The New York Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1862, Page 6

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PRINTING cxe-used with neatness, cheapness and dee AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WINTBR GARDEN, Broadway.—Camrcta. THEATRE, No. 844 Broadway.—Seaoot. LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Tue Mi- Osater, os, tax Perr or Dar. NEW DOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Taase Goanns- maw —Hamo AM OY—VAK DHKrPAKD. MARY PROVOST'S THEATRE, No, 485 Broadway.— Count anv Stace. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Com. | juretavinc =Waaum, 2c. at all bours,—ilur 0’ My ‘Taums, afvecnoon and evening. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad way.—Wuo Simoux biLLe 30%. MBLODEON CONCERT HAL! 539 Broalway.e Fours | | ol waNey Ten 2k v>, Soncs, Dances, Bontesebes, ac. CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL, 585 Broadway.—Soxas Danogs, Buaiusques, Ay soe GAIBTIES CONCERT ROOM, 616 Brondway.—Drawixa Boow Bwrevtainaunrs, Batters, PaNtomimes, Farces, £0, AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, 444 Broadway.—Jes\ous Danwyr—KAu.coav—COLsLisios—JouLy MILLERS. CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL, No. 45 Bowery — | Buaesques, Sones, Danors, &.—Vear as 4 Jose. PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS, Broadway.— ‘Open daily from 10 A. M. ul 9 P.M. Pi 4g rte MUSIC HALL, 616 Broadway.—Bue.esquss anos, &0. TRIPLE SHEET. Mow York, Saturday, April 12,1862, —=——— NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE. We publish this morning another triple sheet, being the fourth that we have issued this week—a fot unp-ecedented in the history of newspaper enterprise in this country. This has been necessi- tated by two canses—first, the pressure of import- ant and exciting news; and, secondly, the crowd- ing in apon as of an extraordinary number of ad- vertisements. But it is not to the mere quantity of additional reading matter that we desire to call attention. It is ita unasual importance, and the successful ef- forta made by us to distance all our contempora- vies in its publication, that justify us in referring toit. In the details of the great battle at Pitts- burg Landing we were enabled to anticipate eves | the government despatches; and it was from the colamns of the Hgratp that the President and Congress first learned the particulars of that me- morable conflict. Owing to our new process of | stereotyping our forms, by which we can throw | off fifty thousand impressions within the hour, we [| were in a position not only to supply all onr sub- scribers with the news ag early as usual, but to furnish our sleepy contemporaries with matter for | ® second edition. If this is what constitutes a se- | cession newspaper, we take pride in not being in ; the company of such laggards. Rad not the pressure upon our news co!\iius ne- cessitated these extra issues, that occasioned by , our advertisements would have compelled us to have recourse to them. From thirty-five to forty columns of business announcements daily would | have left but little space, ina donble sheet, for news and editorial matter. But, even to accom- madate our advertisers, when we issue a triple sheet, they will have to bear in mind that it will be necessary to send in before nine o'clock in the | evening all matter requiring a distinct classifica- And again we have to request of them in | no case to employ advertisement agenis. They | will find their wishes more readily attended to by | sending their favors direct to our office, | tion, Despatches were yeceived at the War Depart- ment from Gen. McClellan yesterday, stating th. all was progressing favorably near Yorktown: but that nothing of importance has yet transpi The condition of the roads was improving. | Gen. Wool also sent two despatches to the | War Department to the effect that the rebel | were du steam ram Merrimac came out last evening from her moorings off Craney Island, accom- panied by her consorts, the Yorktown, and her convoy She proceeded as faras a point "between New- port’s News and Sewall's Point, and made to the Monitor and the small Stevens iron hatte The Merrimac fired only one shot, but the little | | Jamestown, | of tug rds Btevens battery returned with four five, upon which the Merrimac and her com- | panions returned to Craney Island. General Woot «sys in his despatch that this ended the day's pre shall bring forth he cannot thisnovement of ‘be Merri reconnoissance, to di the preparations on our side await het anchorage on a mischievous 1 Wo publisi to-day a very intere companied by # history of the batt! b former siege of Yorktown in 1781, when Lord Cory wallis surrendered to General Washington and Court Rochambean, and the independence of +) Amorican nation The roads, forests, hills, and ati the topography of the ponin- sula, even to the houses still standing there, re- tmuia to-day almost the Revolutionary war. Vith regard to the probable militar ot the rebel States some in will be fougd in qur B it what the night In all probability ae was intended asa ver the actual amount of map, ac was established. same as they were in the which we Publish to-day, and, although wo have Loen in possession c or £ w, being p nent tot tion of | efuire ja the vicinity of Yor the late | | among which were those providing for the pay- or |t NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1862.