The New York Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDUN BENNETTS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE X. W, COKNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, ‘TERME cosh fe advance Money sont by mail will be et the risk ef the sender. Nome but bank bills curreut iu Now York taken. AMUSEMENTS TUIS EVENING. HIBLO’S GARDEX, Broad: Ber Daxome. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Srem> TRE Piovt WINTER GARDEN, Brosdway.—Faa Dravoio—Tanice Baneuy. : OLYMPIC THBATRS, Broadway. —Acavorm. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery —Tas Lavy or tat Lave—\eeav 1 84.008— ReRe DeY—Pimare’s Leoacr, BOWERY THEaTSB, Piszsnno—Tcooins Bowery.—Eustacns Bacom— BROADWAY THEATRE, 485 Broadway.--Oce Auent- ca» Coostx at Hox. BARNUN'S MUSEUM. Broadway.—Two Giawrs, Two Dvacis, arruxoa, War Jy it, £0. at all Bours NOwaM Cxwss—Koors ar THe SwaN—At Same 7 P.M PRYANTS’ MINS/RELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 673 Broad way. brmorian Suxcs, Danxcas, Bukissouxs, 20,— Vasine » LUTTRRFLY WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL, 514 Broedway.—Ermorus Bonus, Dances, &o—iae CeuPLexey Wine Muncuant, AMERICAN THEATRE. No, 446 Broadwar,—Batcers, Paytox inns, bURLKSQUKS, &C.—Sreoram Baipececos. GALLE DIABOLIQUE. 68 Broadway.—Rosaar Heties IRVING BALL, Irving place.—Srzazorticox. HOLMAN'S ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 730 Brosdway.— Cinvenria—louxe Actaxss. NRW YORE MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. (18 Broadway.— Cowosizims axo Lectures from 9a. M. Wi 102. M HOOLFYS OPERA BOUSS Brockiya.—Rrmiorian Foxos, Dances, Burimeaurs, 40. WITH SUPPLEMENT. = New York, Saturday, June 18, 1864, THE LIST OF LETTERS. The List of Letters remaining in the Post Office will be found in the Supplement sheet, or on the tenth page. THE SITUATION. * The mews from General Grant's army to-day speeks of B®: unequivocal success at Petersburg, which place the Sroops under General Baldy Smith and Generals Kauta @nd Hancock occupied on Thursday, after somo brisk Qghting with the enemy at their intrenchments, The Begro troops are said te tave displayed eonsidersbie valor, and have calied for special thamks from @enera! Emith, They stormed the enemy's forts gallantiy. It ‘wan evident that Grmeral Lee’s army bad not reached Ferersburg before the assault. He was thus taken by Burpriee an’ ouigeneralled by Grant, Nothing of recent date, says Mr. Stanton, has been heard from Geueral Shori‘an, except @ statemeat in the Richmood W 4g, of th 15.b tmst,, that be bed been Fovtet by Generals Fitz Lee and Hampton, let hte dead fend wounded ou the field, ana lost five hundred Prisovers. Geveral Butler's forces were busy on Thursday at Ber- mouds Hundred tearing up ths railroad track between Peiersburg and Richmond, The every had dissppoared from his front at that pots, ‘We give to-day two maps, showing the scone ef these Poccessful operations, including a plan of the city of Pe- bersberg. i ‘Thero are no offictal reports of any movement in Gene. Fal Sherman’s army. ‘The detatts of the Inte action, In which{General Sturgis wes defested, near Ripley, Missiesippi, show that the Loon forces made ® detperate fight; but were compoiled to fall back for want of ammunition, ! The United States suppty steamor Newbern, from the orth Atiantic biccksding squadron, and twenty-iour pours from Fortress Monroe, arrived yesterday at this ort. Sbe bad on board seventy three prisoners from the Dockede ruovers Tnstle, Georgina NeCaw and Ese, receotly captured. Om the 9.f instant the New- feru ran ashore the biockade runner Pevensey, nine ©) ‘es north of Beacfort, Spe was leten with arms, load, bacon and shoes for the rebels, Her engives and boilers were blown compl tely out of ber = few moments after she struck. She was « fine iron eide-wbesl steamer of five bundred and forty-three tons register, and new, this tooing ber second trip, The vessel and cargo were valued Bt 1.000 ,000. CONGRESS. Ip the Senate yesterday the Interns! Revenge bill was fetarped (rom the House, with © request for s spoctal Committee to cunfer on the disagrcemeuts of the two Dodies, The bill for the mors speedy punishment of gue- Cillas was again under discussion during the m rning our, on the expiration of which the Turif bill wae tekon up tn Commitios of the Wh ie, and its copsideration J ceeded with, The duty om railroad iron was decreased Crom seventy to fixty ceute per one bucdred younds, Bod oo tea the House dniy of tweuly five cents per found, without the proposed additional ad valorem ten fper cent. was retained. Action om the bili is commutties Having been concluded, it was reported wo the Seoate, discussed for some time, sad finally passed, by 8 vote of bwerty-two to five. A report was made (rom the confe- ¢ mMmitiee on toe Dill & equalize the pay of sol. @ ors, and the report was agreed & «Without transactiog ny otne bd #inean the Senate acj urned Bat little busioess o” importuvee dan transactod je the Houre of Represeotatives. The Speaker red a oem- Mantcation [rom the Secretary of War giving informs Bion of the capture of Petersburg by the Army of the Powm-s. The Committes on Claima royorted the bil) Providing for boarda o” comminaioners