New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-05
a PANIC RIG II M o ND.
TIE PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE TAX BILL
rHt PROGRESS MADE sY THE SENATE COMMITTEE
Why the Rebels do not Arm their Slaves
A FOREIGN CONFIDENCE MAN.
WASHINGTON, Nay 4. 1862.

THE REPORTED EVACUATION of CoihN IN
The reported evacuation of Cornth is disbeeved
here. DISPATCHES from Gen. Halleck, Assisant-Sec-
retary Scott and another official person concur In
stating that the Rebels have not moved.
THE EVACUATION OF YORKTOWN.
A civilian who has just returned from before
Yorktown, where he spent Wednesday, THURSDAY
and Friday, and managed to inspect both our own
and the enemy's works from a much nearer point
than any correspondent hes ventured, concluded that
they were making preparations to evacuate, and tna'
il was utterly impossible for army to bave com
nletsd its works 50 as to make general attack for a
leas, three weeks.
lie says, also, that it WIS easy TO gsther from
every deserter white or black that the Rebel army
is greatly demoralized. lie adds that some OF tne
officers appear to he bent upon i'pregnatin9 the
army with belief that Congress is neslectlpg them'
and that it may some time be duty to serve II as
Cromwell served Parliament.
The statement in correspondence from the army be-
fore Yorktown that the navy has not cooperaaeu
with Gen. Mcclellan, as was contemplated
at the outset, 10 without the shadow OF
a foundation. In fact the navy has at
all times been prepared to afford whatever as'
sistapce was required, and it burns to do more. Nor
ia il true that the Secretary OF War has interfered
with any plan Or plans Of the Major'General COM
man ling the army now in Yorktown He did op'
pose one request but the President granted on the
ground that he had promised to do 30.
PANIC IN RICHMOND.
We have news from Richmond via Fredericks-
burg Of importance. The people Of the Rebel
capital are panic stricken, the wealthy citizens are
hacking up their furniture, and sending it into the
country An apparently intoxicated person the
past week passing by the tobacco warehouses where
our soldiers are confined, cried out to them, "Cheer
up, bows, Mcclellan or Mcdowell will be here IN
a few days" The sentry shot him dead Oh the
spot.
CONrIsCATION.
The wives Of Union Frcdricksburgans have been
driven from the town. IL need hardly be added
hat their husbands favor a stringent coniiscation
law. Nothing elsc, they say, will save them from
utter ruin The most influential will come here to-
morrow to aid it's passage.
STATE OF AFFAIRs At F3EDERICKsBUR
Our Commanding Gen eral galloping into Fredcr-
icksburg yesterday afternoon with bis saii, was re-
ceyed with closed doors Not a door open OF house
or store not face to be seen except now and then
that of curious damsel peering through haii-eosed
blinds a, the csvalcade Of Yankees. Rebel picsets
are stilI within mile Of Fredericksburg, and nightly
gal op through the streets
TIE PREuICTIoNs ABOUT THE TAX BILL.
The predictions tina. Congress will pass no Tax bi
this sesion the complaints Of ITS hardness and still
more the imrnt stous upon the motives Of those who
now have il in charge, are in the highest dsgree dis
] ,ls ,.slfp trfV eur
rencv. The Finsnce Committee of the Senate has
been working upon the Tax bill since it came from
the House. some three weeks since, with an iniell
gent assiduity Of which such critics little dream. II
has been in session almost the whole of every day
leaving the other business Of the Senste mainly tC
others to d. Ii has listened to the representative
Of every interest which had suggestion TO offer. 1
has read the bill quite through three times il
Committee, that every Member mieht masts
II thoroughly, has submitted numerous ques
tons Of detail TO subcommittee to conside
after each days adjournment, and has csre
fully revised their work. The machiner,
of the bill, ss it came from the House, which WA
found to be very Detective has been thoroughly per
fee,ed, and numerous questions touching taxes upoI
specified articles have been discussed and passe'
upon. The House ILL has now been msiured, a few
points only remaining TO be considered, but furthe
question, which, so far from having been decisvel,
settled will probably be decided tomorrow whe,he
or not to substitute another bill, radically different IL
Senator Simmons desires to do. Whether this i
done or not, the Committee will probably be pre-
pared to report by Tuesday Wednesday, and pos
sibly tomorrow. The taxes on raw cotton and oI
| Io., Iaa
at first raised TO s. barrel. has been reduced to
AS it passed the House; that on distilled liquor
stands a, 20 cents a gallon. The Committee i
sill equally divided on the question Of taking th
stock ON hand. There is talk about taxing slaves
but in the face of the vote of the House against it
il was thought best to report the bill without such
provision, leaving it to the Senate to introduce, if
chooses.
ARMING SLAVES.
Intelligent fugitive blacks who have come with
Gen. McDowes lines assert that the Rebels SOM
time since seriously considered the propriety Of ann
ing the slaves, but concluded not to do 50, for th
reason that they were not sure whom they wou'
shoot. 'Golly, We knows who to shoot massa,
added one Of the loyal negroes who made this state
ment.
A FOREIGN CONFIDENCE MAN.
Diplomatic and military circles are laughing owe
the overreaching of two foreign Ministers by for
eign adven,urer. Count Schweinitz, as he call
himself, some months ago presented to Chevalie
IIusemann, the Austrian Minister, letter of intro
dncilon, oStensibly from Gen. Schneider, Chief .
Staff to tho Archduke Msxmilian. Schneider wrot
that the bearer, one Of the Archduke Maximilian'
Aide-de-Camps, desired n commission ghtfor free