The New York Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1862, Page 4

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DAMeHS, BUMLESQUES, &6.—CONVIGE Lis OX BLAGEWELL OANTERBURY MUSIC HALL, 585 Broadway.~Sonas, Danoxs, BuRLESQORS, 40.—O'FL NNigaN at THY Fak GATETIES CONCERT ROOM, 616 Broadway.—! Room Extentanaents, BALLET Eierounmra Pancese B AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, 444 Broadway.—Soxcs, Bau- Lets, Pantomtmxs, &¢.—osketT Macat x. CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL, No. 45 Bowery.— Buriesquves, Soxcs, Dawoxs, &c.—!'wo CLowNs. PARISIAN CABINET OF | changed. WOND: me Open daily from WA MAGDOE renege NOVELTY MUSIC 016 Bi = oo eee 6 Broadway.—Bonesques New York, Sunday, March 2, 1862. THE SITUATION. Everything on the Potomac is reported quiet up to last night. i Official despatches from Commodore Foote, re- lative to affairs on the Tennessee river, which were received at the Navy Department yesterday, give most satisfactory accounts of the Union feel- ing in Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, in which lattcr State Lieutenant Gwin had penetrated in the gunboat Taylor as faras Eastport. The vic- tories at Forts Henry and Donelson have impressed the Unionists with great faith in our army, and have given them courage to avow their sentiments more freely. Lieutenant Gwin says that upon learning that a large quantity of wheat and flour, intended for shipment to the South, was stored at Clifton, Tenn., he landed there and took on board about one thousand saks and one hundred barrels of flour, and some six thousand bushels of wheat, to prevent its being seized by the rebels or disposed of in the rebel country. So anxious is the government to give every aid to the Unionists of the Southwest, that the War Department has authorized the raising of volun- teer troops in Tennessee, and it is decided to put the loyal citizens of the Southwest generally ina po- sition to resist the rebels whenever any attempt is made to coerce the Union people back again into the thralls of rebellion. News from Nashville, dated on Friday, states that the rebels at that place are falling back on the Tennessee river, while the forces which are eva- cuating Columbus are said to be concentrating at Chattanooga. The Navy Department is also in receipt of a de- spatch from Commodore Goldsborough, at Roanoke island, giving further details of thé reconnoitering party up the Chowan river as far as Winton, N. C., where the repels in large force opened a heavy fire upon the Delaware with a battery of artillery and musketry, which induced our force to attack it inreturn, both by landing the New York Ninth Zouaves and with the guns of the vessels that could be brought to bear upon the enemy. The rebels soon took to flight, and the houses they oc- cupied as quarters were burned. No one was hurt on our side. The news from the South contained in our Balti- more correspondence to-day, is very interesting. It is said that the discontent of the people with the course of the rebel Secretary of War, Mr. Ben- jamin, ts so great that his removal is almost certain; it indeed, he has not already resigned. The guns from Columbus are said to have been removed to Memphis, while those carried off from Bowling Green, Clarksville and Nashville have been trans- ported either to Decatur, Ala., where General A. 8. Johnston is said to be concentrating a large force, or to Stephenson, in the northeast corner of Alabama. By the arrival of the Arsbia at Halifax yesterday afternoon we have news from Europe to the 16th of February. Nothing of importance with regard to American affairs had occurred in England, ex- cept that in the House of Lords, Earl Russell, in reply to Lord Stanhope, stated that government had protested against the permanent destraction of any harbors by the stone blockade, and the American government had denied any such inten- tion. ‘The expense to England of the Mason ana Sii- doll affair is understood to be £364,000 ($1,920,000). The United States gunboat Tuscarora is reported to be at Gibraltar, watching the privateer Sumter, which atill remains there, without conl. Tt is positively stated that the Archdnke Maxi- milian has accepted the throne of Mexico. The latest Madrid journals publish several arti- eles relative to the establishment of a monarchical government in Mexico, atid the Zpoca seoms to think that a Spanish prince would enact the | sovereign there just as well as an Austrian or any | | other foreigner. MISCELLANFOVS NE We. The Canard steamship Arabia, from Liverpoo) 15th an Queenstown the 16th wit into Halifax yesterday aforneon on b h *%. The Arabia w fh NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1862. _ a ! - tire passage. Her news is two days Jater than that by the Hibernia, 3 Consols in London were 92% a 93, The Liver- pool cotton market was firmer, but prices had not Provis! ained as last reported. The Etna d d not arrive at this port on Yriday, as reported. Her files of European papers, forwarded by the Hibernia, reaching after the mails of the atter vessel, induced the supposition that she had ched her dock. | he Senate of the Legislature