—-TRIPLE SHEET. battle near Corinth. It will be seen that the military plang of the rebel government have been based upon the caleulation that they could ‘command an army, in case of necessity, of seven hundred and seventeep thousand fighting mea. It is hardly neceasary to say that these figures are utterly false and and absurd, for the whole popu- lation set down in the census returns as capable of | bearing arms, including the border States—now partially redeemed—is only one million; therefore it is simply impossible that an active force of over seven hundred thousand could, under any circum- stances, be brought into the field. Our corres- pondent puts the whole available force of the rebel States at four hundred and sixty-five thousand men, and it is pos. sible that this number may be raised, when we consider that the rebel government has resorted to dratting and forcible impressments. At all events the number of men now concentrated for the defence of Yorktown, according to our reports from that vicinity, shows that the rebels have an immense force in Virginia; a fact which completely demolishes the malicious statements of the abolition, anti-Union journals of this city, that the enemy had no formidable force in Virginia, and that nearly all their troops had been withdrawn from that State. : The Asia at this port brings two days later news from Europe. So far as the advices relate to American affaira they are not of great importance. The full re- ports of fhe battle between the Merrimac and Monitor, in Hampton Roads, had impressed the Cabinet, naval officers and scientific men ef Eng- land deeply—much more, perhaps, than they | choose to acknowledge at present—as to the im- portance of the revolution effected in naval war- fare by the combat between these iron armored It is fully acknowledged that wooden ships are henceforth useless for purposes of engage- ments at sea. It is claimed that the United States— North or South—has not yet produced any iron vessel able to cope with those already turned out by England, as it is alleged that both the Monitor and Merrimac are only fit for harbor operations... The Parliament of Great Britain is advised, how- ever, to be liberal in its appropriations for the ex- tension of her iron-clad fleet. ‘Bull Run’’ Russell, in one of his closing letters to the London Times, endeavors, in his usual style, to disparage the conduct of the recent advance of General McClellan’s army from the Potomac. He asserts that when the cavalry was twenty miles from Washington the men had to turn back to that city in order to find hay for their horses. An article in the Opinion Nationale of Paris— Prince Napoleon’s organ—shows that serious dif- ferences are likely to arise between the Bonapartes and Bourbons of Spain, relative to the management of the march of invasion and the ultimate designs of the Allies in Mexico. Prince Napoleon’s paper proclaims openly that the Spanish reports from Vera Cruz, with the language of the Spanish gov- ernment founded thereon, are insulting to the Em- peror and his family, a3 well as to France and her army. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday, Mr. Wilson, of Massa- chusetts, introduced a bill amending the Fugitive Slave law. The bill removing all disabilities for color in carrying the mails, was passed by a vote of twenty-four to eleven. The debate on the bill confiscating rebel property was then resumed and continued till the adjournment. In the House, the bill abolishing slavery in the Distriet of Columbia was passed by a vote of uinety-three to thirty-nine. The bill has now passed both houses by a two-thirds vote. