The national Republican., 1861-07-31

AaSneo hoVO AOiuocu W tuhc thS Oath VI uic-
glance, and yet, though this fact was known,
they have not been removed from Office.
~ Ex-Governor Isaac I. Stevens, Of Wash
ington Territory, has accepted the appointment
Of colonel of the seventy ninth New York regi.
mcnt, (Highlanders.) This appointment will
be gratifying to the friends of the Union.
From the day of the Presidents election, he
has been an uncompromising opposer of seces.
sion, and his great military abilities have not
been summoned to the support of the Govern.
ment too soon.
~ In reference to the complaint of the
New York Tribune, that there are fifty West
Point graduates in that city, who have not
offered their services to the country, cores.
pondent notices the case of one, whose services,
offered in any capacity, have not yet been &C.
cepted, although he is endorsed by the highest
officers in the army, including General Scott
DEAR BoUGHT."-N was in these words
that JEFF. Davis, in a dispatch to his wife on
the evening of July 2l, characterized his vic
wi ouSh os Al WOO, VI tuat lHt NOHleu-
crates admit loss of fifteen hundred in killed
and wounded, being double that suffered By
our troops. Their real loss is believed greatly
to exceed fifteen hundred.
The Southern leaders, instead Of gaining
confidence from this battle, must be disheart.
ened by it, whatever delusions they may i'm
pose upon the ignorant masses whom they con.
troll. They are thoroughly cured of the delu.
sion that Northern troops will not fight.
The PUBLIC CREDIT.-The House has dis
played noble courage and patriotism, in pro.
viding revenue, in addition to that from the
custom houses, Of thirty millions, twothirds
by direct taxes and one-third by taxes of excise
upon incomes, &c.
The rule by which direct taxes are appor-
toned among the States, is fixed by the Con.
stitution, and depends upon representative
members. 1t is, therefore, open to the obiec-
ton that it works unequally, as between States
comparatively rich and comparatively poor.
But inequality Of some kind is unavoidable in
taxation Of whatever sort, and direct tax has
the decisive recommendation, that it will reach
the revolutionized States as soon as the ma.
tionsl authority over them is reasserted. This
consideration will reconcile the country to
whatever may be Objectionable about it,
ORDINANCE OF THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
DEFINING TREAsoN.-Recently, in tho Legisla
ture, on motion of Mr. Garnett, the ordinance
fn rrOhthit citizopo of U,ro,n,o Ill
Office under the United States Government was
taken up.
The ordinance was amended, debated, and
finally passed in the following form-yeas SO,
nays 2l:
l. Be 1t ordained, That any citizen of Vir-
ginia holding office under the Government Of
the United States after the 3lst of July, 1861,
shall be forever banished from this State, and
is declared an alien enemy, and shall be 80 con-
sidered in all the courts Of Virginia.
2. Any citizen of Virginia who may here.
after undertake to represent the State of Vir-
ginie in the Congress Of the United States, in
addition to the penalties of the preceding sec.
ton, be deemed guilty of treason, and his
property shall upon information by the Attor-
ney General in any court of this Common.
wealth, be confscated to the use of the State.
8. The first section shall not be deemed ap-
plicable to any officer of the United States
now out Of the limits of the United States, or
Of the Confederates States, until after the lst
day of July, 1862.
Owing to the passage of this ordinance, six
Government clerks resigned yesterday, and
several more will probably resign to-day.
p% The Pennsylvania delegation having
been called upon to suggest names, one for
major general and egh, for bripadier generals
as generals from that State may be wanted are
reported to have agreed unanimously upon the
following list:
For Major Genoral-Gcn. Mccall. formerly
inspector general U. S. A., with the rank Of
colonel of cavalry; one of the most distinguished
regular army officers serving in the MEXICAN
war.
For Brigadier Generals--Colonel Samuel p.
Heintzleman, U. S. A.. thirty.fve years in ser
vice, noted for gallantry and distinguished ser.
vice in the Mexican war, and the commander
of column Of $4,000 men in the recent battle.
Col Andrew Porter, U. s. A; fifteen years
in the service; acting brigadier general in the
recent battle brevetted in Mexico.
Col VIM. B. Franklin, U. s. A.: eighteen
years in the service, and acting br.gad:er gen.
eral in the recent battle.
Col VIM. R. Montgomery, graduate of
West Point, now the colonel of New Jersey
regiment in the service.
Capt. r. II. Rush, late Of the U. g. A., one
of the first officers in the service when he re,
signed. A class,mato Of Gen. Mcclellan ut
West Point.
Col. John B. Reynolds, U. s. A., command.
ing the cadets at West Point; twenty years in
service breyetted on the field in Mexico.
Major Samuel Sturgis, U. s. A.; fifteen years
in the service; now on duty under Gen. Lyon,
in Missouri; promoted to captaincy for dis.