The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1863, Page 4

# e — — NEW YORK HERAL JAMES GURDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. @SFICK N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 873, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIGLO'3 GARDEN, Broadway,—Luau, Tak Forsaken. NTRAL PARK. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway.— WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Apvocate’s Last Cause One Tovew oF NaTons—Furygi Srv. UAURA KEENE'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Suppen Ye ucuTs—P er oF THE PerTICOATs. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—CouLuen Bawx— Svacrr bRiEND—Pieate’s Lisi BOWERY THEATRE, Bow Pax BeANSTALK—OLD Oak Cue: 'ROUBADOUR—JACK AND TULATKE FRANCAIS, Niblo’s Saloon, Broadway.— Russie Ua MI LIONSAIKE—LES COvB Des Faumxs—Les Forzvn: vx L’Awovn NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY '3, 1863. made, what was the reason for such non-payment. The bill making appropriations for executive, legis- lative and judicial expenses was passed, and the Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives, the Senate's amendments to the Army Appropriation bill, with the exception of $5,000 for the survey of the Min- nesota river and the Red river of the North, were concurred in, The Senate’s amendments to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill were alsoconcurred in. The Senate bill amendatory of the act for the collection of direct taxes in inaur- rectionary districts was passed. The debate on the bill authorizing the President to employ negroes as soldiers was then resumed. ° After an animated discussion the bill was passed by a vote of 85 against 55, and the House adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. Both the Senate and Assembly of our State Legislature were in session for a short time last evening; but neither body transacted much busi- ness. In the Senate, a report on the assessment BARNUM'’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Mis, Lavinia Warnxn—Commopors Nutr, &c.. at all hours— Osos of Go..—SMoruing, Afternoon and Evening. BRY\NTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad. SY RPRIORTAN Songs, Buntxsquxs, Dances, &c,—Lavce ING Gas, WOOD'S MINSTREL HAL! 4 Broadway.—Eraiorta: Soncs, Dances, &0.—Harry Faminy, i CLINTON HALL, Astor Place.—Massrs, Brirtan axp Fisxk's Exreximests ix ELxcrno-Psguo.ocr. BROADWAY MENAGERIE, ‘Broadwa: we LIVE Agiuca!=—PERPORMING ELEFMANES—OOMIG MULE AOE AMERICAN MUSIC ALL, No. 44 Broadway.—Bat- Usts, Paxromimns, BORLESGUES, £0, poe see PARISTAN CABINET OF WONDERS, roadway.—e Open daily (rom 1AM MIDE Me Oe Drona. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Ermrorta! Soras, Dances, Buntesques, &e, a i) February 3, 1863. New York, Tuesday, THE SITUATION. ‘The latest news from Suffolk representa that the enemy was last night in force between sixteen and seventeen miles from there this side of the Black- water. Our troops had taken every precaution to attack hin again should he advance farther to- wards Suffolk. There is now no evidence that an engagement will ensue immediately. Our correspondence from that quarter to-day gives a full detail of Gen. Corcoran’s plan of ope- rations in the recent battle, and gives credit to the skill of the commander and the valor of the hten, With regard to the reported disabling of the Juion iron-clad Montauk, in the Ogeechee, off Fort McAllister, there are two very different versions abroad. The Richmond and Savannah papers say that the Montauk came up to the fort in fine style, and that she wan the oniy boat engaged. Their shot! and shot were broken to pieces as they struck her sides, but Ler turret was so badly injured that she ind to houl off. The other in the meantime remained helow fe bend of te river, entirely outthe action, On the other hand, the Navy Department received a despatch last night from * Fortress Monroe, stating that there is no trath in the report thatthe Montauk was disabled; that Commander Worden lay under the enemy's uns for four hours, and that their shot had no more eficct upon his vessei than hail stones Nothing had been heard at Port Royal of the capture of tye guaboat Isaac Smith in Stono river. in addition to the uews we gave yesterday rela- tive to the reported destruction of the Oreto or Florida, we have since learned that a leading mer- cantiic house of Havana sent word off to the Columbia, as she was about leaving that port, that the rebel vessel had been destroyed. It is stated, upon the authority of the Riehmond Whig, that the British steamer Princess Royal was surrounded and captured by a fleet of Union gun- boats while attempting to run the blockade into Charleston on Thursday, with @ valuable cargo from Halifax. She had on board six hundred bar- rels of powder, two Armstrong guns, a large lot of machinery, eight