The New York Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1863, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD. FENNETT, on. TS THIS KVSAING BIDE S ¢ padway.—tae Duke's Morto. ALL TURATRE, Broadway.—Baonxcon oF LB GARD.N, Beoadway.—Comsican Brivs, pat i Beoadway.—Wives OF NEW BOV yvery. —-CHARLOTTE TEM Lev PLAVES—LOove IN ooRwe—SEALED iman One. {. Broadway —Gea, axD SMUNNIE WARREN, ‘ous MAN, Afternoon HARNUM hos Tu ELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad. 3, Buntesques, Dances &c.—How (REL HALL, 5i¢ Broadwav.—Beatorias Doncrs Ao Wie Ur Wituiay MENRY, NEW IDEA, 485 Broadway.—Sonas. Buruesques, Faris, &c.—Rooenr Mocure AMERICAN THKATKE, No, 444 Broadway.—Batesrs, Yartomimxs, Buuirsoums, £6. OPK CUAVEL, 720 Broadway—Panonama OF THE Noy Lanp—Concket ny THe OLD Fons. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. Cuniositixs any Lectures, from 9 A, M. till 10 P.M, HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Brmrortan teres, Dances, Buncxsauxs, &c. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Sat: THE SITUATION. Great activity still prevails in Pennsylvania both among the rebels and our own forces. The rebels were, up to yesterday evening, at or near Greencastle, having retired from Chambersburg hastily and in alarm. The Eighth and Seventy-first ‘New York Militia went to Chambersburg, to march from thence to Greencastle to dislodge the rebels. The Brookly 1 Twenty-third and New York Twenty- sevond are ordered to cross the Susquehanna and take the plaee of the advancing regiments. The bridge burned by the rebels at Scotland is being reconstructed, and communication with Chambers- burg will thus be renewed. The main body of the enemy engaged in the raid appear to be opposite Williamsport; and it is said that a large infantry force is at Shep- hordstown, near Antietam, about to cross over, thas following out the programme of September last. Despatches from Harrisburg last night say that the rebels are eight thousand strong at Hagerstown, their force consisting of mounted infantry, artillery and cavalry. They are trans- porting their stores and ammunition to the north side of the river, which is supposed to indicate a determination on their part to remain and make it a base of operations. General Milroy was said toff@epproaching with four thousand mounted infantry and five thou- sand riflemen, also in the saddle, and that a battle was imminent to-day. Two hundred and fifty rebel cavalry entered McConnellburg at dawn yester- day, seizing the telegraph instruments. The com- munication has since been restored. The rebels retired towards Hancock, Maryland. They burned the canal boats there. They were reinforced by ‘about seven hundred infantry, who attempted to destroy @ large culvert, but both parties were driven back by Colonel Gallagher with a strong cavalry force. The news from the Army of the Potomac is not very important, although several rumors were afloat in the city yesterday that General Hooker had met a reverse onthe battle fleld of Bull run, which could not be traced to any reliable source. As far as we are able to state no action has occurred between the two armies. The skirmish near Aldie between our cavalry and Colonel Fitzhugh Lee's forces, which lasted several hours on Wednesday, is described this morning in detail. The rebels were driven back five miles, with considera- ble We lost Colonel Douty, of the Maine cavalry, killed, and Colonel de Cesnola, of the Fourth cavalry missing. We took seventy- four prisoners, including nine officers. The object of this expedition was to discover the whereabouts of the main force of the enemy. It has succeeded in ascertaining that the army of General Lee were concentrated in large force near that place, bodies of cavalry, infantry and artillery having been advanced to guard the passes of the Blue Ridge. It has been surmised from this reconnois- sance, also, that only @ small portion of Lee's cavalry were engaged in the late raid into Penn- sylvania, and that got more than one-third of his force is in the Shenandoah valley, Further infor- mation obtained by this important reconnoissance loss. woud lead to the belief that Lee is marching against Hooker's army in three columns, under Longstreet, Hill and Ewell, and that news of a great battle may be momentarily expected, It is said that our army is ready for the emergency. The movement of troops from this State for the protection of the border States is most active. Ten regiments have already left for Philadelphia and Harrisburg, and three more are under orders ‘to start to-day. Our reports from Vicksburg to Saturday morn- ing are that General Sherman’s corps had pushed their approaches up to within twenty yards of one of the bastions of the enemy, and driven them out of their rifle pits. On Friday the rebels cut away the timber in the tear of their lines, and opened on our troops with an cleven-inch shell