at Albany yea y there was not much business of general in- terest transacted. Favorable reports were made on the New York County Court House bill, the bill to correct abuses connected with the pavements in this city, and that to prevent frauds in the use of trade marks and brands. In the Assembly the special order, the Public Defence bill, was taken up, and an interesting debate on it ensued. Mr. Royal Phelps, of this city, spoke at some length in opposition to the bill, and the greater portion of the day’s session was consumed by the members in the discussion upon it. Lieut. Colonel Wilcox, late of the Second regi- ment New York State Volunteers, was the recipient last night of a magnificently wrought gold Maltese cross, and a pre- amble and resolutions expressive of the high esteem in which he was held by his regiment, The presentation came off at the house of the Colonel's father-in-law, 196 Fifth avenue, and was all that could be desired. Among the guests present were General Hall and staff, the Majorand €apt. Delaney of the Second, Ex-Alderman Barry, and several private citizens. Col. Cogswell was invited, but was not present. The following named cities and towns have been captured from the enemy since the commence- ment of the present year:— Elizabeth City, N. C. Eilenton, N.C: Bolivar, Va. Charlestown, Va. Winton, N.C. Harpor's Ferry, Va. Bowling Green, Ky. Big Bothel, Va. Paintyille; Ky. Huttonsville, Va. ashvillo, Tenn. Romney, Va. Clarksviile, Teun. Florence, Al Dover, Tenn. Cedar Keys, Fla. Fayottoville, Ark. Springfield, Mo. Bentonville, Ark. Eastport, Miss. Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, in accepting the nomination for re-election of the constitutional Union party of that State, says he has not seen their resolutions or platform, and does not consider them, whatever they are, of any importance to him. His duty is to strive to put down the rebel- Tion and to restore the Union and the authority of the constitution. Twenty-four of the Fort Donelson prisoners were unconditionally released. They were there visiting their friends. There was very fair skating on the Central Park early yesterday morning; but after the sun began to approach the meridian the ice softened consi- derably, making the sport anything but agreeable to good skaters. The ice is expected to bein a state fit for use to-day, if no serious change should occur, and, as the winter has every appearance of speedily breaking up, this may be the very last chance our skating readers will have this season. Take advantage of it, for when the ice will have left us it will take nearly nine months to freeze it up again. Yesterday was the last day of the February term of the General Sessions, when Recorder Hoff man and Judge McCunn occupied the bench for the purpose of hearing motions and sentencing the prisoners remanded during the month. An- drew Lamott, convicted of forgery in the second degree, was sent to the StatePrison for five years and one month. August Meyer, who pleaded guilty to forgery in the fourth degree, was sent to the State Prison for two years. Counsel for Jacob and Samuel Elkin, convicted of a conspiracy to have a man named Robb indicted for larceny, moved an arrest of judgment, and also for a new trial, both of which motions were denied. The Recorder sentenced Jacob Elkin to one year’s imprisonment in the Penitentiary, and his son to six months’ incarceration in the same prison. The hog crop of the West this season has con- siderably exceeded that of the last, as will be seen by the following returns of. the number of hogs slaughtered in six of the Western States:— Present Season. Last Season. . 638,421 Ohio. e+ 638, 585,278 Mlinois 605,429 361,669 Indiana * 284,982 217,755 Kentucky |. 134,510 238,312 Towa... 119,047 116,561 Missouri 86,3: 98,508 Total... 1,868,782 1,563 Increase . iicltoentigs 1-4 The cotton market was firmer yestorday, with sales of 600 bales, closing stil at 23340. a 24c. for middling up- lands. The flour market was heavy, and closed at a do- cline of 5e. por bbl. for most grades, while sales were light and chiefly to the home trade. Wheat was inactive and sales quite limited, while prices favored purchasers, especially for common and medium qualities. Corn was heavier and lower, with sales of Western mixed, in store and delivered, at 60c. 9 624¢. Pork was less buoyant, while prices were without change. The sales embraced Rew mess at $14 3734 a $14 50 and $13 50 for old, and $10 6214 a $11 for new prime. The stock embraced about 62,025 bbis., against 47,271 bbls. on the Ist of February ult, Sugars were firm, with sales of about 700 bhds. and 28 boxes at full prices. Coffee was firm: a sale of 700 bags Rio was made at 195¢c. Freigits were unchanged, The Confessions of Jeff. Davis—The Col. lapse of the Rebellion. Jeff. Davis confesses. The truth at last is coming out. His message to the rebel Con- gress, which we published yesterday, is a re- freshing document. His inaugural, though gloomy enough, was rather a labored argument for European consumption than an honest state- ment of his situation. He cannot, however, any longer disguise it, when called upon to submit