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Asia, from Liverpool the 29th and Queens- town the 30th of March, reached this port yester- day evening. Her news is two days later thanthat brought by the Hibernian to Portland. Consols closed in London on the 29th of Marchat | 93% a 995% for money. The Liverpool cotton | market was firm, at unchanged prices, on the 29th of March. The latest news from America had no perceptible influence on the trade. Breadstuffs Provisions remained quiet and steady. rus W. Field retarned to New York in the He mnst entertain sanguine hopes of an and succe: completion of the Atlantic fo consequence of the warm vessels. encouragement n to its promoters by the government men of nee and capitalists in England. Lord Mayor of London was ad- order to offer the thanks ofthe city to Mr. George Peabody, for his dona- tion to its poor. The Bank of France had | reduced rate of discount. The tour of Garibaldi in the chief cities and principal districts of Italy was producing a most seri ous agitation. The name of Victor Emanuel ly mentioned during the revolutionary ora, | d Garibaldi forgot to propose the toast of | the King’s health at the public dinner in Milan. Ger, many was considerably excited by the reactionary movement of Prussia in the federation. The insur rection in Greece still troubled the throne very much, The Prince of Wales hed gone from Jafta for the Holy Land. A large amount of business was transacted in th branches of our State Legislature yesterday. Ia the Senate a number of bills were passed vised to call a meet! its | ment of the national defence bonds issued hy this d the Annual Appropri Favorable e made on the bills to license ballast in this port; to reorganize the State mili- to incorporate an association in this maintenance and edacation of volunteer il- n, and for the completion of the Chenango Canal. The Congressional Apportionment bill was plete and ordered to a third reading. rease the duty on salt was reporte tan Health bill was debated, and aft ved to the Committee on Internal ‘amounted to fifty pieces, and these were | or fifty guns of the smallest calibres, he finds | himself confronted by a yawning labyrioth of | not less than five hundred heavy cannon, in- | | the Assembly, the bill altering the York city was passed. A favorable ude on the bill to amend our city . The w York city Tax Levy was report- villto provide for payment of expenses the organization and equipment of teers wos ordered to a third reading. An ort was made from the committee on luce the fare on our street railroads. were rejected; among them those for o ghbernatorial mansion; for the f railroads in all the streets and es of this city; to legalize our primary elections; for the better protection of car and omnibus pas- gers im this city, and to encourage the con- struction © hinery for the manufacture of flax and cotton. There was no dec “qin the vigor of the book. sellers’ trade sale yesterday. Appleton’s list ex- it of competition, and prices ran h e made for large quantities at re- a and refused at anything less than the duplicating prices. Ticknor & Fields’ list ran well, at high prices, several lines being dupli- ted in large numbers at duplicating rates, but smaller pumbers at the full rates quly. Lippin- Cott's works were sold too late to ascertain the re- sult, To-day the great featuce of the sale will be in photographic albums, the rage for which has become a mania. McKnight & Rutter, of Phila- delphia, introduce some very splendid samples of these works, varying in price from 75 cents to $26 each, retail, These have been constructed on a new principle, with guard back, &c., to prevent the leaves breaking out, and the binding and clasps are more than usually fine, Dick & Fitzgerald's ‘Reasons Why" series and other works are to be sold to-day. The stationery lists are also very saleable. The trade sale will doubtless be con- cluded this evening. The Lynn (Magaachusetts) shoemakers are now doing a brisk busineas. It is said that the shoe trade in the Eastern States is aa lively now as in former times, At the State election in Connecticut, on the 7th inst., there was but one ‘scattering’ vote for Governor. The twenty-eighth anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society is announced to be heldon the 6th"of May, in the church of the Puritans, in *his city. There are one hundred and fifty divorce oases pending in the Supreme Court of Boston. Two hundred and sixty-three new boats are building along the lines of canala of this State. _ ‘Tho stock market was again dull yesterday, and pricos were rathor lower. Money wag easior. Exehatge dali at 11244 a $%. Gold rathor Armor. . ‘The cotton market was firm yesterday, white the gal embraced 1,200 bales, 700 of which were made the oven- ing previousend 500 yesterday, closing on thé basis of 270. a 2c. for midling uplands, The ‘heaviest Purchases were made on accoupt of spinners. The flour market was heavy and dull, with limjted sales. Prices fell off from 5c. to 100. per barrel. Wheat was in active and sales quite limited, while prices wore frregu- lar. Corn waa in fair request, and prices firmer, with sales of Western mixed at 6lc. a 62c., ia store and delivered. Pork was heavy and lowor, with sales of now meee at $12 874; a $13, and of new prime at $1025 a $1050. Lard and beef were firm. Sugars wore quite steady and activo, with sates of 2,000 bhds. and 264 voxes. Coffee