and two or three siege guns. General Logan silenced their mortar with his thirty-pounder Parrotts and ninety-two pounders. Thirteon of our gunboats now guard the river be- tween Helena and Young’s Point. The gunboat Marmora destroyed the town of Eunice en Satur. day. We give in another column an interesting ao- count of the damage done to our merchant marine by the Alabama and Florida recently in their des- tructive cruise off the South American coast. EUROPEAN NEWS. The steamship Bohemian, from Londonderry on the 13th of June, passed Cape Race yesterday of her voyage to Quebec. She was boarded by our news yacht and a summary of her advices— which are five days later—telegraphed from New. foundiand, is published in the Hxra.p to-day, Air. Cuaninghaw, M.1., suggested tohe Eng. * | ‘Phe London Pmes Operations on the Mississ’ppi, so far as reported in Europe, were “substi had been “remarkably successful.” Even if re- pulsed at Vickburg in the end it would be a “dis- | astrous but not inglorious” termination of the paign. ‘The American ship Kate Dyer arrived at Ant- on the 2d inst. She had been captured | by a rebel privateer, and released on giving bonds | of $40,000. The Kate Dyer belongs to Portland, Mo, She is @ vessel of twelve hundred and seventy-cight tons burden, and is commanded by Captain A. Dyer. ‘The new steamer Southerner had been searched by British officials, being suspected asa rebel pri- vateer; but nothing was found on board to warrant her seizure, | The reports from Vienna relative to the action | Of Austria towards Russia on the Polish question | are,conflicting—one telegram stating that the gov- | ernment did not join England and France in their | Tecent proposition, and another affirming that it did. It was reported that Napoleon contemplated extensive measures of reform for France, par- ticularly with reference to the freedem of the press and freedom of speech. A large amount of government securities, chiefly Polish, had been stolen from the Bank of Warsaw. The Liverpool cotton market was dull during the week, with a decline of one-fourth of a penny for American and from one-fourth to one-half of a penny for other descriptions on the 11th of June. On the 12th instant the market closed quiet, with prices unchanged. Breadstuffs had a downward tendency, and provisions were flat on the 12th of June. Consols closed at 927% on the 12th instant. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The ship Ontario, Captain Hosmer, arrived at this port yesterday morning from Liverpool, bajng- ing seven hundred and fifty-three passengers, of which four hundred and ninety-one are males two hundred and sixty-two Tulaies, BHAT eo Three deaths occurred on board during the pas- sage, viz:—May 29, Fowny Dantes, an infant of John and Betsey Kempt, aged seven months; June 1, James Kelly, native of Ireland, aged fifty-two years; June 11, Patrick Moan, a native of Ireland, aged sixty years. About one thousand of the ‘longshoremen, who struck for higher wages, have returned to work; but the remainder of them still hold out, and ex- preas themselves determined not to yield on any account whatever. In tho. meantime shipowners have induced the crews of their vessels to loadand unload the cargoes, and deserters are still being employed on the government vessels. Most of the Central frond laborers have re- sumed work. On Thursday Taofning ey marched to the residence of Hon. Erastus Corning, in Al- bany, where a committee from their ranks waited upon him and made their demands known. After hearing what they had to say, Mr. Corning told them to resume work without delay, saying that, at the proper time, he would inform them, through their respective foremen, what course of action the company had determined on in regard to their claims. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, be- fore Recorder Hoffman, Arthur Carr, a seaman, was tried and convicted on an indictment charging him with having stolen a United States Trea- sury note of the value of $100 from James H. Smith, on the 13th inst. Edward Ford pleaded guilty of forgery in the fourth degree on an indict- ment which charged him with attempting to utter ® counterfeit five dollar bill on the bank of Coxsackie,N. ¥. The ner tendered the note in payment for a glass iter and @ segar at Julius Kribel’s store, 440 sires, on the 12th inst., and when informed of the character of the bill he ran away. Both prisoners were re- manded for sentence. Mrs. Catherine McCoy bas been sentenced to be hanged, for child murder, in St. Louis, on the 24th of July. The President hae exemplified his sentiments in relation to slavery with another anecdote. Ine conversation with ex-Governor King, of Missouri, he said, if he met o rattlesnake in his path, and he had a stick in his hand, his first impulse would be to kill it; but if he found one im the bed between hie children, he would pursue a different course; for