to his Confederate Congress the stub- born facts, the exigencies, the dangers, the deficiencies and pressing necessities of his wretched mockery of an independent govern- ment. Its day of false pretences, great expec- tations, splendid promises, vain conceits and rose colored estimates has gone by. His South- ern Utopia, like the great South Sea Bubble, or the Morus Multicaulis speculation, has col- lapsed, and Davis admonishes his confederates that they must be qnick about it, or they will save nothing from the general wreck. In the outset of this message he flatly con- fesses that “since the message at the last ses- sion of the Provisional Congress (some three months ago) events have demonstrated that the government had attempted more than it had power successfully to achieve,” and that “hence in the effort to protect by our arms the whole territory of the Confederate States, seaboard and inland, we have been so exposed as recent- ly to encounter serious disasters.” So, so; “Are you there, Mr. Truepenny?” The attempt to capture, hold and carry off from the Union Maryland, the city of Washington, Virginia Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas was a mistake, was it? We think so; and we suspect that Jeff., in this comprehensive pro- gramme, having utterly failed, is slyly recom- mending to his Congress a prudent retreat to the defensive line of the seven original seceding cotton States. He confesses that those States plunged into this rebellion as a sort of conf- dence game, and that “toa great extent the re destitute of the means for the prosecution e war on 80 gigantic a scale as that to which it Las attained.” Just « epected that a mere show i » held would Y ol In fact, they tithern chivalry tea off the Lincoln gov interests of the or that, “King Cotton” and John Bull would surely come to the rescue before Christmas. Without a suflic terials and munitions of war, nol’ standing the stealings of Floyd, and with- out workshops, without a navy, and unable to make any large importations of arms or muni- tions of war from Europe, Davis pleads that his government and the Southera people have “done all w' ‘ch human power and foresight enabled the: to accomplish,” although they have not been able to compete with the govern- ment of the United States, the workshops of the North, our navy, our unimpeded commerce with all the world, and our well equipped and overwhelming ficets and armies, Exactly 50}, and itis a pity that the leading conspirators in this rebellion did not make this discovery before the bombardment of Fort Sumter. But they went into their desperate enterprise with a foolish dependence upon lucky chances, such as the capture of Washington, and upon cotton, England, and what they supposed the superior fighting qualities of Southern men, entirely overlooking the important fact that modern warfare is determined by superior instruments and a superior weight of artillery, by the work- shops which turn out these things and the ma- terials of war, and by the command of the sea, and the superior facilities which it gives for the concentration of overwhelming numbers at @ given point. But, even while admitting his deficiencies in all these essentials, Davis is puzzled to account for his reverses at Roanoke Island and Fort Donelson, and he is waiting for more informa- tion upon the subject. He is thus simply de- luding his Congress with a mystery which is no mystery at all,or else his education at West Point was wasted upon a blockhead. He next confesses that, under the idea of a short war and a glorious independence to the South, his soldiers were enlisted for short terms of ser- vice, and that these drawbacks have seriously aided the enemy. But still, from re-enlist- ments and new levies, he thinks the rebel army within thirty days will amount to “four hundred regiments of infantry, with propor- tionate forces of cavalry and artillery.” We dare say that this means a total force not ex- ceeding three hundred thousand men within thirty days. Thirty days! But the question is, what are his forces now in the field? for within thirty days this war may be substantially ended. Da- vis confesses that “the process of furlough and reenlistment in progress for the last month had so far weakened and disorganized our forces as to impair our ability for successful de- fence;” and, though he professes to believe that that difficulty is now surmounted, we think it highly probable that he keeps his trunks all packed for a journey to a safer latitude than that of Richmond, upon the shortest notice. But the financial system of the Confederate government is presented by Davis as something truly admirable. They “have no doating debt,” which isnot very wonderful, inasmuch as they have adroitly avoided this inconvenience by obligations to redeem their bonds and Treasury notes at some convenient time after the recog- nition of their Southern confederacy. The war hascost their Treasury only one hundred and seventy millions of dollars—less, says Davis, than one-third of its cost to the United States. But he forgets to specify how many of their sol- diers remain unpaid; the amount of the forced contributions