, 1861-07-31

of each regiment ut 75o (aaa the officers CON
cur that not moro than .tha& &&uumber,: Or ~ |
many. reached the battls ne1d, and We hsva a Z |
totaa s s1En! Sf only Is @ a ef Es2n s.ff1n ~ oo"
:. Let not our defcst,i with such an enormous
disparity ct forces, discourage siDEle Rasrlet,
OF, ,daunt the: courage OF single ao!dles.r IT,
WAS anundently proved, byIthe, nt1nleat sne:
cees which attended :oIr. oisae e11y
G sve9 taa11a a, tRs bst a2 9s
lie word then go out III along the nne-atand
In. t1oasa a..; aeid = lo,t, su.saot iossr'.
- z4>=;<- =. = 8,
= 80; SECOND :LETrER.
W7at Eonoyss, Il 4bous-1as Military Estao-
= iisAnqeuf E.d1td-Ine. IdrssD1 D3caktoas-
Dirret 1azatsas and III -chtJ- ha"st
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So great has been the pre- occupation OF the
public mind during the<pressnt week with
gathering up the facts and consequences Of
the 1epulse sustained before hsnassas, 1hat
!, the proceedings Of Congress haVe excited IT.
tie interest. :: The Senate hss bean dlscoss1ngg,
with its customary dilatofinees and muiapuc-
.ity of words, the various measures tor or9anl.,
zat1on Of the army, andhss At LENGTH oy olns
i; OF compromise on both. .sldes, agreed with the.
House In fixing the perminent regular army
eatablishmcns at twenty-five Thousand men
This, although BY no means 80 economical as ::
+: the more rigid champions Of a cheap govern
ment insisted On, is fur better than the origi-
nal permanent increase TO- 4Oooo men, provi-
ded for IN the bill OF Senator Wilson, which
paseed the Senate. It Is perhaps ~ small an.
army as the Government ;can safely get along
With, especially II the fires Of the great rebel:
lion Of 1851, when extingulshed, shall leave,
many smonlderiug embers: behind In the dis
+: affected States. An army Of q. 900 men sounds
small, indeed, to European ear, but to us,
who have lived and .pEospered as nation for
eighty years, with m army always under 15;.
600 in numbers, aad have but three times been
obliged to inc1eale It temporarily tor purposes
Of selfprotecti0n, an increase OF evenl0,00o
o95 snR ~ih s 81 1sas ~
| dfy5W1tehed by = 'yjgilant- people -
Thsre' are ret several ve1y important mess-
ursS to receive the final action Of both Houses.
Among these, is THO modification OF the tariff,
which has passed the Houae, aud been disa.
new bill, By Nj. Simnnons, OF Rhode Ialand,
the great embodiment Of New Englmd pro.
tectlon.> This bill differs from that passed by
the House, chiefly in the fact that itleyles an
additional duty on all taxed articles, and on,
the free list, Of ten per centum ad va1orszn. Il
also places additional protection upon, wooden
and Wotsted manufactures. Both bills tax
sugar, tea and coffee heavily, the duty on all
teas being fifteen cents per pound; that on
codee, five cents, and that on sugars from two
TO SIX cent?, according to quality and grade.
II remains to be eeen now the Houses viii be
brought to harmonIze on the very important
modification Of adding ten per cent hor1zpn-
tai tariff On the entire List Of importationB.
It ia clear that q heavy additional revenue
must be had from come quarter, and the levy.
iDg of duties upon imports Is apparently the
easfeEt and least obnoxious method Of col
1ecting large share Of the tax which the na-
ton must bear, until we are extrfcated from
the fearful emergency into which rebellion
aud treason have plunged us.
The other most important measure still
Iarg{ng undecided In Congress, Is the bill
levJirg q direct tax Of thirty millions, and
Imposing excise and impost duties to the es-
Gmated amount Of thirty millions more.
This bill originated in the Rouse Of Repre-
eentatfVes, tn pursuance Of the recommends
ton OF the Secretary Of the Treasury. 1t i'm
poses direct tax upon real estate aud slaves,
amounting In the aggregate to $50, ,000, 600,
and distributed among all the States, loyal
and 'disloya1, in proportion to population
The share Of several Of the Northern States is