by killing the snake he might injure the chil- dren. Therefore he would takes more gentle way to get the snake out before he killed it. The same with slavery; he was satisfied that immediate emancipation would be detrimental to the inte- rests of the States. One of the leading men in Canadian politics writes as follows:—‘‘ While we have no militia, England will not interfere with the Americans, for she would fear to lose her finest colony; but a strong militia here, would bring intervention and we.” The Harrisbarg (Pennsylvania) Telegraph has been suppressed by military authority. It was an abolition concern. The three brigades under Gen. Herron, which went to Vicksburg to reinforce Gen. Grant, were commanded by Gen. Orme, Gen. Vandever and Gen. Ewing. They were composed of the Ninth and Twentieth Wisconsin, the Ninety-seventh Illi- nois, the Nineteenth Iowa, and the Sixth, Tenth and Eleventh Kansas regiments, A letter was received by the Ohio Democratic State Convention from Gen. George B. McClellan, in which he says:—‘‘ Under no consideration can I permit the use of my name before the Convention as a candidate for Governor.’’ The Legislature of the new State of West Vir- ginia will be composed of twenty Senators and fif- ty-two members of the House. The first Legisla- ture will not probably be full,on account of the troubles in the border counties preventing the holding of olectidns. Forty members of the House and eighteen Senators are, however, known to have been elected. Two notorious bushwhackers, named Samuel Dale and Aquillas Standaford, were shot under the sentence of a court martial, in Clark county, Mis- souri, last week. 186 @ 34. Money was in active demand, but there was Ro severe stringency. Cotton sold yesterday to the extent of 1,200 bales on a Dasis of 680. a 690. for middling. Flour, wheat, corn, oats and rye wore @ trifle cheaper and in lees request, particularly for export. There were more doing in principal kinds of provisions remarkable change in prices. ‘The public sale of boots and shore was very well attended, and resulted even more satisfactorily than had been an. the week, in part speculative, and mainly for domestic woollons and cottons, in the prices of the latter of which there has been a slight advance. Some Western buyers havo been making fresh purchases of seasonable goods, having already nearly othausted their supplies. Holders have not been offering thoir supplies freely, even in view: of the reaction and fall in gold towards the close. The business in foreign fabrics has been on a restricted scale, having been mainly confined to the execution of small orders for very desirable and scarce styles of dress goods, as well as of heavy linens and woollens, which command remunerative prices. The total imports of foreign goods during the week were to the value of $777,708, consisting Of $496,026 direct for consumption, and $251,692 warelwused, tial’’ viotories, and that he | The Manifest Designs of the Hnemy. From the’ numerous’ despatches which we | publish this morning in reference to the move- ments of the rebel forces in Maryland, Pennsyl- vania, the Shenandoah valley and in the coun- | try between the easiern flank of the Blue Ridge | and the old battle ground of Manassas, it would appear, first, that, although the enemy have fallen back from Chambersburg, their forces are increasing in the northern neck of Maryland, from Hagerstown westward to Cumberland, along the line of the Potomac; and, secondly, that, from the sharp collisions between the | cavalry of General Pleasanton and the scouting horsemen of the rebels, General Lee, with the main body of his army, is probably lying under the eastern base of the Blue Ridge, watebing his opportunity for another descent upon Bull run. Had he entertained any design of pushing for- ward to Harrisburg and Philadelphia, instead of sending a detachment of two or three thou- whole column of twenty or thirty thousand men under General Ewell to the hanna, without stopping at any longer than necessary to rest his from day to day, after Potomac. A movement of this sort could hardly have been arrested in time to save Har- risburg; but what would have been gained by the enemy with the occupation of that city? Nothing. Lee was playing fora great’ prize. His demonstrations slong the Pennsylvania border had for their main object the division of our Army of the Potomac, and. his. game with the division of this army was simply to cut it up in.detail, and then to march upon Wasbing- ton. He has left Richmond, as it appears from the testimony of eye witnesses, with only s handful of troops to guard it; he has taken the risks of losing tho rgbel oapltal and of baving bis own-army oe ° its ae of omni and its lines of retreat; ina word, he has risked everything for the bold and. daring enterprise of the capture of Washington. And wherefore? Because the capture of Washington, though it would