was in fair demand. A cargo of Rie was sold at 19. Freighta were dull but unchanged, and en. | gagements modorate. Yorktown in Our Two Great Wars for the Union—The Siege of 1781 and the Siege of 1862, Our intelligent readers wilt appreciate the interesting illustrative map and the accompa- nying historical account, which we spread be- fore them this morning, of the memorable and eventful siege of Yorktown, 1781, the crowning achievement of our first great war for the Union. We reproduce these precious souvenirs because of the singularly beautiful application which they suggest in regard to our siege of Yorktown of 1862/in this our second great and triumphant war for the Union. In the first instance, the object of the war was the establishment of the independent na- tionality of the Union against a powerful Euro- pean enemy; in the second instance, our object is the maintenance of the “integrity of the Union” against the most cayseless, foolish and hopeless, and yet the most formidable, domestic rebellion in the records of any nation on the face of the earth. In the Gigbof these two great ware, after five yeate of a gloomy and doubtful struggle against superior num- bers, resources and facilities for war, by land and sea, the final issue was decided in favor of the Union in the successful siege of Yorktown; in the present war, with all thegsdvantages of superior numbers and warlike means and re- sources, and after a numerous traia of brilliant victories, by land and water, who can doubt the issue of the second siege of Yorktown? Surely it will virtually end the war, as did the first siege, in favor of the Union. But, in view of the grand results depending upon the siege of Yorktown of 1781, how inaig- nificant appear the contending forces of that day, compared with those now gathered around that famous locality. The army surrendered by Lord Cornwallis amounted to 7,000 men; the combined forces besieging trim consisted of 7,000 French troops, 5,500 American conti- nentals, and 3,500 militia, amounting in all to 16,000 men. The killed, wounded and missing of the British, during the hot work of a close siege of nineteen days, from the Ist to the fotn October inclusive, were some 552 men; of the allies, about 300. The artillery employed in the defences of Lord Cornwallis hardly chiefly six-pounders, and the artillery invest- ing him was largely composed of six-pounders. Now, with General McClellan's approach to the work of besieging Yorktown, instead of « resisting force of seven thousand, he finds him- self in front of an enemy numbering perhaps one hundred thousand men; and, instead of a little circle of defensive works embracing forty | earthworks, ex ding across five or six miles, | from river to river, and armed with perheps cluding numerous 100-pounders and long range | rifled pieces. And yet we are satisfied that Washington, in moving upon Yorktown from | the north and west, in conjunction with a French fleet and army from the east, command- ing both rivers and the peninsula, confident, as he had every reason to be, of a complete success, was not more confident than General McClellan may justly feel of repeating the decisive victory of Washington. That he will do it we feel entirely assured; and if he should do it within Washington's limit of nine- teen days, or Within a period twice as long, the country will appreciate the crowning glory of this achievement. The siege of Yorktown, 1781, resulted in the ii nidependence and organization of the American Union, with its three millions of population; the siege of 1862 will re-establish and per- petuate this Union, starting afresh with thirty millions of people, and going on in its rein- yigorated prosperity until it shall culminate in a population of two or three hundred mil- lions, the central and ruling nation of the globe. But, dropping ouy parallel between Yorktown of the last and- Yorktown of the pro- sent century, under siege, the question still recurs, What will he the immediate resulta, in a military view, of General McClellan's success in that quarter? We answor, that the rebels have chosen that narrow neck of the peninsula at Yorktown as the protecting gateway of Rich- mond, their “Confederate” capital, and that, in forcing this gateway, General McClellan will secure Richmond without further opposition. Upon the siege of Yorktown, then, depends the immediate collapse, from Virginia to Texas, of this rebellion, or its prolongation yet a little while. After their late disastrous rovorses in the East and tho West, the leadors and rulers of this rebellion, if driven igno- miniously from Richmond, and if still at large, will find no resting place this side of Mexico. They understand the desperate necos- sity of a final struggle for Richmond. They cannot abandon it with any dogree of safety against a popular Southern