninsula and in other places, which are, truly speaking, mere skeleton regiments. Few, if any, of them anywhere come up to the complement assigned to a regular regiment. Would it not, therefore, be well immediately t6 fill up all these skeleton regiments whh the recruits as soon as they are enlisted? By thus incorpo™ rating the new levies with the old and tried war- riors who compose these skeleton regiments no time would be lost in training, drilling and forming officers capable of leading their men into battle. These tried officers are all ready and prepared; they may now be called vete- rans, with the brave men under their command; and all that they are waiting for are these very recruits to fill up their diminished ranks, By this means raw recruits, intermingled with veteran soldiers, would soon be transformed into soldiers of the same stamp; the example, spirit, boldness and daring of their veteran comrades would provoke ambition among them and stir to emulation. It appears to us that this plan would be preferable to the slower process of waiting to form and organize entire new regi: ments, with new officers—in fact, creating, of rather attempting to create, an entirely new army, which may not, under the inevitable delays of such a difficult operation, be in readiness for the field before the war itselfis ended. The men themselves would undoubtedly preter this plan rather than having to pass, many months in comparative inactivity while learning the drill. They would rather go ahead and march right away to the battle field. The American is naturally go-aheadative, and prefers to take short cuts across lots rather than wait and lose time and be kept in a state of inaction and un- certainty. Let our rulers and commanders act'in cor- respondence with the national spirit; let them send or lead the men into battle with something to gain by the battle, and there will be no lack of brave spirits to follow and fight. But the fight must be for something: when the battle has been won something must have been gained | by it; for otherwise a battle “don't pay,” and a victory is good for nothing. Apsen? Orricers ann So.omers From THE Anuy—-The abuse of the furlough system seems to be commanding the attention of the government and our generals in the shape of bulletins. A few days ginge the Provost Mar- officers and soldiers who are found lounging about the hotels, drinking ealoons and gambling houses in Washington should be deemed able bodied men, and immediately sent to their regi- ments. We this morning publish an order from Gen. Pope, offering five cents reward for the ap prebension of Capt. Samuel L, Harrison, of the Ninety fifth New York regiment. In the Western Department it is said that furloughed officers are returning to thelr regiments by carloads, apprehensive that some government order would soon be issued placing them in disgrace. This furlough business is rather a serious ques tion just now, when the country needs the ser. vices of all of its volunteers, and some decisive measure should be immediately taken to put a stop to it. This is not the time for trifling. ‘THE NEW TARIFF. Large Receipts for Duty at the Oustom House—Importers Heavily Taxed in the Purchase of Demand Notes—Gene- ral Clearing Out of Old Entries, dc. ‘The receipts at the Custom House for the past few weeks have been unusually large. Since the new tarif act was introduced into the House of Representatives the importers doing business at this port have been busy in withdrawing their merchandise from bond, To obtain the funds with which to pay duties on such goods, of which there were several millions of dollars worth at thu notes and specie are the only currency receivable for duties, if we except a few interest bearing Treasury notes igsued previous to the passage of the law authorizing the increased, the expenditure, in sion of imported goods, has been tea or twelve per cent greater than a few months since. When the legal tender Treasury Note bill was passed, making the notes to be issued receivable for all public dues except duties on imports, mapy merchants wht expected the arrival of large quantities of foreign goods, invested all the money they could spare in the Custom the legal tender notes in their stead, But several mouths have passed since the passage of the act referred to, and most of those who purchased have paid out the notes is their possession and have been compelled to buy more at the high preminm already mentionea. ‘The important amendment made by the Conference Committee to the clause of tho to the Dew duties on goods in bor bill much more acceptable to the merchants than when in the form in which it was originally reported to the House and sent to the Senate, Yet, notwithstanding the concession by which goods entered for warehouse under the three months’ law are allowed to be withdrawn at any time within the three menths originally granted, on payment of the old rates of duty, importers grumble considerably at being com- pelled to take out the old stock of goods in warehouse and pay the duties thereon. It would seem, however, that the goods thus withdrawn, often on payment of the rates of duty levied by the act of 1857, which were very much lighter than those imposed by laws subsequently adopted, would command a sufficiently advanced price at present to compensate for any small inconvenience. The