to adjudicate on Plains for property destroyed by our armies. It pro Bibits the commis-ioucrs from taking cognizuwer of ony Binns for lows of simves, or of any” which may be Presented by persons whe have either taken part in the Febe'lion of elven |' ald aod comiort, Home jrivate hills more noted o, and & bomber of District ef Columbia bie Pore passed, after which the House w journed. MISCELLA® %OUS #Y WR Captaim Brandt, of tbe Bamborg bark Hermane snd Moly, at thie port, frow M Homings City Bint att, re POs — The revolution was still progreeimg with Savage Date ihe great Mente Christi expedition bind © erted & landing at Motz cilia bay, alver aome re- cud ® jon of shout one bumdred kiled BD) ve wud The apinierds Mid not take any Pewonere Dor te We koown thet omy of the Dominic am were kil ec. Ge wb ofatr the baking 0 Mopte Chr et) amounte, Bo Ret meg DOIN Of view Dovdred thoussud weB \wking 10 about toe rome as one Dm gaien of Goverpe's fei’, in New Yo \ warbor, aod 10 comvider tue whow Prteed Stator conquered. ue market le giv led via Averiom provisions rnd tinder, At (he rane tune Wrarketing and vegetables Of the coum ry are evo: nounly Pgh ae votbing Ie brought tm frow beyond » mve out walls of the oli. Tue ratuy season had m ito hed already ciamwed Uned: victimes to @ @ extent, which, together witb smallpox, been raging for pome time past md become » Perfect epidemie, will make St Vomingo City rather » Bioomy place for some monthe te come.’ The mils of the Belgian reached this @ity from G.ebee Perils yesiorday morning. Oor European fies were an fiolp ved by the arrival of the Sootm The BOAVT Wil Ault in the Burrogate’s Court of this Olly are MOH y SuBpended for tbe summer. The noiKe, be 0 duct OF BHO OFurk room ov Park row are soeu BLat buses Cab Posrorly Le Uanracial there inte: with Famed wivlows. Doriny the put month, ’ (argo aumber 0, wide bare pewn on wink, may o NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 18: '1964.—witesu PrPLEMENT which contained 50 wew questions of interes to (he pay Hic. Some of the inrgost cusee Btitl Hager along, @na 100 pressure of the buswess of the Surragate's Court and office daring she #pring months hak bees wapreced Mied. Tue Dayton will Cane 18 Chtod end ready (Or summing up. vhe Van Baaswyck and Corrigin wills have bees som med ap and sabmitied for devisivs. The contested wills of Eéwh P. Christy, Adrah.m PR. Lawrenor, James Toomas, Hugh B, Keodall, A. K seby, Toomas Kelly, Susan Cross, Charles Broustng, Janice Kelly and severa! othors, mostly of large estates, are etill pending, The wii of Colonel A. J, Butior ts awaiting the reture of Geo BF, Botier, the exscutor, before passing the probate, In the Case of Allan Hay va. Williom Leigh, where tho platutti sued to recover for tbe n0n deli ery of two boal- joads of & certain quality of corn, 88 per contract, tue jury yesterdsy brought ine sented verdict for the plaintiff, as sessing (ke damages at $417, Deing adout $200 loss thao the amount ciaimed, Divorce suite are getting quite fashionable, Judgo Leonard cranted uo joss tham threo jadxmonts yesterday, and gent & fourth case back to tho reieree (or additional Provfs of (be husband's inddelity. Jn the matter of tue appitcation of George Pierce, where the petitioner asked to be restored to the custody of bis property, which bid bean piaced tn the hands of bis wife because of bis intemperance, Judge Peckham yesterday Gented the motion, but announced that It might be re Rewed after one year Of total absiiuesce lapsed, to the saisfeotion of the petitioner's wife aad son, ‘The case of William C, Wilkins va. William P, Barle, of Raric’a Hotel, where the plstntiiT sues for the recovery of $22,000, which, he allozes, was stolen from the detond- anv’s sale, while there for sale keeping, was resumed yosterday beiore Judge Robertson, of the Supertor Court. ‘The case for the plaintiff ts still on, and the timo of the Court was occupied yestordiy tn hearimg evidence touch. fog Mr. Wilkins’ reapousibility and lkelinood of boing possessed of the sum claimed to have been stolen. The theory of the defence is that the lost package contained @ very small sum of moncy, and that the piaintlf was not posseseed of the amount claimed or anything approach - ine Eighth Avenus Ruirosd Company was muicted ta the sui of $2,286 83 yesterday in the Court of Common Pioas, before Judge Brady, for injuring a man named MoAulitf, The piniotiff, it appears, was struck by one of the short cars as !t waa belng turoed by the driver, at the coruor of Canal street and froudway, and @o severely injured that bia life was despaired of. He receveret with the loss of ao ear and @ badly disfigured face, for which the “soulless corporation’? had to pay pretty seers annual exhibition of the Brooklyn Hortloultaral Society was brought to @ close by a grand promenade concert last eveuing at the Academy of Mucic, which was well filed by @ brilliant assemblage. The Fourteenth regiment, Colonel E B. Fowler, wero present by tnvite- tio of the society. Rov, Mr. Bartlett made a few elo. quent observations, after which the ladies presented the men with beautiful bouquets. Colovel Fowler briefly re- sponded, avd at his request the soldiers gave rousing cheers for the