hundred and eighty bales of sheet iron, one steam bakery, one hundred and forty-four bales of hardware, ninety-five cases of boots, tyo hundred and twenty-nine bags of coffee, five hundred boxes of tin and other valuables. A party of English workmen, skilled in the manu- facture of projectiles, were captured with the ves- wel. The port of Galveston had been declared open to the trade of all nations friendly to the South by 8 proclamation of General Magruder’s, which he gent forth under a neutral register to a neutral port. The merchants of these friendly countries are invited to resume their usual commercial inter- course with the port, now that it is in the posses- sion of the rebel forces. ; Despatches from Morehead City, North Carolina, Bay that the great Southern expedition is now Teady, and that the waters between there and Beaufort are black with vessels of all kinds, which ‘re only awaiting the abatement of the severe gale which has been prevailing for the past five days to take their departure for their destination. The army is ing splendid condition and in the very best of spirite. They sre eager for the coming fray, with all ite fattering prospects of success. ‘The enomy are terribly flustered and are trembling with fear; for they know the storm is coming. Jeff. Davis had a conference last week with Governor Vance, of North Carolina, upon the re- lations of that State with the Southern Confede- racy, meeting himfor that purpose at Franklin, Depot, Virginia, on the Blackwater. Governor Vance plainly informed Jeff. Davis that North Carolina would insist upon the reserve and recall of an adequate force for the protection of North Carolina from any further Union advances. North Carolina has now eighty thousand troops in the rebel service. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday a communication was feceived from the President of the Smithsonian Institution, suggesting that George FE. Badger, of North Carolina,, ought no longer to be a member of the Board of Regents, as he had not attended @ny of the meetings, and was, moreover, fm the rebel army. The petition of Madison Y. Johnson was presented, setting forth that he waa arrested in August last by order of the Becretary of War, and imprisoned until the 13th of September, and that no reason was ever assigned for the arrest or dikchurge. Mr, Richardson moved for a select committer to in quirs into the facta; but the petition wes laid on the table by a vote of 22 against 16. The Jodi ary Committee reported back the bil! granting giary aid to Missouri in emancipatiny ’ ‘The Paymaster General was directed to Bonate what payments, if any army up to the Jie of Ay eon. vere mad laws was rendered on behalf of the commit- tee appointed during the sitting of the last Legislature. In the Assembly, the Speaker announced the committee to actin conjunction with a committee from the Senate in the drafting of a bill for the establishment of a State hospital and asylum for wounded and invalid soldiers. The consideration of resolutions on arbitrary arrests was made the special order for Monday evening next. The an- nual report of the trustees of the Astor Library ‘was received. The two houses of the Legislature will go into joint session to-day for the election of a United States Senator, to fill the seat of the Hon. Preston King, whose term expires on the 4th of March proximo. members yesterday held caucuses to nominate can- didates. Morgan was nominated on the second ballot. democratic caucus made no nomination, but ad- journed to meet again this morning. It is not thought likely, however, that they will nominate a candidate. Governor Morgan’s election as United States Senator may, in all events, be considered as certain. Both the republican and democratic - In the republican caucus ex-Governor The MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship Ocean Queen, Captain Tin- klepaugh, arrived at this port last night from As- pinwall, with advices from Central America and the South Pacfic, and $306,000 in treasure from California. The news by this arrival is interesting but not important. At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen yes- terday resolutions designating the Heraup to publish the Common Council proceedings and city advertisements, and directing the Printing Com- mittee to report an economica! plan for doing the printing and advertising for the Corporation, were referred to the Committee on Printing and Ad- vertising. A communication was received from Comptroller Brennan in opposition to the issue of fractional currency, which he considered a viola- tion of law, and that he must, therefore, decline to execute the provisions of that ordinance. The Comptroller states that it would cost $96,000 for the expense of preparing the plates. The Comp- letroller also says that he is opposed to the purchase of the Fort