drawn from planters, farmers, mer- chants, mechanics and laborers, and the amount of the forced and voluntary’ contributions in money, arms, equipments, clothing, horses, wagons, cattle and provisions, by States, cities, counties, companies and individuals. We dare say that, including all these items, the actual cost of the rebel army, man for man, has been much greater than ours, notwithstanding the wretched equipment, clothing, food, transporta- tion and hospital arrangements and supplies on the rebel side, and the complete outfit and unexampled comforts in all these essentials on our side. The prisoners captured at Fort Donel- son and at Roanoke Island are upon these mat- ters the living witnesses of the most miserable financial supervision of any army in the civil- ized world. And here we drop the subject. Davis con- fesses that his Southern confederacy is a fail- ure, that the bubble has collapsed, and he vainly endeavors to maintain for it yet a little longer a show of vitality, to save appearances and to cover his impending retreat. The end of the delusion is close at hand. Mexico, the Allies and the Unitea States. The Mexican game is gradually developing itself hefore the eyes of the world. England is watching on the one hand the designs of Spain to destroy the republic and reassert her old dominion over the country, and on the other those of France to place Maximilian of Austria ona Mexican throne in exchange for the annexa- tion. of Venetia to the kingdom of Italy, and the annexation of the island of Sardinia to the empire of France. She is jealous of both, and both will assuredly be foiled. Perhaps one of the most remarkable events in the remarkable history of Spain is her sudden rive to her present position of importance before the world, She is found in good company in Mexico; and the proverb which tells us that birds of a feather flock together is not without weight. Deriving much of her trade and means from the posses- ston of Cuba, she has kept pace with civflization during the last few years by the introduction of railways into her country and steam into her commerce and navy. Inflated with on idea of her reviving power, she commenced the new era in her history by a war against her old enemies, the Moors, which might easily have been dispansed with, and certainly did Spain no more good than to show the world that she was able to carry on a war, if it was only in Morocco. Intoxicated with the petty victory gained over the dusky warriors on the other side of the Straits, and taking advantage of the war in the United States, she recalled her recollections of the time of Charles V., and, thirsting for conquest, took possession of St. Domingo. Having re-established the Spanish flag on that sable shore, she became more em- boldened, fnd looked forward to the spoedy restoration of her power on the American con- tinent. Mexico should fall first, and the repub- lics on the Pacific slope one af until from Panama to Valpara’ banner of Castile waved once more in triumph. But it was only a dream—a am that will never become a reality. With ali her thirst for aggrandizement, and the presti r history, she is doomed to cherished hopes, blasted, one by » the proud ever. ree is now deep in the ex gamo of with Franve ur Mexican intervention, nt supply of arms, ma- | her on to a certain point for an ulterior purpose, and England trying to checkmate them both, while the bravery of the Mexicans themselves promises to frustrate all three. But if it 30 happens that Mexico is unable to defend herselfagainst this unwarranted aggression, she will find a shield in the United States. So long as the Allies confined their operations to en- forcing payment of the debts due to their re- spective subjects there was, when the anarchy of the country was taken into consideration, little to cavil with in European intervention. But when, as itis now openly declared, both France and Spain entertain separate projects for the permanent subversion of the govern- ment of the country, and the establishment of a European’ despotism over it, the question as- the other, | sumes a widely different aspect. But, bad as the present complication of affairs in that quar- ter may be, even at this early stage of the movement, it would be premature for the United States to interfere just now, even if we found it perfectly convenient to do so. Let us wait till the results of the expedition have become an outrage to the civilized world, and then step in as the mediator and avenger. By that time our own war will be off our hands, and, the federal flag hav- ing been restored throughout the whole of the Southern States, we shall be left with av army of half a million of men. We shall then not only be able to become the champion of our re- publican brethren on this continent, but to teach Spain a salutary lesson, and put an end to all her hopes of conquest in American waters. We shall wrest from her treacherous grasp the island upon which she at present fattens, and destroy the only hotbed of the slave trade in the world. We shall restore the republican flag on’ the soil of San Domingo, and we shall erect a barrier to all attempts at