reaction, and they have therefore resolved to make a stand at Yorktown. We think that: this is a matter for | public congratulation, because we believe that 4m making this stand tho issues of the war aro reduced to this single siege, and-that McClellan will thus be saved the trouble of following up his enemy into the Carolinas and Georgia. Meantime, it is probable that the monster rebel ram, the Merrimac, and her three. or four iron-coated satellites at Norfolk, are preparing to co-operate with the rebel land forces of the peninsula, in some dashing enterprise in the James or York river. Supposing, however, that against this contingency the government has provided the necessary securities, we calmly await the denouement of the second momentous siege of Yorktown. Recrer ror Our Wounpvep at PirtesurG Lanp- 1n@.—No sooner bad the news of the recent tre- mendous battle near Corinth reached Chicago and othern Western citjes than steps were im- mediately taken to send hospital supplies, linen and comforts of all kinds to our wounded soldiers. As yet none of our public bodies have made the slightest move in imitation of this example. Some of our private citizens, it is true, have contributed. It is to the patriotism and energy of our Western men that we owe the first serlous blows inflicted on the rebellio:» and but for their heroic endurance in the recent engagement with Beauregard’s forces we shoula have had to record a disastrous defeat. Let it not be said, then, that the people of New York are indifferent to the sufferings of the gallant men who are now lying prostrate from the wounds received in our behalf. We call upon both the Corporation and the Chamber of Com- merce at once to initiate measures for their relief. Apathy must not be charged against us in a matter which has so legitimate and press- ing a claim upon our sympathies. Tus Guxerat Baxcroupt Law.—The bill for a general bankrupt Jaw, reported by Mr. Conk- ling from the special committee, comes before the House on Monday next. More than one hundred thousand names, comprising many of the leading commercial firms in our principal cities, have been appended to the petitions sent in to Congress in its favor. No measure is more imperatively demanded in the present diorganized state of the country than this. The ruin that bas overtaken so many mercantile men, not through any fault of their own, but through that of the politicians, can only be remedied by some such enactment. A dis- criminating law, which, while it assists the honest trader to surmount his difficulties, in- flexibly, punishes the roguishly disposed, can- not but be conducive to public morality and the best interests of the mercantile communi- ty. We are sorry to see it stated that con- siderable indifference is manifested in Congress in regard to the passage of this bill. It is to be hoped that when the measure comes to be discussed its importance will be better ap- preciated. Tar Tereoxe’s Soort Memory.—tfn its Thurs. day’s issue the Tribune says that “it will gratify some friends to know that the Tribune’s in- come suffices to cover its expenses and léave a balance on the right side.” Yes, this is very gratifying intelligence. and we are ove of the “some friends’ who are much delighted. But, then, we are very doubtful whether we can be lieve this very good news; for only about a month ago. while aftempting to dodge the newspaper tax, the Tribune Association de- clared itself very poor, and acknowledged that it would have been better off if it had issued no paper during the year past. Now, which statement is true? Our old clothes and broken | vietuals hang trembling in the balance; for if Greeley can really do withont them the World people shall be blessed therewith. A Curious Way or Arracking Sewarn.— Poor Greeley now has full license from the Tribune Association, and writes the Tribune fall of himeelf and his crazy trash. Yesterday, | ig an article purporting to be a defence of | Fremont, Greeley hits his old foe, Seward— whom he defeated at Chicago—a very heavy blow by asking:—‘Has Mr. Holt heard of a Secretary of State arresting two ex-United States Ministers, Faulkaer and G. W. Jones, on their return to this country, and locking them up in Fort Warren without a writ of indict- ment?” This is a very curious way of charging Secretary Seward with violating the constitu- tion; but bow it justifies Fremont’s extrava- gance only the insane Greeley can understand, Poor Frevont ty Daxcrn.—We really pity poor Fremont. He is in constant danger, not fram the rebels (whom he never sees), but from the inflictions of the miserable driveller of the Trine. Will not some friend of Fremont get up a subscription to recompense the Tribune for its pecuniary losses during the past year, and present the snm, ina nice purse, to Greeley, as Matteson presented his $1,000 draft? Gree- ley may get good natured then, and be quiet about Fremont. The manner in which he now daily dishes up the terrible evidence against the poor, lost Pathfinder is very unfair. We wish he would not do it, and will head a subscription to quiet him. Tue Trupuxe’s Looic.