Ganesvoort property, as he considers the title is not good, and his convictions have been thus formed from the fact of Mr. Draper’s former connection with the sale and purchase of that pro- perty. The balance in the hands of the Chamber- lain and County Treasurer on the 24th ult. was $1,868,048. After the transaction of some unim- portant business the Board adjourned. A regular meeting of the Board of Councilmen was held last evening. Councilman Webster pre- sented a petition from s gauger of liquors and oils, who represented that he had been prevented from performing some work as a gauger in Jersey City, in consequence of his not being a resident there. The petitioner therefore urged“on the Common Council the propriety of protecting gaugers resident in this city by the passage of a similar ordinance. Referred to the Committee on Ordinances. The annual report of the receipts and expenditures of the Cooper Union for the year 1862 was received, and shows that the total re- ceipta (including a balance of $937 55 from 1861) amounted to $19,453 82. The expenditures amount- ed to $19,276 50, leaving a balance in the treasury on the Ist of January, 1863, of $177.32. The Committee on Donations and Charities reported in favor of donating $96 to defray'the funeral ex- penses of Francis Kavanagh, a New York volun- teer, who died onthe 8th ult. from wounds receiv- ed at the battle of Antietam. Several members spoke against the adoption of the resolution, on the ground that it would form a precedent for numberless applications of a similar nature. The resolution was lost by a vote of thirteen in the negative to nine in the affirmative. It was subse- quently reconsidered and referred to the Commit- tee on National Affairs. The Board adjourned un- til Monday evening next, at five o’clock. The Tammany Society held a regular monthly meeting at the Old Wigwam last night, but, after a session of some ten minutes, adjourned without transacting any business of importance. Mr. Wendell Phillips last evening delivered a lecture on the ‘« Lost Arts,”’ at the Cooper Institute, under the auspices of the Mercantile Library As- sociation, The hall was well filled by avery respectable and intelligent audience. The February term of the Court of General Ses- sions commenced yesterday morning, Recorder Hoffman on the bench. A panel of Grand Jurors ‘was sworn, and Mr. Daniel H. Tompkins appointed foreman. The Recorder's charge to the Grand Jury embraced nothing of intéfest beyond the usu- al topica prescribed by law. Daniel McCarthy pleaded guilty to an indictment of burglary in the third degree, and was sentenced to the State Pri- son for two years and three months. Judge Shipman yesterday sentenced Zachariah Seaver to two years’ imprisonment, without hard labor. The prisoner was recently convicted of forging a sailor’s land warrant. The Chicago Tribune says:—‘ Old Whitecoat Ho- race Greeley never had much political sense, and he is mever so dangerous to anybody as to his friends.” The rogues are falling out. ‘The stock market was lower yesterday throughout the lst, the decline of the day being from 1 to'2}4 per cont. Money was very active at6a7 percent. Gold fluctuated actively between 156% and 168%, closing 156% bid. Ex- change closed at 174.8175. The bank statement shows An increase of $694,024 in deposits, $509,296 in loans, and $336 238 in specie. Business in cotton yesterday was restricted, and, though prices were oxsentially the same aa on Saturday, the market was less buoyant, Flour and wheat sold less freoly at former quotations, while heavy transactions oc- curred in corn at an advance of Ie. a 2c. Pork, lard, bacon and eut meats were in good roquest, as also wero Whiskey, tallow, tobaceo, Bay, hops and wool. Spirits of \urpentine was up to $2 95 © $3 05, and more active. Mo- derate sales of groceries were effected, prices ruling very firm. Tho bulk of the freight eng l- qurgeel, tt toe ght engogementa was for Li- Ovr Horawiy Dirty Staeers.—The streets of this city are now in the most disgracefully dirty condition. The contractors for street cleaning seem to belong to the radical party, such a decided aversion have they to the use of the pick and the shovel. Although there was plenty of opportunity to clean Broadway tho- roughly on Sunday, the mud and snow of last week still remain a nuisance, an annoyance | and an inconvenience. If there be one honest | official in the city government we hope he will ! inve we trust that the ‘ pay a single cent to intil they earn the money by mary Era in Our Government, There are two important measures now pend- ing before Congress, and a third may be ex- pected, which, if adopted, will practically re- | volutionize the government-of the United States. | We expect, too, the final passage and Executive approval of these three measured before the expiration of the present session. They are:— First—The