arouse the North en masse, would, in all probability, secure the recognition of the so- called Confederate States as an independent power by England and France, even if Rich- mond should simultaneously fall into our pos- session. We have no evidence of a larger force of the enemy along the borders of Maryland and Pennsylvania than twenty or thirty thousand men. The remainder of Lee's aa, a body, we dare say, of at least eighty thousand men, remains to be accounted for. Where is this im- mense force? Doubtless within striking dis- tance of the army of General Hooker, and fully apprised of all his movements. He has one invaluable safeguard against a surprise in tle splendid cavalry corps of General Pleasanton; but atill we say, let General Hooker beware of dividing his forces to circumvent the enemy, or he, may become more unfortunately entangled in the meshes of Lee than he was in the wilder- neas on the south side of the Rappahannock. The country has no desire for another hap- hazard engagement with the enemy, when, by holding the Army of the Potomac well in hand, and bringing the militia reserves of the North to the border front and to the defences of Washing- ton, sure work can be made of this daring rebel army of Virginia. Let General Hooker be sure he is right be- fore he leavesa strong position, for offensive or defensive purposes, to advance in broken columns. to hunt up the invisible army of Lee. Let fifty thousand fresh troops, with all the contrabands that can be mustered, be threwn into the defences of Washington, and let the veteran soldiers of Heintzelman, under his experienced guidance, be detailed to the Richmond peninsula, and then let the army of General Hooker, if necessary, cross into the Shenandoah valley after the retreating columns of Lee, and the Virginia campaign will be made as sure as that against Vicksburg. We would of all things impress these para- mount considerations upon the administration, namely—that the object of this Northern advance of Gen. Lee is Washington; that all bis other alleged or supposed designs are mere decep- tions, and that so long as the brave legions of the Army of the Potomac are held firmly to- gether the safety of Washington and the defeat of Lee’s army are inevitable, with or without another great battle. Ase Licoiy’s Lerrer on VALLANDIOHAM’S Arrest.—This famous, jocular and interesting epistile would have produced a most amusing effect in these regions had it not been for the rascally raid of the rebels into Pennsylvania. In their fright over this raid very few of the radical papers have noticed the President's let- ter at all. Poor Greeley, who seems to be reposing in conscious security behind his nino hundred thousand men, devotes considerable attention to the subject, however, and thinks the letter a good defence of the right of the President to arrest and exile any man for his opinions, without an overt act of treason, dur- ing a time of civil war. Well, we take the world as it comes and governments as we find them. If poor Greeley is satisfied we have nothing to say against it. But if the President can exile, he can also hang or shoot anybody whose opinions are distasteful to him. There is always o certain stcge in the history of every commonwealth when this doctrine is promulgated. It was practised in Rome under Sylla, Cwsar and Augustus; in England under Cromwell; in France under Napoleon and Ro- bespierre, and perhaps there is no reason why it should not be practised here under the present and next administrations. We must accept history, ancient and modern, as it is manufac- tured for us by the fates. In 1865 a demo- cratic President may take the conduct of this administration as a precedent, and exile, bang or shoot all the abolitionists, beginning with those persons who declared the constitution to be “a covenant with death and « bond with Hell,” and the editor of that peper which called the Star Spangled Banner of the Union “a flaunting lie.” Greeley and Gerrison will then be obliged to doff their neckoloths and put on the halter, or to submit to be driven out of the country. That is the fine dish they are cooking ‘and spicing for themselves. But if they are content #0 are we. It is a very poor rule which will not work both ways, Geverat McC: elt NEW YORK HERALD, S\TURDAY, JUNE 20, 1863.