—Three investigating conymittes, Van Wyck’s, Thomas’ and Holt’s~ have unahimously condemned Fremont as guilty of extravagance, inefficiency and neglect of duty in Missouri. The Tribune says that, in spite of this, Fremont is justified, because Secre tary Seward arrested two secessionists—Faulk- ner and Jones—and locked them up in For, Warren. This is logic with a vengeance! Poor Greeley. ‘The Numbers of the Insurgents ia Arms and Preparing for the Field. We publish to-day two letters from our Balti- more correspondent, dated March 19 and March 20, containing statistical statements of the rebel troops, which are somewhat corroborated by the news from Fortress Monroe, which we Published yesterday, with the sanction of the military authorities. Those letters we did not Publish at the time of their date, because there was then such a clamor about “ Quaker guns,” and @ mere handful of rebel troops at Manassas and Centreville, that nobody would believe the figures. They are now, however, highly in- structive, and are more likely to meet with attention after their accuracy is ascertained by the spies of our genorals in the field. From these statistics, derived from the official papers laid before the Mili- tary Committee of the Confederate Senate, it appears that on the Ist of March last, there were at various points within the lines of the enemy 465,000 men; and of these tho army of the Rappahannock numbered 125,000, and that of the Chesapeake 45,000—total in | Virginia,"170,000. It is now evident that these figures are not far out of the way, aad that- not a man thes left Virginia for the Southwest. The -news we published yesterday shows that the rebels wilt be able to concentrate, if they have not already concentrated, at Yorktown upwards of 100,000 men, while they will have at the same time enough of force to encounter Banks and Mc- Dowell. A severe battle may thorefore be ox- pected at Yorktown immediately. The rebels have not retreated, and do not mean to retreat, from Virginia till they are defeated in a terri- ble pitched battle. This news disposes of the deception and treacherous stories in the New York Tribune gna Times about the flight of the re- bel troops from Virginia. They have not fled, nor have they reinforced Beauregard. The rebels who fought at Bull run on the 21st of July are atill in Virginia, and, reinforced, by drafting and conscription, by a great number of other troops, will undoubtedly give battle at York- town. We hope there will be enough of Union soldiers there to overwhelm them with dofeat. Cortain it is that the War Department appears not to have been aware of the rebel strength. Even General Wool, who is on the spot, has re- cently stated in a déspatch that our army would meet with but few troops in their way, How much better for Mr. Stanton to have di- rected his attention to this point than to be troubling himself about statements of news- papers in Philadelphia, which are of no manner of importance, It would seem that the enemy are well informed of all the movements of our army, far better than any newspaper pro- prietors, while the War Department at Washington knows little or nothing of their movements. According to rebel authorities, with the force now in the field, and 250,000 in camps of instruction to be placed in the field, the insurgents in arms will number by the Ist of May 717,000. The census returns show that all the slave States, including the border States, have only a million of men be- tween the ages of eighteen and forty-five; and therefore it is apparent that this wild estimate of 700,000 men in the field on the Ist proximo is bosh, and got up for effect. But, with the power of the rebel government to draft men, it is not unlikely that they could have an army of 400,000; but all above 250,000 would be nothing but an unarmed mob of men forced into service against their will. it seems strange, nevertheless, that cavalry regiments should be disbanded by our government as no longer needed, when every available man, whether of horse, foot or artillery, ought to be bronght into requisition. The greatest folly that could be committed is to despise the ene- my who fought the battles of Bull run and Pittsburg, and who astonished the country and all Europe by the destructive naval operations of the Merrimac in Hampton Roads, a move- ment of which we uttered a warning note in vain, as we shall now, perhaps, sound the alarm in vain about the vast land preparations of the same foe. Binps or 4 Featumr.