receipts from bonded merchandise within the past ew days have been larger than usual, on account of the payment of duties un the goods of which we have been speaking. A general clearing out of the old entries has ‘Deen and is daily being made, to avoid the necessity of paying the increased duties levied by the new law. Tho bill, as it stands now im respect to duties on warehoused goods, is, perhaps, betver than when first reported. Had the provision reqairing the high rates to be paid on all goods in bond, no matter under what law imported, been ed- hered to, the government would have raised, it is true, a few millions of dollars one, two or three months soomer than i¢ will under the present arrangement, The im- porters would, however, in almost every instance, have withdrawn their goods befgre the first of August, paying the duties now in force, so that little or no additepad revenue would bave been derived from such a reguls- tion. The time allowed was sufficient for this te be ae- complished. At the time of the passage of the supple- mental tariff act of December, 1861, the subject was pro- posed, discussed and settled in one or twodays., The Secretary then ordered collectors, by telegraph, tore- quire the new rates to Le paid, not waiting for the mat} or for the bill to be printed. This quick work would have succeeded in raising a few thousand doliers addi- tional at that time: the act of this month would have failed of this object. The customs receipts at this port for the last fisca? year exhibit an increase over those of the year previous. The tariff acts of last August avd December were the occasion of this. Many think that under the new tariff the importations will fall off toa great extent, and that the revenue wail be diminished instead of increased thereby. If this be the tact, which we much doubt, we shall keep our money in this country, which will be the next best thing to receiving an ivereased reyenue. The belief of Congress in passing the measure was that the Treasury would be aided by it to the extent of nearly $50,000,000. This may be an extravagant estimate, but we prefer to accept it rather than that of persons without ‘access to data froin which to form conclusions, We hope and believé that the wants of the government for the en- sning yoar will be supplied by the revenue derived from. duties on foreign goods and taxes on domestic industry and manufactures, But a short time will now elapse be- fore the now Tariff and the Tax bills will be in operation, as the former takes effect August 1, and so much of the latter as relates to the appointment of officers on the 2ist inst., the remainder of the act, with the exception of the sections relating to stamp duties aud income tax, going into effect September 1; the Secretary of the Treasury having found it impossible to make the ceceseary pre jiminary arrangements before August 1. Religious Intelligence. : CtrY CHURCHES TO-DAY. ‘The most of the fasbiouable churches will close about the lst of August, to give the parsons and the deacons an opportunity to enjoy their summer hegira. Already the morning service in a nnmber of the up town edifices begins to be rendered before a beggarly account of empty pews, ag many of their former occupants have betaken themselves to the spriuga, the mountains and the sea- shore resorts, to escape the heat of the city. Not much will be done, therefore, in religious affairs until Sep- tember. The Rey. Joe! Parker, D. D., left yesterday for Rarope. Ou Friday he was the recipient of a complimentary break fast from his (rie nd admirers, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Hon. F. A. Conkling, R. C. Hutehings, 8. B. Chit tonden, T. R. Smith, H. Loomis, Rev. BR. W. Clark and others were among the guests “The Burning Bush in America’ will be the abject of this evening's discourse at the Brooklyn Tabernacio. Rey, Wm, Alvin Bartlett will preach at balf-past ten tn the forenoon, and In the Meme Waverley pi . x minister of St. Mark's church, will preach this evening. Services at half past ten in the morning, four in the after- yoon and eight o'clock in the evening, Seats free, In St. Ann’s church, Kighteeuth street, near Fifth ave nue, Rev, Thomas Gallaudet, D. D., rector, services at half-past ten in the morning, haif-past three in the after. noon and eight o'clock in the evening, the aftornoon being for deaf mutes. The Rev. F.C. Ewer will preach in the evening In the Church of the Resurrection (Episcopal), north side of Thirty ffth street and east of Sixth avenae, di vine vervice at balf-post (en in the morning and eight o'clock in the evening. The Rector, Rev. E. 0. Flagg, will preach morning and evening. A sermon for the hour. Rey. E. @. Brooks will preach against distrusting God or ourselves, at the Twentieth street Universalist church, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, this morning at half-past ten o'clock. Police Intelligence. Countenrert on THe Weepsrort Bank.—A man named Samuel Waters was held for examination by Justice Brennan yesterday for passing & counterfeit five dollar Dill of the Weedsport Bank, N. Y., upon Morris Magnes, of No 878 Bleecker street, The countorfoit is oxcellentiy executed in every particular, The worthless character the counterfeit cam only be detected by the thick and course quality of the paper on whieb it is engraved,