—TRI s—Secretary Chase im the Field, While President Lincoln is diligently en- I gaged in suppressing the rebellion, working | night and day, losing his sleep, forgetting his | joyous jokes, imperiling bis precious health, | and writing long letters in explanation of the constitution, some of his Secretaries are very busy making arrangements for the next politi- cal convention, and laying pipe in every di- rection for the next Presidency. We learn frem a well informed correapondent in the Treasury Department that Secretary Chase is particularly active just at present. Our cor- respondent is in the Treasury Building—north- east corner, up two and a half pairs of stairs, turn to the right, then to the left, and then to the right again—and in a position to oversee and overhear everything that happens in that vicinity. His letter, which we do not publish in another column, contains many curious. and interesting revelations, It seems that when Mr. Ohase wishes to con- sult visitors from New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore upon his Presidential prospects he takes them into his carriage and drives them about the suburbs of the city, under pretence of showing them the fortifications, or receives them late at night in secret apartments of his private residence. During these mysterious interviews the Secretary has recently been very confidential. He is sanguine of securing the next nomination of the republican party, and is equally certain—though we are not—that he will be triumphantly elected. At the same time be admits that it will require a great deal of work and a great deal of money to accom- plish these results; but for this he says that he is abundantly prepared. Mr. Chase asserts also that he is not responsible in any degree for the military blunders of the administration, and is not sanguine of military success. This we think decidedly cool, in the face of the fact that Chase hitherto controlled: Stanton, and is the offtelal who held back McDowell, removed McClellan, urged Hooker’s appointment, and is thus the.cause.of all. our disasters. Mr. Chase further declares that he has the proud con- sciousness of having provided for all legitimate demands upon the Treasury—including, we | presume, his campaign expenses—and that he: will never consent to peace upon the basis of separation and the acknowledgment of the | Southern confederacy. If this is to be his plat- form we do not understand how he can secure the nomination from his abolition friends, who bave been uslig fim as tool to divide the Union, and who aré almost allin favor of separation from slaveholders. Undoubtedly, however, this war platform will please the government contractors, who know upon which side their bread is buttered, and act upon the principle of no fighting no profits. It strikes us that Secretary Chase, by thus putting himself first in the field, is stealing a march upon Seward, just as Lee stole a march upon Hooker, to say nothing of his base ingratitude in setting himself against President Lincoln, who will be a candidate for re-election. Seward does not attend to his own business enough. He. leaves it to Thurlow Weed, who since his shoddy operations, has been getting rich and lazy, and is not as wide awake as he used to be in political manceuvreing. We un- derstand upon excellent authority that Sec- tetary Stanton has at last separated from Chase, and is going to support Lincoln in the coming election. Welles, Bates and the other Secretaries will probably adopt the same wise course, with the’ expectation of retaining their seats in the Cabinet for another term. However this may be, we are quite certain that Stanton will set them the example. We there- fore postpone his removal for the present, and he may be Secretary of War fora few months longer. Let him understand, however, that he is upon his good behavior, We cannot prevent him from making military blunders—such as telegraphipg that Hooker would recross the riverin a few days after his repulse at Chan- cellorsville—but he must make no political blunders; for these we never forget nor for- give. As for General Butler, who wants Stan- ton’s place, he had better go on with his fight with Fremont and the Lowell drain builder, and let Stanton alone. We like such little scrimmages as these, and Butler is just the man for them. By his support of President Lincoln Stanton has induced us to consent to his reten- tion in office, and we will not have him dis- turbed either by Chase, Butler or any outsider. Gratitude is too rare a virtue to go unreward- ed so long as we have any power and authority. A Very Prorer Answer or THE PresipEent to an Imrentivent Demanp.—The following correspondence is rich:— New Yorn, June 16, 1863. To Toe Paewpenr oF tae Unrrep Stares:—In the pre- sent emergency, a allow Major Generals Fremont and Sigel to issue a for volunteers to march at once to tho defeaco of Pennsylvania and the nation? FREDERICK KAPP, SIGISMUND KAUFMANN, CHARLES KESSMAN, ANSWER, Wasuixotox, June 16, 1883. To Karr ax Orimrs:—The Governor of New York proposes to send us troops, and if he wishes the assistance of General Fremont and General Sigel, one or both, he oan have it. If he does not wish them, it would but breed confusion for us to set them at work in dependently of him. A. LINCULN. The answer of the President to the demand of Messrs. Kapp, Kaufmann and Kessman is exactly what it ought to be. Troops can only be organized in two ways, either directly un- der the authority of the federal government or through the Governors of States. To permit Fremont, Sigel, Butler, or any other irresponsi- ble individuals, under the pressure of political influence, to raise troops on their own account, would be indeed to “breed confusion,” and per- haps lead to worse. If the Presi- dent ylelded to this proposition, every other man would have an equal right to sak permis- sion to raise an army and to lead it on his own premised to join the Union Leagues of Philadelphia in their celebration of the Fourth of July. Should be do 60, we shall doubtless have an interesting speeeh from him on national affairs, But, as “there is many « slip ’twixt the oup and the lip,” there {is no telling what may happen in the ‘8 Gnzat Rerort.