the Spanish conquest of South America in the future. We shall consign her to the squalor of her own kingdom, where she may employ herself in quieting the insurrectionary feclings of her own discontented people. Thus the Mexican expedition will end only with disaster to her- self, and England and France will have to share the penalty of being found in such bad com- pany, while the machinations of the former will be as absolutely defeated as those of Spain her- self; and Mexico will emerge exultant, and, it is to be hoped, a wiser and a better nation, from the scathing ordeal provoked by her own in- ternal dissensfons. Bull Run Russell—More of His Prophecies and Misrepresentations. Among the intelligence from Europe by the Hibernian, which we published on Friday, was an account of some further prophecies and mis- representations of Russell, the correspondent of the London Times. His latest prediction is that the Army of the Potomac will not move till the winter is over. One of his latest mis- representations is that a mutinous spirit pre- vailsin the army of the Potomac. Nothing can ~be more false. The men are all loyal to the flag, and show the discipline of veterans. The condition of the troops is magnificent. No other army in the world is so well armed and equipped. Another of his misrepresentations is that the naval expeditions had accomplished nothing of moment. They have accomplished things of vast moment, as the rebels long since have found out. Ever since Russell came to this country he has been uttering false prophecies and false representations of the condition of things. One of his earliest statements was that the North was apathetic and would offer no resistance to Southern secession. . Scarcely was the ink dry upon the paper on which he wrote when there was such a mighty uprising of the people as had never been witnessed in any country. Again, he said the work of subjugating the South was a hopeless task, owing to the military spirit of the people and the difficult nature of the country. He took all this back, and predicted the success of the North from the superior physique of its men, and its greater numbers and resources. When at the South he represented the Southern troops and generals a3 superior to those of the North. When he came to the North he changed his tone, lauded the Northern troops to the skies, and said the Southern army had little chance against such men. Afterwards he derided both armies and their generals, and described them as mere military mobs. - He abused the confi- dence of the Southern generals by publish- ing descriptions of the fortifications which he had been permitted to see, of course on the understanding that he was not to divulge what he knew. Asa specimen of his prophecies, we may refer to one of them in which he said that our banks would immediately be overthrown. Another was that if Mason and Slidell were surrendered the mob would run riot, and the government at Washington would be over- thrown. How far these predictions have been verified our readers know. Besides his public letters, he writes pri- yate notes to the editor, poisoning his mind against the country. It is from him that the London Times and other. English journals have taken their malevolent tone. There is no misrepresentation too mean for this literary chiffonier. He is on a level with the drunken loafer in this city who writes the ribald and mendacious correspondence of the London Herald. Russell is here, too, in New York, about the oyster saloons and porter houses. Why is he not on the battle field, discharging the duties he was sent to perform? Because he would not be peqpitied within our lines. He was the first to run away at Bull run, and greatly contributed to the general panic; and he gave a false ac- count of the battle, which he did not wait to see. Knowing, therefore, that it was likely he would be shot or hanged if found smelling about our camps, he has kept at a safe distance from them ever since. Though he is at a dis- tance of some two hundred and fifty miles from the Army of the Potomac, he undertakes to de- scribe it as being in a stote of mutiny. If Russell, LL.D., would inform his em- ployers that our armies are victorious in the Southwest and in the Kast, and that they are closing in from east, west and north to over- whelin the rebels, who are now in the most desperate and deplorable condition, he would be telling them some truth for the first time, | however contrary it might be to his formor pre- dictions and representations, and however dis- agreeable the news might be to t desire to see North and South pes divided, in order that Britanni ain that nave hich she had so } time, has be me abaery ve EERE LE ale oe Jerr, Davis ano Suorr Extisraeyrs.