—The Reverend Cheever flercely attacks the Hon. Andy Johnson, the military Governor of Tennessee, and says that his acts are unconstilutional. How much Brother Cheever reverences that “compact with death and bond with Hell,” which we call the constitution, and how zealously he defends it from the attacks of the President and the Hon. Andy Johnson! But Cheever never did like the Union Johnson, but always preferred the | rebel Johnstons, one of whom is reported killed: Our Johnson is trying to restore Tennessee to the Union, and of course Cheever cannot ap* prove of that, but declares it unconstitutional: The rebel Johnston is trying to break up the Union, and of course Cheever thinks that | strictly constitutional, and endorses it. Consti | tutional Cheever! He ought to be supplied with a comfortable home at the national ex- pense, in the smallest cell of the lowest tier of Fort, Lafayette for the rest of his life, already unconstitutionally long. { <Atmaxy Losry Srrarray.-The Grinding Committee at Albany has again picked up the | bill giving our Corporation printing to the three papers with the largest circulation. Whose eyes are to be blinded by this move. pray? This three paper bill is only a feint to conceal the veal movement behind the curtain—a bit of lobby strategy easily discovered and defeated. salaries in the Tax bill. and leave County Clerk, Genet’s fees untouched, while the Aldermen led by Genet, make the 7¥mes a Corporation paper. Some “Little Villain” must be frightened at his own work, so suddenly bas the bogus three paper bill been hauled out again. Bi.oop, Leo, BLoov!—The editors of the abo- lition journals—who must be knights of the golden ass, from their stupidity--are very ee- vere upon Halleck, Buell and Grant for win. ning the recent victories in Tennessee. Pray what is the matter with the battles? Were not enough men killed? Certainly there ought to be blood enough at Pittsburg Landing to satisfy the abolitionists but their appetite for ‘The entertainments « gplondid cast as in New York, and “Yack Eyed Susan.” Nogreater treat can be enjoyed than formances, An interesting feature wi of the surviving crews of the Cumbe who have boon invited to witness M sonation of William. Perea Governor Buoking! elected to the offi 9 Union, in place of yased, A good appoititmaont. | | Johnston and Reaures ! ‘The real arrangement is to put the Aldermen's | | originally IMPORTANT FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Appearance of the Rebel Batte- ry Merrimac and Her Con-. Sortsin Hampton Roads. Broadsides Exchanged Between the Mar- rimac and the Stevens Battery. Return of the Merrimac to Craney island. Three Smati Vessels Captured by the Rebels, + My &e., bo. , Fonrauas Movnos, April 11, 1868, Hoa. E. M. Stayton, Secretary of War:— The Merrimac, Jamestown and Yorktown, and sevéral “Gumboate and tugs, appeared betwoed Newport's News and Sewall’s Point. The only damage dono us is the capture of three small vessels, one empty and one loaded, it is said, with coal. These vessels were captured opposite Brigadier Gonoral Casey's division, with small guns of throo-inch calibre, and some two hundred feet from shore. JOHN FE. WOOL, Major General, Forrrass Monnog, April 11—5 P. M. Hon. Eowin M. Srawtow, Secretary of War:— The Merrimac came down towards the Monitor ang Stevens. The latter fired four er five rounds, and the Merrimag one round, when she, with her congorts, returaed to Craney Island. Thua ends the day, What the night may bring forth, Tam unable tosay. JOHN E. WOOL, Major General, nrc Wasnnaton, April 11, 1862. Captain Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, who returned from Fortress Monroe to-day, reports that the Merrimac had moved from her position under the guns of Craney Island, and anchorod in the mouth of James river, between Sewall’s Point and Newport’s News. She had made no attack, and it is now believed that she has been assigned this position as @ floating battery for the protection of the right flank of the rebel army resting on James river. It is now ‘supposed that she will not, for the present at least, come outside of the bar into the Roads, where our vessels are ready to meet her, with confidence of making a finish of hor if she should afford them a fair opportuaity to attacts her. THE LATEST NEWS FROM YORKTOWN. Despatch from General McClellan=The Siege Progressing Favorably. “ Wasmmaton, April 11, 1808. General McClellan telegraphs the Secretary of War that nothing of interest has occurred to-day (the 10th), The weather and roads are a little better, and operations are progressing favorably. The Rebel Comm ers at Yorktow: THE REBEL GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, Joseph Eccleston Johnston, the present Commander-in- Chief of the rebel armies of the Potomac, and who is saig to be present at Yorktown with the chief conspirator) Jefferson Davis, waa born in Virginia about