financial scheme of Mr. Secretary Chase, which substantially contemplates the absorption of the local banks of the several States as banks of circulation into the paper money issues of the federal government. Second —The militia and enlistment bill of Mr. Senator Wilson, which provides for conferring upon the President absolute authority over the militia of the several States. Third—A bill granting to the President, at his diseretion, the power of suspending the writ of habeas corpus. In these measures “it will be readily per- ceived that the powers over the several States possessed by the President of the United States will be practically the powers-of the Autocrat of all the Russias, or the powers of an absolute despotism. But the plea upon which these measures are urged=the plea of the emancipa- tion proclamation, the dangerous but over- whelming plea of “military necessity”—will car- ry them through. Old fashioned conservatives may say that this is the tyrant’s plea of necessi- ty, for which there is no necessity; they may say that these things create a federal dictator, and overthrow all the checks and balances of the con- stitution designed to guard the reserved local" rights of the States and of the people; but all such remonstrances will fail, in view of the ex- tremes to which the constitutional powers of Congress may be strained. Power is always stealing from the many to the few. This is an old axjom, the truth of which has been proved in the experience of every nation and tribe on the face of the globe, of modern or ancient times. We need not, however, go further to the eastward than Rome for a great revolutionary movement whick will apply to our present position; and here we have a suggestive exam- ple in the concessions of power grant- ed by the Roman Senate to Julius Cwsar. The democratic party around him, alarmed at the rapid strides of the State to a dictatorship, attempted to head it off by the assassination of Cxsar; but the results operated only to make “confusion worse confounded.” A dictatorial triumvirate followed, and next another bloody civil war, and next the com- plete triumph, under Augustus, of the imperial establishment attempted by his uncle. So Na- poleon the First, on the ruins of the first French republic, set up his imperial sway; and, though pulled down by the hostile coalitions of Europe, his dynasty hag been revived and flourishes under his nephew, Napoleon the Third, and upon the ruins of the second republic. So Cromwell, appointed the Protector of England, found it necessary to play the part of a rigid dictator. So Washington, in his day, might have put on the mantle of an absolute despot; but he pre- ferred the nobler distinction of the “Father of his Country.” ‘{n his farewell address, as with the eye of a prophet, he foresaw the troubles which have come upon us, and warned us against them; but all in vain. We are now in the throes of disso- lution and reconstruction, and whether the end will be “the Union as it was,” or a pair of military despots, or a half dozen petty mock republics of the South American school, no man can at present deter- mine. The people of the rebellious Southern States have already achieved the blessings, such as they are, of the most absolute military despotism. They are, to a great extent, the willing victims of the most ferocious reign of terror of modern times, not excepting that of Dr. Francia over Paraguay. But, as the despotic government of an oligarchy is their real object, the leaders of the rebellion understand each other and work together harmoniously. On our side the measures of the government, which cramp the rights of the States, so long exer- cised in peace, and the liberties of the people, so long enjoyed, are measures which are stoutly resisted by the “fierce democracie.” Thus we have a divided North against a united South, while our government is steadily drifting towards'a military consolidation of power, legis- lative, executive and judicial., Nor do we see any inviting door of escape open to us. If the Congressional measures we have indicated shall become laws of the land before the close of the present Congress, we can hardly expect their repeal during the next Congress; and with the election of the Congress next succeeding we shall have another Presi- dential election. In that election the democrats and conservatives opposed to the arbitrary acts and extreme measures of the present adminis- tration may overthrow it and come into the control of the government. But in this event we suspect that they will rather use the extraordinary powers which they will inherit than cast them off. We have seen enough of the democratic party to know that, upon a question of power or plunder, it will squabble to the ninth part of a hair. In look- ing, therefore, beyond the present administra- tion to the next, we are inclined to