—In his message to the Confederate Congress Jeff. Davis complains of the short time for which men have been enlisted for the Confederate army, and ascribes their disinclination to remain in arms for alonger period than a few months to their want of appreciation of the probable duration of the war. There is another reason, much more obvious and effective than this, however, and that is want of pay. The cerilficate of dis- charge from the Confederate army, a fue simile of which we subjoin, throws ‘a great deal of light upon the manner in which Jeff. Davis’ soldiers are paid. This discharge was found in the knapsack of Capt. Carter, who threw aside all his accoutrements and did his best, ina humble way, to tmitate the famous flight of the renowned Gen. Price, at the skirmish at Mid- dleton, Miasouri:— eenvecsesceravensneronsescnencsconooss sete ® CERTHICATE OF DISCHARGE. 3 Soc. Div. M. @. Camy on 840 River, : Doo, 15, 1801," f Cumberland Keeblo, private, of Captain G. C, Car- ter’s company , Second regiment cavalry, Second divi- sion, is hereby’ dischargod from the Army of Missouri, by reason of expiration of time. WM, F. SHARPE, Com’g Company. Approved, G. C. Canven, Com’g 24 regiment, Approved, M. E. Gnsxx, Brig. Gen'l, Com’g division, ‘Approved’ by order of Major General 3. Price, W. H. BRAND, Asst. Adj’t Genoral. ¥. WISHLY, ARMY PRONE’. snananvonsceteneecsrtelenene dheeseeeeeeneenee thee, Icortify that the within named Cum, Kooble, private, of Captain G. C. Carter’s company, of the Second regiment cavalry, of tho Socond division, ontered tho sorvice of the Stato of Missouri on tho 16th day of Juno, 1861, at Lincoln county, and is now discharged by reason of oxpiration of time. ‘The said Cum. Keoble has served the State for six months, and has not received any pay for this time. He has received from the State the following articles of olothing, the amount of wivch ts charged to him as fol lows:— Pay for privato’s horse, six months. Givon at Sac River, this 15th day of Decomber, 1361. Wil, EF SHARPE, Commanding Company. TRANSFER. Thereby tranafer to torest in this certificate, and authoriy from the State of Missouri all it may outitlo ine to, Witness, a division, Sudgo Advocate, PAY LIST. CAVALRY AND LIGHT aivITLutRY. Sergeant Major, per month. ‘Quartermaster Sorgoant 21 Sergeant iy Corporal Wu Bugier 13 Private. BY] Sergount Major, per mouth. $21 Quartermaster Sorgoant 8 per allowed for clothing. value of articles received are to be deducted therefrom; if ovor the amount balance, to be deducted out of pay. He will be allowed pay from the place of his discharge to the place of his enrolment into the service, at the rato of twenty miles per diem, and subsistence at the rate of twenty conta per diem. Forty cents per diem is allowed cavalry soldiers for uso of horse. From this certificate it is seen that private Keeble has served the rebels for six months, and has received no pay whatever. He furnished his own clothing and accoutrements, and has never been remunerated for them. He brought his own horse with him, and has never been paid for that. In short, he has been forced to contribute himself, his horse, his musket and his clothing to a cause which, likely enough, he detested, and for which he has never received a single cent. The remote prospect that his ac- count would be settled, some time or other, in Confederate bonds—payable the week after the Day of Judgment—is now lost to him by the cowardice of his captain. Yet Keeble’s case is not an unfair example of the manner in which the Confederate soldiers are treated and paid; and if Jeff. Davis will look over this dis- charge, with its pompous array of pay pro- mised and its official record of pay not forth- coming, he will need-no further information of the reasons why no one will enlist in his army if it can be helped, why short enlistments are decidedly preferred, and why re-enliscments are few. Tue Tayvior Ixprcrwenr.—I{n another column we publish a spicy article on the Taylor indict- ment from the Polize Gazette,a journal whose speciality is to take cognizance of the deeds of criminals and the proceedings adopted to ar- rest their career. That paper well observes that the fact of the indictment against Taylor having never appeared in the New York Times is accounted for by another fact, and that is that Taylor is one of the principal owners of the con-. cern. He has been taken into partnership in order to prevent the paper from going down; and, though the capital thus put in was the pro- ceeds of the West Washington Market job and other fat jobs, in whose achievement the Times rendered him etfective service, the “Little Vil- lain” thought the money smelled as sweet to him as the coins raised by a tax upon one of the excretions of the human body smelled to the Roman emperor. In like manner, in the case of the Brick Church and its graveyard, where the dead were disturbed in what their surviving friends believed to be their last resting place, in order that the ground might be devoted to building purposes and the speculation of the stockjobbing proprietors of the Times, the “Little Villain” concluded that the odor of the grave and of dead men’s bones whichemanated from the money made out of that job was by no means disagreeable. We would not be sur- prised, however, if now and then the ghosts of the departed should make their appearance in the Times office, and demand why it was their sleop was disturbed. This concern has always been sustained by jobbing of one kind or another. In 1857 the stockjobbers who then“owned it lost so much by their investments in