tadies. ‘The stock market was irregular yesterday,end the majority of the railroad and miscellaneous shares were lower, Gold opened at 166%, from which it fell one pee cent on account of the favorable news from the army. Government securitisa were duit. Forty one mitlions of the new bonds of 1931 were accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury, atau average premium of about five per cent. All bids under four per cent were rejected. It is annonscod that Mr. Chise is nogotiating @ foreign loan, and it is generally believed that success will attend the movement, Toe tari! changes and gold fluctuations combined un- settied the markets for both ‘oreiga and domestic mer- chandise yesterday, aud a yuod many changes were re- ported, though almost every:hiag was calied nominal. Petroleum was very excited, and @ lurge business was dove in both kinds. Cotton was excited, and a large ad. vance was reported. At the Prod:ce Exchange the lead- ing agriculteral staples opened firmer; but under the news of the capture of Petersburg prices way, the market closing dull, anc in rome tatances a trifle off. The specu- lative furor has vensibly abated. Whiskey underwent ‘&@ material advance in prices. Prelahts wore e little firmer. Groceries were somewhat quiet. The Campaign in Virginia. Petersburg is in possession of our forces. An outer line of intrenchments, two miles from the town, was stormed by General Smith on the 15th inst., and the town was occupled by Gene- rals Hancock and Smith the next day. The fact that General Grant has been able to get Petersburg ao cheaply may doubtless be accepted as an evidence that his passage of the James river had taken General Lee by surprise. Had General Lee contemplated the passage of the river as a possibility he would have throwa a large foros, if not his whole army, into Petersburg during the two days in which Graat was making his way to the river. He had ample time to reach Petersburg, and it was certainly the point for him to bold. His army is of more consequence to the confederacy than Richmond ia, aod be might better have risked that now worthless city on a single battle than to risk the very existence of his army in the attempt to hold a nominal capital, hopelessly Isolated from ita whole territory and from all means of support and supply. Lee's failure to hold Petoraburg is a satisfac- tory evidesce of his inability to cope with Grant. Campaigning in the well beaten track from the Rapidan to Richmond, and in the wel! measured and weil tried country on the Chicka- hominy, Lee did very well; but the moment that @ grand aud new idea comes into the struggle he fails. If Lee is to hold Richmond, Fort Darling will be the next point of interest, But the despatch from Mr. Stanton states somewhat obscurely that Lee is preparing to bold the west bank of the Appomattox. Near Petorebarg the Appo- mattox runs from west to east, and if we are to understand that Lee Is holding the north bank we may, perhaps, infer that he fe holding & point on which to rest hie left wing ia an attempt to retreat towards Danville. Tus Gown Bus.— This mensure, which now only requires the signuture of the President to become a law, will, in all likolibood, if it re- ceives that sigosture, bave « very singular eflect wpon the conntry, ond an effect that its or gipators do not contemplate, It renders im- possible any transaction of business in the ordi- uary mercantile way. No one can “promise to pay” bis debte with any reference to the unt- versaliy accepted standard of value, and it must therefore annibilate healthy credit. If the State banks understand thelr real position, and act propery ot the present time, the con- sequence of th » remarkable piece of legislation must, therefore, be to restore to the country a gold and wilver currency, And this restoration WH put ‘he goveroment curreney before the people ir ap unplensant light; for whereas we now have ® povernnent dollar, and connts geld Collar ot worth one hundred and ninety- eivht cents, we eball then have a gold dollar, and count ® goveroment ‘one dollar” as worth itty cents. This wil make the truth disagreea- bly plain. Dat the effect of this will be good oo government tlocks, These now soll at one hurdred aod vty per cent Ip currenqy—that Is, a hed, the interest of which je payable in gold, sells at fifty per cent. Dut the government bonds ore worth at least sighty per cent, and Jold bill will tndeoe may the ch are that 4 OOFPZ them Up to that Kichmona—tne Preseot Commanding Position of Generel Grant~The Ene Near at Hand, The removal of the Army of the Potomac from the north side of the Chickahominy te the south side of the James river places Gevest! Grant ia @ most admirable position for decisive work against Lea’s shattered aud diminisied army and the rebel capital. ‘The capture of Petersburg of itself fs au im- portant step towards the reduction of Rich- mond; but it is ouly,an item among the many advantages gained by General Grant in shifting from tho north to the south side of the city. First, the transfer of bis ermy from the deadly ewampe and jungles of the Chickahominy to the dry, rolling, beaithy country between Peters- burg acd Richmond is s matter for genorel congratulation. Secondly, the