The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-13 00:00:00

sentment is a very bad foundaticn for a public policy; and
these gentlemen will live long enough to learn it also. I
shall do what lam ordered. I shall fight when and where
lam commanded. But if lam compelled to fight before I
am ready, they shall not hold me responsible. These gen-
tlemen must take the responsibility of their acts, as I am
willing to take that of mine. But they must not throw
their responsibility on my shoulders."

It remains to be seen if the plans of General
Scott can now be followed. The reaction along the
Mississippi will be great, and Major-Genl. Freemont,
with great respect for his courage and enterprise, is
not the man, I fear, to conduct large columns suc-
cessfully. Missouri is anything but safe; Cairo is
menaced, and my friends at Memphis seem to be
stirring from their rest under their General.

I regret that I cannot give any more interesting
or important intelligence, but I have not been able
to go out for the last two days to the camps, as, in
common with many people in Washington, I was
suffering a little from the weather-thunderstorms,
rains, bad odours, which produce the usual results
in garrisons and ill-drained cities. However, it is
some consolation that there is nothing of conse-
quence doing. There was an alarm the night be-
fore. Some foolish people got the loan of a steamer
and a big gun, and went down the river with them.
When they were opposite one of the enemy's bat-
teries, some three or four miles away, they fired
their big gun, and " Oh'd," no doubt, at the shot as
it splashed short in the water, the enemy treating
them with a proper silent contempt all the while.
Having done this, they returned in the evening and
amused themselves by firing away as hard as they
could just below the Long-Bridge-I believe with-
out ball-and it may be imagined there was some
commotion, as the reports shook doors and win-
dows. General M'Clellan is doing his best to get
things into order, and the outskirts of the city and
the streets are quieter at night ; but there is rough
work with Zouaves and others in Alexandria-
houses burnt, people shot, and such like sports of
certain sorts of " citizen soldiery." They will soon
be shouting " Money or blood," if not kept in order
and paid. These men formed a marked exception
to the general behaviour of many regiments.
By the following document, which relatoe to
money, it may be seen that if the South does not re-
sist subjugation it will have to pay for two wars. The
tax and duties on property, &c., have been applied
to them as if they were in the Union, and the tax is
apportioned to the States as follows :-Maine,
631,239 dole. ; New Hampshire, 327,610 dols. ; Ver-
mont, 316,602 dole. ; Massachusetts, 1,236,872
dois. ; Rhode Island, 175,445 dole. ; Connecticut,
462,821 dole. ; New York, 3,905,878 dole. ; New
Jersey, 675,201 dole. ; Pennsylvania, 2,920,790 dole.;
Delaware, 112,750 dole. ; Maryland, 655,235 dots. ;
Virginia, 1,406,326 dole.; North Carolina, 864,292
dole. ; South Carolina, 545,356 dols. ; Georgia,
876,551 dole.; Alabama, 793,970 dols. ; Mississippi,
619,627 dole. ; Louisiana, 578,803 dole. ; Ohio,
2,350,634 dole. ; Kentucky, 1,700,543 dole. ; Tenes-
see, 1,400,247 dole. ; Indiana, 1,357,313 dole. ; Illi-
nois, 1,719,827 dole. ; Missouri, 1,141,691 dole. ;
Kansas, 107,615 dole. ; Arkansas, 392,829 dole.;
Michigan, 752,645 doffs. ; Florida, 116,284 dole. ;
Texas, 532,660 dols. ; lowa, 678,132 dole. ; Wis-
consin, 779,533 dole. ; California, 381,808 dole. ;
Minnesota, 162,786 dole. ; Oregon, 52,711 dole.
Territories-New Mexico, 93,972 dole. ; Utah,
40,473 dole.; Washington, 11,633 dols.; Nebraska,
28,968 dole. ; Nevada, 6,889 doll. ; Colorado,
34,358 dole. ; Dakota, 4,862 dole. ; District of Co-
lumbia, 74,155 dole. The date of collection is net
fixed.