—Why | interval to the Fourth of July. Woe hope, how- do not the authorities at Washington publish | ever, that by that day the rebels will be driven General MoClellan’s report? They have pub- | off from the neighborhood of Washington and lished the attacks upon his military reputation the Northern borders, never more to return, and emanating from the Committee on the Conduct | nat President Lincoln will be at perfect liberty of the War. Why do they not in justice publish | hia reply? The per t sides of the question, _ 3 to come on, not only for a day among thy Phila- | ‘have a rigs to ae both detphians, but for two or trae daye in New - Yors. PLE SHEET. Stanton anp Hattxck’s Muirany SraaTeay.— ‘The New York! Times yosterday drew a terrible picture of the failure of the war, whose.climax is that “after two years, with every advantage on our side in men, money and material, with our ports open, our tradi flourishing, our eredit good, our people pertinacious and determined beyond example, we find the enemy threaten- ing our own territory with an army equal if not superior to our own, and within a day’s march of Washington.. We have no better protection against invasion than a levy en masse and a tu- multuous rush to the fleld of half armed civil- ians—undrilled, unoffcered and unorganized.” Whose faultis that? The Times says it is the plan of raising troops by States and by the vol- unteer system, instead of by draft, and permit- ting the Governors. to appoint the’ officers in- stead of the President, This system, however, is that prescribed in the constitution, and which worked very well in the Mexican war, and in all our wars, and would have worked well now, | too, if it were not for the strategy of the twin Napoleons, Halleck nd Stanton, directing campaigns from Washington. The troops have fought well, and so have the regimental officers who have led them, Armies of volunteers are surely better than armies of conscripts; and so Dumerous were the volunteers who offered that Stanton and Senator Wilson stopped enlistments, Saying they had too many men. A million and ® quarter of troops have been raised—amply sufficient for the purpose of crushing the rebel- lion if there were any capacity or even com- mon sense at W: ‘The source of’ the failure is not in the subor- dinate officers who are appointed by the Gov- ernors—the highest being a colonel—but rather in the superior officers, appointed by the Presi- dent, by the advice of the General-in-Thief and the Secretary of War. No Governor of a State appointed Burnside or Hooker. And what guarantee is there that a President would ap- point better regimental officers than a Governor, whois more likely to be acquainted with the character and capacity of the men of his own State than the Chief Magistrate? But it, is not the want even of good com- manding generals that has prevented success. Woe had an excellent general leading the Army of the Potomac, and he was #5 {oterferod with by the Imbeciles at Washington that his cam- paign was ruined. The first great blunder committed was that of yielding to the intrigues of the radicals. The military authorities at the federal capital, scared by the raid of Stone- wall Jadison down the Shenandoah yalley, prevented the army of McDowell effecting & junction with McClellan on the peninsula before Richmond. The second blunder of the same imbeciles, influenced by the same malignants, consisted in not reinforcing McClellan at Har- rison’s Landing after the disastrous seven days’ battles, instead of ordering him to retreat. From these two radical errors have followed all the other misfortunes, including the defeat of Pope’s army, the knocking of Burnside’s head against the wall at Fredericksburg, the overthrow of Hooker at Chancellorsville, the recent turning of his flank by Lee, and the present invasion of Western Virginia, Mary- land and Pennsylvania. Tas Krupatt Money Case—In addition to the letters which we have already published in Tegard to the disposition of the funds raised on behalf of Lieutenant Colonel Kimball, we have received the following straightforward note from Mr. Allen Conrey, the Treasurer of the Kimball Committee:— TO THE EDITOR OP THE