entire army of General Butler, a powerful reinforcement, has thus been added to the Army of the Potomac, together with the tron-clads and gunboats of Admiral Lee—another tremendous reinforce: ment. Thirdly, in transferring’ his buse of supplies to the James river, General Grant's active army is again practically reinforced to the extent of the fifteen or twenty thousand men relieved from the duty of guarding the railroads and common highways used on the Chickabominy for transportation purposes. Bat, most important of all, in a strategical view, General Grant, with the magniflcent army which he has now concentrated imme- diately under his eye on the south side of the James river, at once cuts off Richmond from all the Southern railrond lines through which the city and Lee’s army are fed from day to day. Lee must, then, make up his mind very soon either to give battle, in order to reopen his communications with his sources of subsistence, or to abandon Richmond undor cover of the night, in order to save bis army; forif he attempts the experi- ment of shutting himself up behind his foriifi- cations, like Pemberton, he will inevitably su’ fer the fate of Pemberton, We think it highly probable that Lee will repeat his old trick of Antietam, Gettysburg and Williamsport—a hasty evacuation between two days—carrying, this time, Jeff. Davis and his Cabinet along with him (the rebel Congress, taking time by the forelock, have already cleared out), and that he will move off up the James river, on the north sido, aleng the canal, towards Lynch- burg, which is the only route of escape likely to furnish subsistence for his army. Geueral Lee would have now the opportu- nity for stealing a march upoa Washington, if he only had the means and facilities for moving in that direction. But all the railroads to the north and northwest from Richmond have been #0 veriously broken up by Generals Grant and Mosby that it will take thousands of men and months of labor to repair thom; and if they wero not broken up they would be useless to Lee with the whole iutervening country between Richmond and Washington exhausted of its provisions. Take, for instance, the Shenandoah valley. In 1863, in advance of his Northern aggressive movement from the Reapidan, General Lee established convenient depots of provisions, {rom point to point, down said valley, by which his army of one hundred thousand men, on limited rations, was enablod to reach the bountiful supplies of the loyal States of Maryland and Pennsylvania. But how is it now? From Harper’s Ferry up to Staunton, a distance of one hundred and thirty miles, the Shenandoah vailey has been thor- oughly scoured and oleaned out by General Hunter, while the country beyond Staunton, towards Lyochburg and the Southwest, bas been as thoroughly harvested by Generals Ave- rill and Crook. The rebel army in Richmond, therofore, can- not move northward, becanse the roads and ali tho facilities in that direstion for army trans portation are destroyed, and because the coun- try is exhausted of ite oatile aad corsa, pigs and sheep, bacon and poultry, everything. On the other hand, the army of General Grant stands now across the roads on the sonth side of Ricbmond. To give him batile there Lee will be ulteriy defeated; to staud etill in Rich- mond is, on his part, to prepare for a eurrender a la Pemberton; and what, then, can be do but steal of in the night up the James river, and next, by a roundabout way, move dowa upon the desperate enterprise of a junction with Jow Johnston! In any event, the fall of the rebel capital isnot for off; and then, as with the lose of Richmond and the retreat or decisive defeat of Lee, Old Virginia will have oo further interest ia Jef. Davis, the seventy-five thousand veteran Vir- ginia soldiers now {in hia service will leave it in disgust, the people of North Carolina will thea revolt against him, his kingdom will fali to pieces, and Nassau or Mexico will be bis only chance of escape. “Maxnmuuax ann tie Mgxicans.—We pub- lished in yesterday’s editlon an interesting ac- count, from our special correspondent in Mexi- co, of the arrival of the new Emperor and Em- press of that now empire at Vera Cruz, and of their reception by the people. It is remarked that in no wise did the subjects of Maximitien demonstrate any joy at his arrival. They were of course curious to have @ look at the impe- rial couple, but beyond this were as calm and impassible as though bora in those cold re gions which gave his Majesty birth, instead of under the tropicn! rays of Oid Sol. Ever most ostentatiousiy polite whore ladies are con- cerned, the Mexicans on this occasion seemed to havo laid aside their usual affability to the fair vex, as far as the Empress was concerned. They stared at her, but gave no welcome. Bhocked, no doubt, at this reception, their Ma- jesties hastened away from Vera Cruz. They would not linger to partake In tho festivities which the French bad prepored for them. Pre texting a fear of Yellow Jack, on went the im- perial cortege to Soledad. Bven the priests, who in the cathedral were waiting to bless the new comers, were ignored In their hasty re- treat. To the unprejudieed, the reception of Maxt- millan at Vera Croz paints in dark colors