depreciated railroad and bank stocks that the paper nearly caved in, The resurrection of human bones saved it till Taylor came to its relief with his numerous jobs, including the’ West Washington Market, the Cleu will case and the Gansevoort property. In the market case Comptroller Hawes swore positively that the whole affair was a fraud upon the city, and Judge Ingraham so decided by setting aside the former judgment obtained for Taylor. And thereby hangs a tale. Ac- cording to the Police Gazette, the articles which appeared in the Times abusing Judge Ingraham for his honest decision “were prepared in skele- ton form in the office of James B. Taylor, and then sent to the Times office, where they were arranged in form for publication.” The arrangement is somewhat changed now; for while the “Little Villain’ at Albany regu- lates the lobby, and has a sharp eye upon any jobs that may turn up there, bis partner, Taylor, in Now York, manages the paper and any jobs that may loom up to his vision from the City Hall, which fronts the Times office, and is almost within arm's length of the great in- dict This ia a beatiful arrangement while coy Hall, some fine day, wUX a change in the programme. probably mal News from San Francisco, San Fraxcreo, Mareh %, 1802, ps Caroline, Sydney; Renown, ditto; Man. ijy Morning Light for Acapulco. | | a! ie | NEWS FROM WesHINGTON, ae emer reaaa oe: eon 4) 1S THE ARMY ON THE PLYTOMAC, a All is quiet across tho Potomac oy'posite Washington: No news of public interest from that see.tion of the arm; has boen received to-day. RETURN OF GEN. M’CLELLAN General MoClellan bas returned to Washington. ABRIVAL OF GENERAL HUNTER. GeneralDavid Hunter arrived here to-night. He ro tired to his room immodiately after hia arrival. His stay in Washington will be vory brief. THE PURSUIT OF WAR NEWS—IMMENSE DEMAND FOR THE HERALD WITH EXCLUSIVE INTRLLIGENCE. Numbers of “Members of Congress were found rambling about the departments to-day, seeking military news. Under the new order, they failed to Ond their usual feast in the papora, ‘Their inquiries at the’ depart monts availed nothing, and they turned away evidently dejected, until their spirits were rovived by’ the intelligence that the Hrranp of to-day contained a) despatch from General Banks’ division, which had beon authorized by Genoral Banks. To-night tho mail wag detained, and from the usual hour for the arrival of the papers until nearly nine o’clock the news and periodioa, stands wero everywhere besviged by anxious seckers for news awaiting the arrival of the Herap with the expected intelligence. The excitement was in- tense, Nobody could find out anything until the Hxratp should come. Correspondents of othor papers were chagrined. The Military Supervisor and the War Departmont were beset by angry gentle. men, who wanted to know whether they were not authorized to send an abstract of the samo news tho Haraty was said to contain, The War Department d cided that General Banks had no right to authorize the publication. The order probibiting the publication of telegraphic nows in regard to military operations, except expressly authorized by the War Dopartment, the General commanding or the Genorals commanding armies in tho ficld in the several departments, was construed to moan Genorals commanding departments. ‘This construction of the order has been tho chief topic of conversation in all circles. ‘Tho now construction is almost universally thought to be gitogethor incoisistent witb tho language of the order itself. A modification of it will probably be required for the information of Genoral commanding divisions in tho seyoral departments, who doce themselves instructed by the order to authoriz® publications. bitte THE EVACUATION OF COLUMBUS—GENERAL BUELL’S MOVEMENTS. ‘There is nothing in the official despatchos last received to show that the rebels are evacuating Columbus, nor has any information been recoived from General Buell since the announcement of the taking of Naahvillo, when he was four mizes in front of that city. Hence the news- paper reports of the rebels boing sirrounded at Mur- freesboro are not reliabie, By means of steamers which were passed above the broken lock on Groen river, at Bowling Green, a moaua of transportation bas been re-established for our troops. ‘The outposts of our forces are ten miles en the Memphia Railroad. REPORT OF LIEUT. GWIN’S EXPEDITION UP THE TEN: NESSEE RIVER. Despatches were recoived at the Navy Dopartmont to- day from Commodore Foote, enclosing a report from Lieutenant Gwin, in which ho says he returned to Cairo onthe 23d ult.,after haying gone up the Tennessee river in the gunbont Tyler as high as Eastport, Mississippi. He is happy to state he has met with an iucreasod Union sentiment in South Tennessee and North Alabama: He saw few Mississippians. In Hardin, McNairy, Wayne, Decatur and a portion of Hardman counties, all of which border upon the river, tha Union sentiment ie strong, and those who do not express themselves openly loyal are only provented by their fears of the military tyranny and coercion which are practised by tho marauding bands of guerrilla companiog of cavalry. Learning