URHALD. id ustore sileaporepension, a 1 was Sot sedhorised. to sp cept any funds purpose, and therefore respectful. ly enclose that amount to you. In your article of to-day you say that the expenses of the Hawkins Zouaves ly defrayed Permit me to reply that the Zouaves who thoir lato were those who to atlude to this subject again; but 4 Fespoct for the memory of my deceased friend, and my own fo nape a mg not be sway soe an: doings matter. Respectfully, yours, eepee ALLEN’ CONREY. In this transaction Mr. Conrey has acted like an honorable man. He received money “un- der a misapprehension,” and, not being able to use it for the purposes for which the contribu- tion was designed, he immediately returns it as soon as his misapprehension is explained to him. There can consequently be no misunder- standing of his course in this matter. Mrs. Kiwball, in her létter to us, says that she docs not need the money; and as we intended it for her benefit and that of poor Kimball’s family, the affair is ended as far as we are concerned. In regard to Col. Kimball’s funeral expenses, we supposed that they were to be defrayed by the Aldermanic committee. We find, indeed, that @ bill was presented from this committee, among the items of which are nine hundred dollars for a coffin and three hundred dollars to A. T. Stewart for black gloves. There seems to be very little doubt that some of the outside mem- bers of the Ring have taken advantage of such funerals as that of poor Kimball to levy black mail upon the Corporation in the shape of ex- orbitant bills for coffins, black gloves and white handkerchiefs to wipe their weeping eyes upon. This game Is an old one, and we shall expose it presently. The Tribune of yesterday says that a libel suit has been brought against us upon this affair, and that an officer went to Fort Washington to arrest us. As for the libel, poor Greeley may rest con- tented. We intend to sue him for fifty thou- sand dollars soon, and will appear before the Grand Jury and have him indicted for a score of libels, As for the arrest, the only persons who called upon us during the time indicated by poor Greeley were two Cabinet members, who dropped in upon us—one at Fort. Wash- ington end one at our New York residence—for a friendly visit on their passage through the city. There is a moral to this matter, however, which we commend to Greeley’s especial atten- tion. Mr, Conrey received fifty dollars for « certain purpose, and, not being able te apply it to that purpose, honestly returned it. Now, Greeley is one of the men to whom the poor Irishmen entrusted thirty thousand dollars many years ago, for the purpose of ridding Ire- land of British rule by @ revolution. This money was not used for this purpose, and now amounts, with interest, as we are informed, to sixty or seventy thousand dollars. Is it not time that Greeley gave some account of that portion of this fund with which he is said to be connected? Mr. Conrey has set him an ex- ample which he would do well to reas . Tue Reset Apvance oo Pennsyivama— | Dury ov rum Governors or StaTss.—The bold ; and rapid movement of the rebel army of Vir- ' ginia inte ‘the State of Pennsylvania calls for | prompt and decisive action on the part of the Governors of ‘the Northern States. ‘This is the time to put all our available forces into the field. The rebels have determined to comvert this movement into one of the greatest strokes of the war; but it depends greatly on the Goy- ernors of the loyal States whether the attempt shall be frustrated or not. Fora long time past we have heard of the great masses of negro soldiers that might be brought into the fiold. Why not bring them on now! From the city of New York alone it is easy to raise seyerak thousands of able-bodied negroes, who may just as well be killed in the field as not, They should be made to know something about the rice at which liberty is bonght. While our white soldiers are being sacrificed by the shot ‘and shell of the enemy, what excuse is there to offer for the exclusion of the blacks ftom the game dangerous though unremunerating ser- vice? Why not send the recruiting sergeant up Church street and West Broadway to seize these fellows, and compel them to take a part in the practical application of the emancipation pro- gramme? Ifthey have been so long spoiling for a fight, as Greeley says, they now have the chance to show their courage and to assist the cause so thoroughly eapgused by their abolition brethren, The rebels are now threatening the national capital. Their march through Ponnsylvania promises to be a very destructive one. The duty of the Governors of different States is, then, to call outevery available fighting man at very short notice. We have heard a good deal about the ability.and- bravery ef negro soldiers. We lave the opportunity to make them useful and to prove this boast. Let Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania; Governor