the real position of the intruder. The people of Mexico do vot want this man to rule over them, and, spite of French intimidat!ous and French bribes, they huve shown this beyond all doubt. If the new Emperor was thus received in Vera €ruz, a seaport, a place where the inflnence of the foreigner is more readily acknowledged, what must he expect from those of his subjects who will not come under this influence. Naught but hatred and a determined opposition. The Mexioane are evidently averse to the ruler forced upon them by the bayonets of the French, und they will plot and rebel against him until the time shall bave arrived when we suall come forward and rid Mexico of thre filibusters who have so uncerewontously eeimed | scot. free. AM that Stanton hes de-| VY, upoa aud evertirown her government, This picoes of work we have before us, aad it should be ovident to Napoleon—the prime mover in the nefarious scheme—that at our earliest leisure we shall attend to the matter thoroughly. In the meanwhile Maxtwilian, surrounded by bis French, Austrian aud Belgian guard, may keep up a mockery of an imperial government in the Halls of the Montezumas. But his reign witl be short and unsatisfactory, even though’ be should make every concession in his power to the people. He may appoint Sante Anna 5 marshal, or any other prominent Mexican; but) the people will not accept this as an equiva lent for thelr lost republic; and should these men turn against him, as Santa Anne is almost sure to do, the people would side with thera, and cut Lis Majesty’s throat with infinite gusto. All these things taken fnto consideration, it may readily be supposed that Maximilian will fully realize the fact that “uneasy sets the head which wears a crown,” and he will doubtless be very glad when he shall have once more reached Miramar, which place he should not have left to undertake the dangerous experi: meat of raising an empire on this pontinent, The Chicago Convention and the Peace Faction. The agitation of the postponement ef the Chicago Conventton has brought to the surface some very singular developments. First and foremost in the advocacy for a postponement aro the organ of the Woods, the Daily News of this city, and the peace organs generally. This class of jourosls Jed off in this movement, and bave done their utmost to bring about that re- sult, That alone should be sufficient evidence to all who wish the success of the ticket nomi- nated at that convention to look with euspicion upou this movement and unite in thelr protest against postponing. The adjournment of the Chicago Convention is simply the abandon- ment of the party and the throwing up of the Presidential contest upon the very threshold of tue campaign. If postponed, before the day arrives for its assembling the different ele- ments of the party will have been absorbed and swallowed up between the administration ticket nominated at Baltimore and the radical democracy, or Fremont party. There will be but the fag ends and rump of the opposition forces left to make a beggarly show at the con- vention, wien held, and to support the ticket nominated. It will prove the defeat and rout ofthe Union aud war elemeut of the demo- cratic or opposition party, by giving the peace faction time to rally their forces and swallow them up at Chicago, as the earnestness of the peace organs and the activity of Vallandigham clearly indicate. The only salvation and the only chance for success lie in the immediate assembling of the convention and the nomination of a tried and successiul wilitary man like General Grant. With bim in the field as early ax July, the campaign is won and the victory gained at the outset. The movements of Fernando Wood, and his calling from the byways and from the moun- tain recesses the spirits of the defunct and di- lepidated peace leaders in this State, are not without significance at this time. It is well known that upon Fernando Wood being shelved io Tammany Hal! he organized a Mozart Hall party, for the purpose of forcing Tammany to bergain with him. This he accomplished dur- ing the political revolution in the fall of 1862, and succeeded in securing his election to Congress. He then endeavored to secure the position of United States Senator from the seg- islature of 1863; but the managers of the demo- cratic party in the country districts would net touch him. Then came the bargain between Tammany and Mozart lest year. They were pertially successful in this city at the Novem- her olection; but the people would not standa second bargain, and repudiated it at the char- ter election in December. A new dodge, therefore, baa to be resorted to now. The time for election of members of Congress is approaching, and now he calls np the peace committee, with a view of placing himself in a position to make new bargains. All this noise and confusion in regard to the assembliog of a peace convention in this State means the re-election of the Woods to Congress from this city, with Chanler, who seems to have lost all hope of returuing ia any other way ex- cept a8 a fiyer on the tail of the kite of the Woods. All who have watched carefully the political mavmwuvring of Fernando Wood must know that his whole alm is self. His own individual