the yeag - 1804, and is conzequontly some {ifty-soven years of age. His education was superintended with much care, ang the intellect of the youth developed itself with satonish- ing rapidity. After the usual school instruction, young Johnston was adopted by the United States, and wag brought up in the Military Academy at West Polat, at our cost, and under our flag. On leaving West Point he was appointed to the Fourth artillery, and served in that capacity till 1336, when he became firs® lieutenant and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence—@ very desirablo berth. Io 1638 ho waa appeimted first lieutenant of Topographical Engineers, and served io that capacity through the Florida war, obtaining for hig services the brevet of oaptain, In 1846 he became full captain, and served first with the Rngioeers, and next with @ regiment of voltiguers, throughout the Mexican war, receiving two brevets for distinguished conduct- Atthe close of the war he was retained in the Topoy graphical Engineers, and enjoyed a life of agreeable ease in the government service uatil 1860, when he was placed at the head of the Quartermaster’s Department, with the rank of brigadier general, The appointment was made in Juno, 1860, when General Scott foresaw tha trouble looming im the futuro, It is to be presumed thot, in placing General Johnston in the responsi- bie ition of Quartermaster Generg}, be placed implicit reliance upon his loyalty. After resigning his post in the Union army, General Johnston entered at once into the service of thi called Confederate States. When his resignation was firet sent in to the United States govern- some of the Virglma papers, in noticing the fact, ed the ¢ in his name; whererpon he wrote a letter king @ correction, saying that the ‘*Johnstona’’ were of Scoteh origin, w e ‘Johnsons’? were English. He has been sometimes confounded with General Albert S. Johuston, formerly of the Second cavalry, who received the brevet title of brigadier general for services in the Mexican war, and who recently fell at the head of the rebel army at tho rout of Pittsburg Landing. ‘The follow- ing from the special Manassas correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, written in August last, may not be uaworthy of preservation here, giving, as it does a personal description of Geueral Jo, Johnston:— with General Walker, of Geo been on here from Pensacola, and stoin, now one of bis voluntear aid#, Imade a pleasant om visit to some of the neighboring camps, and to Generals ard, this morning. General Jobn- snction, about a mile be- ‘and prettily situated are of age, His hair, streaked with silver iy marked. Of tall and cutand expressive ston has headquarters irogard, in a comfui He is about fit very dark, is becom (the lines of his face are éo ny iu sudati and chin, adorned with & sti, olosely imustache and imperial, easy and cordial in hi he of the mont attractive leaders I ha and is 1, should think, to make en acceptabla and popular ag well ag able commander for our volun teors. Major Rhett, of our city, tg acting on his staff, TUE RESEL GENERAL RORERT B. LEE. General Robert E. Lee, called | The Mero of the Revoe jution”’ by bie rebel (riends, was, at the earlier perioa of the rebellion, Commandersin army. This offfcer was born in about the year 1808 His father was the distinguished General Henry Lee (called by his contemporaries, im familiarity, Harey Lee), the known friend and eulogist of the Father of his Country. Im fact the whole family of Lee always, until now, devoted their onorgies ability to the eaueoot the ng republic and to and integrity of this government. The present jee—whose name ia the subject of this memcit—married the daughter of Mr. Custis, the representative of the Washington family, and, by this marriage, Became proprietor of the Arlington ‘states, and, through Mre. Washington, of large possessions in the county of New Kent. The young may, who possessed a high order of ability, graduated with honor at Wost Point ia the year 1829. Shortly after this he visited Burope, where his elegant manners avd fine acquirements secured him the aniree te the beat society of the European capitals, During the Mexican war ho was entrusted by Generals Soott and Totten with the important charge of tne Engmeoring De~ partment of the army in Mexico, From the onpture of San Juan @Uloa up to thet storm tog of the capital of tho Monterumas, the gevius of Leo wee triumpbant ery Obstaéle, and tonim in military circles has been cheerfully accorded grant oredit, with othor oMcers, for th caeesful coadtuct of that memorable campaign. General Leo was formerly a colonel of engineers inthe United States Army pre- gions (0 his joining “the robels, who made hin a major genoral. He t# said to be auperior in talent to i \ Heguregard, and w consideced One Of the beat eneineee