that a large quantity of whoat and flour was stored in Clifton, Tennessee, intended, of courso, to be shipped to the South, a large portion of it having been bought for a firm in Memphis, on his way down ho landod there and took on board about 1,000 sacks and 100 barrels of flour and some six thousand bushels of wheat. He also considered 4 his duty to take possession of the above, to prevent its being scized by the rebels or dis. posed of in the rebel country. ‘Tho glorious succosses of our armies at Forts Honry and Donelson, he says, bave been most .beneiicial to the Union cause throughout South and West Tennessee and Alabama. Tho Union men cau now begin to express . their loyal sontimenta without fear of being mobbed, especially along the banks of the river. He brought down, under arrest, a map named William P. Poole, who has beoa active in op. pressing Union men in his community. He has warned the inhabitants of the different towns along the banks of the river that ho would hold secessionists and their pro- porty responsible for any outrages ccmmitted in their communitioson Unionists, and had enlisted seventeca men and brought down some refugees, AFFAIRS IN TENNESSEE. News from Nashville dated yesterday,has been received, ‘The enemy is retreating towards the Tennessee river. It Is stated that the rebels have evacuated Columba and are concentrating at Chattanooga. Agreat chango has already occurred in tho political feelings of the people of Tennessee, The War Dopart ment has authorized the raising and arming of volunteor troops in that State. The indications aro that a large force of loyal Tennesseeans will soon be under arms to aid the Unitod States forces. MILITARY AID FOR THE LOYALISTS IN THE SOUTI*| ‘WEST. Tho policy of the government is energetically directed towards supporting the loyal feeling in all the South western States, and placing them in the attitude of resist. anco to the rebel authority. Abundant evidence ia afforded that a truly loyal feeling oxists, which, although for somo time overpowered and silenced, is now ready to avail itself of the presence of the United States forces for its manifestation in meeting the enemy in-battie. x PROVISION FOR PRISONERS AT THE WEST. Provision has been made in the Western Statos for the! safe keeping and support of the prisoners taken at Fort) Done!son and elsewhere in the West. Tho duty of providing for our released prisoners coming from the South,when they reach Washington, has beon| assigned to Quartermastor General Meigs. REPORTS FROM GENERAL WOOL’S DIVISION. ‘The War Department has received « highly satisfactory report from General Wool, at Fortress Monroo, as to the military condition of that important fortress and its state of preparation for any military operations which circum.| stances may require. 4 During tho last wock interviews were had between) joneral Wool, on tho part of the United States, and) Howe!l Cobb, of the rebel army, respecting the exchange of prisoners of war. It is expected that an arrangement) will be made which will speedily release all the United States prisoners, and regulate the exchanges in futare. ‘Tho last account from Colonel Corcoran represen‘ed) him to be on his way from Columbus, 8, C., to Richmond to bo exchanged. DECLINATION OF GENERAL HITORCOCK. The appointment of General E. A. Hitchcock as Major] General of Volunteers wag confirmed by the Senate about afortnight since; but that distinguished officer has do- clined the appointment, though it was the highost milita- ry one in the gift of the Executive. ‘There are grave reasons] why the valuable services of General Hitcheock cannot} be given to tho country. ‘These he-has probably present- ed toSecretary Stanton, It isnot diMoult to imagine t most prominent of thom. It is woll known that when Gen, Hitchcock was on the Indian frontior he oppposed cor, tain modes of settlement of Indian olaiins which] tho late Secretary of War undertook to pursue. Th, General was inflexible, and the Secretary will probabi; never forgot the check that he received on that occasion: Certainly he did not forgot it when General Scott ask the Cabinet for General Hitehcock’s services, and sa! that his advice toGoperal Harney might have saved th presence of soveaty thousaad Union troops in Missot Goneral Hitchcock’s place was originally with Geno Scott in organiaing the army, ono of, the most diMault bors any officer can undertake. \@ late Secretary © War positively refused to gi is consent, amd Gener Seott’s arm was weakenod by his inability toobtain on of the ablest soldiors in the country, It cannot bo doubted that Genoral Hitchecek, in declin. ivg te appointment, has deferred to the officers now lead: ing tho Union artaies aa entitled to the honors thoy hat won, and has admitted their claims as moro actual than those which he may be supposed to have from past se! vicos. ‘Tho high positions he would, as a soldier consider justly due to them, because thoy have hag overything to do in the preparation of tho troops the command, Thoy aro but just now reaping thoir rossou able reward. Though General Hitchcock former, ranked almost every oflicer In a service, it ia woll vn