schemes are at the bottom of all that he does. The peace movement now trumped up ts only for the purpose of securing a bargain that will enabie him and Brother Ben to be returned to Congress—nothing more, nothing less. The postponement of the Chicago Convention until he can get his peace party in trim andina position where he can drive a favorable bargain before the candidate for the Presidency is nominated is one of the first moves in bis pro- gramme. Falling in that, he will then turn hie attention to the factions and parties in this city, with the idea of bringing about a sale of his peace scarecrows for a seat in Congress for another term. With this condition of affairs {t is all import- ant that the managers of the Chicago Conven- tio turn not te the right nor to the left; pay no attention to the appeals for postponement, but move forward with all speed possible and nominate their ticket. They must place before the people a man of whose record there is no doubt. He must be @ person committed by deeds to the suppression of the rebellion and the vindication of the rights of the constitution, America and American laws and interests. With such « record success will attend their efforts, the peace faction will be demolished, leaving only a few peddling and trading peace politicians here and there to tell their fate, who will oniy exist as ® warning to all fature —, of that stamp. The duty of the icago Convention is plain and stralghtfor- ward. Let them follow that, and the dofent of Old Abo—the utter rout of his shoddy eup- porters—is certain. The moment that they ‘waver ail is lost, Tar Rervreo Faavps m 1a Custom Hovsr.— Tho Congressional committee who have beea investignting into the alleged frands ta the New York Custom House have concluded their Ia- bors, and it appears the burthen of their do velopments affects Mr, H. B, Stanton, ex-Deputy Collector. Mr. Stanton is out to one of the morn- ing papers in reply, and explaine-away the grav est accurations againet his personal repatation. This whole Investigation has been a stall po- tato business, and Stanton has been made the scapegoat to enable the big corruptions and mammoth government swindiers 9 get yf , to be received (rom the Income tax, frauded the goverament of, even allow- ing ‘the charges preferred egalast him to be true, would not prove a tithe of the losses by frauds, miamanogement, plundering Contracts, the dishonesty of those who have the handling of the currency, &., which the na- tional treasury is annually compelled to suffer. Iti eafe to say that one-third the annual ex- Penditures of the government goes Into the Pockets of thieving contractors and plundering Shoddyiats, or is obtained in some dishonest way or other. This is a melancholy end ha- “wiliating statement; but it Is true; and Con- greesional committees would do better service to the.country by ferreting out these gigantic frands rather than by wasting months of valu- able time in substantiating some two-penny obarge of malfeasance on the part of some humble public officer. ———— Generar MoCiatan Josrirmp sy Gramma. Gxaxt.—From the dilemma of the uncousforta- ble neceasity of a siege into which General Grant’s campaign from the Rapidan to the Chickabominy had apparently brought him he has brilliantly emerged on the banks of the James river, where he now initiates an entirely new series of operations against the rebel army. Grant’s movement to the James, and his establishment of a new base there, is @ magnificent judgment between the administra- tion and General McClellan. It endorses General MecClellan’s manwuvre, and justifies in the amplest manner all that we have ever anid of that soldier’s great genius. When General McCtellan was practically in the posi- tion that Grant is now in, and when, witha suitable reinforcement, his chances to over- throw the rebellion would have been exactiy what Grant’s chances now are, be was ordered away from that great vantage ground by:the President, or the military nonentities who advised that functionary, and then followed a series of awful disasters. McClellan was ordered from the James river by the new Alexander who hed assumed the command of our armies, and ordered the weather to be propitious and the roads dry on a certain day early in that year. Mr. Lin- coln’s reason for ordering General McClellan from the James river was this:—We had fifty thousand men on the James river ani filty thousand ‘on the Rapidan, and the rebel army was between these two bodies, Consequently, to operate effectively, the two bodies should unite. Ifthe army on the Rapidan went te that on the James, Richmond might be taken. If the force-on the James joined that on the Rapidan, Washington could be defended, though it was not threatened, and Richmond could be menaced, and menaced only. Conse- quently the argument was'in favor of sending the force on the Rapidan to the James. But if that force were joined to McClellan’s army he would stil have the command; for his outright removal at that time would have alarmed the country and made @ panic. But if his force were withdrawn and added to the force in the valley he would be quietly put out of the way, to the infinite delight of the radicals. So McClellan was ordered from the James; end that was perhaps the most important exercixe of his military prerogative and genins that the President bas given. His other military acts and reasons have been like it in character. Mr. Lincoin’s smutty jokes have sometimes a little point; but his military reasons are la- mentable. It is pleasant to the people and to the soldiers who adore General McClellan to see his plans and ideas, so bitterly denounced and jeered by the administretion, approved by the unprejudiced voice of events, and by the weil pondered acts of so great @ soldier aa General Grant. Important CoxareasionaL Depatss—Cunra- BLE ReMINSNEsS OF THE WaskincTon CorresPonn- ENT OF THE AssociaTED Press.