Seymour, of New York, and Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, immediately call every ablé- bodied negro into the field. “All that is re- quired to'resist the tide of invasion isa suffi- cient force to repel the rebel invaders. There are thousands of negroes lying idle about New York and other Northern cities, who may. just aswell be taken into the army for fighting pur- poses. Incase they are wifes they al he ee liberty. But under any circumstances let them come, and come at once. We have no objec- tion to them at present. Let them be drafted from all sides, because they are the first cause of the re, and, by & parity of reasoniiig, they gught to be made to take their part in it. The government, It is to’be hoped, may eafe- ly rely on Cheever and Greeley. These agitators will be surely on band in the hour of need. All their preaching for the last quarter of a century will be of little value if they cannot now perform one practical act. Beecher and Greeley have long since been threatening all kinds of danger to the republio if their programme Was not carrfed out, and now Greeley has the best opportunity in the world to put his 900,000 soldiers in the field. For our own part we care nothing about slavery or anti-slavery. All that we desire is that forces enough of any color, or no color, should be provided without delay to check the northward march of the Southern army. Let the Governors of New York and Massachusetts call every available negro and everything elae into the field. If these dreamers of liberty want, protection they must fight for it. This is the only way by which Mr. Lincoln aad his Cabinet may be saved. We certainly care very little about the present Cabinet; but we would not exactly like to see them arrested and carried off as prisoners to the Libby prison, to the'To- bacco Warehouse or to Castle Thunder, in Rich- mond. To prevent such a every reserve must be brought into the field; and we think that in this crisis negro soldiers of alk ages should be received, as they are just as .. good for killing as anybody else. Mepars yor Our Navan Opricers—Our sailors are receiving at the hands of the gov- ernment proofs of its appreciation in the form of medals. Thie method of rewarding~ deeds of valor is of ancient date, and has been handed down to us from generation to genera tion until, in Europe at least, an army or navy without its medals would be much like one with- out its official records. It is a rare thing to see a foreign naval officer of any rank or age in his country’s service whose breast is not decorated with some mark of his nation’s just appreciation of his services. He feels proud to wear it, and his friends and comrades share with himin this commendable In his future actions he seeks to gain other medals, and the spirit of emulation evinced in the one is permeated throughout the entire corps, and each officer strives honorably and with untiring zeal to procure these merito- rious marks of distinction. In this country we do not bold out any in- ducements of this kind to our naval officers, and the only marks they receive for their noble deeds they obtain from the enemy, who deals out shattered limbs and impaired health. There ie 8 class of officers who never have done anything worthy of their country’s plaudits, and who fill the fat_nnd secure places, who would not desire to see medals given to our of- ficers; but it is only because they would not get one, and their selfish minds would lead them to oppose the giving of them to others. Aside from these few, all of our naval officers would be glad to compete for their country’s medal. It would put new life in them and stir. them up to do deeds of untold valor and daring. Are not the officers who have won for us the victories at Hatteras, Port Royal, New Orleans and on the Mississippi river entitled to medals? Wouldsnot other nations have. given their officers premotion an@a medal? Of course. they would. But our government fails to seo anything that tends to inspirit her noblest men, . and, true to itself, is the inst to adopt anything that will do us.good. Let our officers be given medals for their meritorious services, an@. the benefits accruing to us will be three times the cost of the medals. Usravomas_e Remons Asovr Tow’, 4¥D THR Cavsz ov Taeu.—Yesterday this city was filled with poinful rumors of a third disester to the Army of the Potomac on the old classic fold of Bujl run on Thursday lest. Officers of the army who arrived here from Washington yes- terday morning gave currency to the report, Great excitement prevailed here in oconse- quence. Itis probsble that the report fs un- true, or at least premature. But it springs from the foolish course of the War Department and the military censor of the telegraph im forbid- ding trae and legitimate news to come to the newspapers, which would preveat the ak : a | aonmeer ees ge ES et He aati