—A few days since a debate of « most interesting and import- ant churacter occurred in the Senate of the United Siates. It was based upon a statement made by Senator Wilsoo, of Massaciuseits, Chairman of the Senate Committes on Military Affaire, and involved statistical information relative to the strength of the Union armies, &., of very great value. Irom this official exbibit it appears that since the 17th of October last six bundred thousand men, not including black men, have ealisted or re-enlistod in our armies, and that one huadred aud twenty-five millions of doliars have been expended in bounties since that period; that within the past year seven hundred thousand men have been put in the field, and that since Genoral Grant cou- menced his march toward the rebol capital re- inforcements to the number of forty-eight thou- sand men, exclusive of the one hundred days men—tome two thousand more—have been forwarded to him. By the latter statement it will be remarked that General Grant {a strouger at this moment than when be commenced his grand march toward Richmond; for, no matter bow much the reported Union losses may be exaggerated by rebel newspapers and rebel sympathizers im the North and in Europe, it ix officially known that the actual losses of Gene- ‘ral Grant in all bis fights, from the Ruptdan to the Chickabominy, have not exceeded twenty- six thousand kilfed and wounded. Aboat the time the debate in which this infor- mation was elicited? occurred, we received a brief special despatch in relation to it; but, 00 far as the dobate itself was concerned, the report of the correspondent of the Associsted Press wes as dumb as if nothing of the kind had been uttered. We bave had repeated o¢ce- sions to refer to the gress earclessness or dere- liction of duty and manifest partiality of this Associated Press correspondem; aad, as it be hooves the press of New York to bave a correct- ive applied in his case an speedily as possible, there will be no farther occasion for complaint on thie subject. Uxrameuss ov Tas Incomm Tax. Senator Wilson has proposed to fix the income tax apon salaries above six hundred dollars at five por cent. This is without exemption or diserimi- nation in any case, and will resoh most ef the meohanics in the North, nearly a} of whom re- sive dbove two or two and « half dollars per day. By the operation of this law as proposed to be amended, andes now oxisting, the bur- then falls alike upon the man of family and the man without cochmbrancé—upon the head of 8 family comprising three, Sve or ten peraons, relying solely apon the husband's and parent’s {ncome for support, as upor the thoughtless bachelor with neither obick nor child. This is bard upon the mas of ferily, and unfair and upjust as a moasure of taxation. Mr. Wilson, while engaged upon the subject, might make nome suggestion of discrimination meeting the cans, and yet not impair toe amount of revenyo den eppesrance of Vallandigham ia QOuio has taken the public by surprise. The term of bis banishment from the country has not expired; no notice has been given of his pardon. “It ts not to be wondured at that the masses of oar Union crip a td look upon bié‘arrival te Hamiltoa coutity, just in time to be elected by the district convention as delegate to the Cur cage Convention, with astonishment. How bas all this happened?) He cortatnly ‘could not ‘lisve thus boldly left bie ‘bid ing place and appeared on public oocastons iy Obio unless. bis movements were known, and winked at by the administration. The Jribure yeaterday acknowledged everything ia dcclar ing that, “He will do good bere.” His return and thé” circumstances connected with “it- bear very strong evidence of a pre concerted ment on the part of the sé ministration and Vallandigham’s friends, whied is nothing more nor less than « political eles tlaneering dodge, They consider, as the BS bune deolared yesterday, that Vullandignasw’s open advocacy and his participation in the campaign as an ‘advocate of the Chicago nom. nee will drive thousands of war democrats over to the support of Lincoln and Johnson. Far that reason he is more available to the manzg- ing politicians at Washington at home on tue stump than hidden away in Canada, It is a well known fact that the demooracy threw away the glorious fruits of their triumps in the fall of 1862 by their gilly and ridiculous declarations that their success was a peage triumph. The success of Governor Seywore was simply the result of disgust of the peoste ‘in the management of the war by the polities fanatics. who were in power at Washitgtos. The people rallied at the polls in the dofedpe of the democratic ticket, believing that + change would bring about a more energetic and successful prosecution of the war and oe earlier suppression of the rebeilion But no sooner were the results of the electiona ia the fall of 1862 koown than the Woods the Vallandighame apd the copperheads generaity promounced them a peace victory. This was followed by the nomination of Seymour in Gon necticut, the silly letters and peace speecbes written and made in his support, the Valla digham letier of Governor Seymour, the :om> nation of Vallandigbam for Governor, the peace meeting of the Woods in this oity, ari the appearance of that class of extreme mer on the surface everywhere who mouopotized all the councils of the pariy until the peopie became disgusted. The result was that out of two evils they chose what they considered tos lesser, and wheeled into tine in the aupport of the republican party in the fall of 1863. ‘fans the good results of the conservative trivmp’ of 1862 were all thrown away. The repubdiiese leaders, realizing this fact, aro now perfort'y willing that Vallandigham shall retura aad make all the fuss that he pleases. They hare no objection to his being elected delegate te Chicago, and iionized there to the fuliest ca- tent, believing: that it will repeat the result of last year by causing a diversion of a vote from the Chicago nominee to the Bal timre tiekot. It iso shrewd gume of the repubiicans, Let us seo if the democracy bave learned wi» dom by the experieuce of the past. Pawapacrma, June 17, bes. President Lincoln left for Wastington ut eight clowc thin morning. Curr Excieer Srimcrs, Unrrep Stamm Navy, 3a UEVED.—@hiel Engineer Aiben C, Stimers, for sone tka the general inapector of tron-olads, hing boon relieved trem What powition, and his piace filed by Chicf Eagiiew W W. W. Wood, seaior chief engineer of the Untied dase Navy. Mr. Situers will be, in course, of time, ordered to some subordinate duty, or perhaps besent out {tome wea-going vessol, He is the deaiguer of the new Iight draught Monitors now building, ‘Tus PRivaToen Fronia—The outrages commited br the crew of ihe privateer Florida, a# stated in our cor reapondence irom Baracoa, (aba, to the Hanano of yee teréay, ocou Martinique, instend of the former piace, The ;eope at Haraova are trisudly to the Unow C1Use, GG wOOld be loca to treat tho rebel vessel wat the same courtesy that she received at Martiokyae. A Jnpoa o7 Tre Scresme Cover Drarren.—Hon, Scrugbam, one of tae Juetices of tho Supreme the staie,and formerly brigadier goucral of the Drigade, Now York State Militia, was drafted oa day Isst al Tarrviown, He was @rat quiified of day (Friday) morning, w presiding at the Oyer nnd Former at Hy JUL OB DO war abun wo Drondnnce sentence of dewth ipoa Milly Murray, & coltrrs woman, convicted of the murder of her infant obit Exremtairvent ror Stok Ax Wouxoeo Soupims 4 grand oratorioal aad musical entertainment wilh bors place nt the Academy of Musto, next Thursday evewsre, for the Benefit of sick and wounded soldiers at present under care ut the Ladies’ Home Hospi, Henry Ward leeches, Dr Chajnin gad older gentioaea have prom st to dilirer addresses ou the occasion City Inteitigenee. Trow’s Crry Dmucrort.—The seventy-cighth vtome of thie usafil oiiy guide bas just mace its appearance ot sale, All that aced be suid of it te tant tm aboot ibe same ia every respect as fur mavy years Back, shevtor little improvement or vovelty ia ite pages, This iu 6 great measure, perhaps, rests more from the ehareci«? of the work itso than from any other cause; but aev+r- Uholeas it ie but too evident tat considerable more pane might have boot takes tn ite preperation. “Oa boume over the list of mames « great many enisinkep are to ve nutieed, euch ag wrong places of residences, tacos rect spelling Of wames and like Dinaders, whies po ng fa cltber cane the eletabis: are ieen, yw apology, state (they found Nontremely aidieult, ewig te the rtuten of ion fur wen of the more imielicens gard pe a A 5 I EI oe RI would ‘down better to have Tilteueh tiie us the work ooald be pet od hd ‘want is a directory, Bot 8 re cord of names etna seacrrts mabe os lnmend Must, on a eiien ts nee wes vasa the pectonie whoa do well to give the pudito a reviaed aud aorrected e\| Fras ov More Sraser—ioeg snow $66,000 —About toe the engine room, quickly the upper floors, and Ina very abort Ume tue euttrd buiiaing wan on fire and Koen destroyed ‘with ta” Goa tonie The west wali fe) opom butiamg Ko, A, and {$taedown to the second floer Yomree Hobengk’s loss i stk will we abent $39,000; . inswed for $29,000, tm the ts $0006, entworth. for jngurance Gowmpany. mm of the fe onder anvigation by whe Fite Kare fe Fis om Bavexrs Avanvs—Two Hoxem Buavsy ve Daaws.-bhertly efter twelve o'siock om Thursday v igh: @ tre brome out ina brick stable im the rear of No, a Beventh aqenue Two horses belonging te George Mie gan wore burncd to death, valued at $600; vo insurance tinea were soon to ny the alley, doflineatery Jump cn 0 evel root end det tre to 0 bale strnw to be Captain of vrecinet, & god deter Moe of thane mam and are tn ncarch of Mea. lb is | poped they wil) be canads gad pus;