believe that, unless we put down this rebellion meantime, the overshadowing supremacy of the federal government, which we are soon to realize, will not be diminished, but will go on until it shall have culminated in a consolidated despotism, or in a number of petty military republics, inces- santly fighting each other. Our hope is in the land and naval forces of the Union now in the field. Properly appro- priated in the execntion of the great work before them, these forces are fully competent to accomplish their work before the Ist of May. If they fait ‘hey will fail because of the incom- petency of an administration which neither the monopoly of the'power over the purse, and the sword, and individual liberty, nor « the*Pope’s bull aginst the comet,” will redeem. We must settle with this rebellion with our fleets and armies now enveloping it, or the Union and our popular institutions will, we fear, be super- seded by a divided country and despotic institutions, or by universal anarchy. Tue Vicxsncro Cur-Orr.— Attention is now generally directed to the cut-off dug by Gene- ral Williams opposite Vicksburg. If that canal proves successful Vicksburg will be made an inland town, and it will only be necessary to capture Port Hudson in order to have control of the whole Mississippi. [f the cut-off turns out a failure, then there will be two battles to fight— one at Port Hudson art one at Vicksburg. The enecess of Williams’ canal is equivalent, there- | fore, to the saving of abate Extraordinary Developments of the De- sigms of Napoleon Against Mexico and the United States, The Emperor Napoleon has at last stated openly what are his intentions regarding the conquest of Mexico. His letter, addressed to General Forey, who commands the French forces now invading the Mexican republic, is sufliciently explicit to remove all doubts from the minds of our people as to the nature of the Mexican expedition. Napoleon Writes to Gen. Forey:—“In the present state of the civilization of the world the prosperity of America is not « matter of indifference to Europe; for it is she who feeds our manufactories and gives life to our commerce. We have an interest in this— that the republic of the United States be power- ful and prosperous; but we have none in this— that she should seize possession of all the Mexi- can Gulf, dominate from thence the Antilles, as well as South America, and be the sole dispen- ser of the products of the New World.” That is, Napoleon is engaged in Mexico combatting the spread of our influence and power on this continent, and he is fully deter- mined to conquer that country for the purpose of erecting it into a barrier against our future aggrandizement. Thus his pretended, desire to benefit the people of Mexico is a sham, his real purpose, as he now expresses it, being to check the growing prosperity of the American repub- lic. The correspondence intercepted by the Davis government relating to the intrigues of France for the possession of Texas goes to prove how firmly Napoleon is decided upon obtaining a foothold on this continent. He no doubt argued that, were the Union reconstructed, or even a separation agreed to, he would by,the possession of Texas be enabled to check all tendencies towards the occupation or protectorate of Mexico by either North or South. The avowals of Napoleon as to his real designs in Mexico, and his expressed determination to increase the power of the Latin races on this continent, are forced from his Majesty by the discussions of his plans which have just taken place before the Spanish Cortes. In these de- bates General Prim, who has always been ad- verse to the policy of Napoleon in Mexico, doubtless because he foresaw that France wished to make a caispaw of Spain and reap for herself all the solid advantages to result from the expedition—-General Prim, we repeat, endeavored to show that any joint action in the matter was injudicious. He did not succeed, we are at liberty to suppose, as we now hear that the Spanish Ministry is dissolved, and that O’Donnell.is charged with the construction of anew Cabinet. This means that Spain is likely now to act in concert with France, and that the intrigue against the spread of our power will be all the more formidable from the fact that France will have an ally in her inimical measures. The explanations given in the Chamber of Deputies at Madrid by Mr. Mon, so lately Spanish Ambassador at the French Court, and at present a member of the above mentioned Legislature, prove that for some time Napoleon has desired to interfere in Mexico, and that it was only the great power of the United States which deter- red him. Mr. Mon asserts that five years ago the Mexican question was a subject of daily dis- cussion between himself and Count Walewski, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. He says that France was afraid to act in the matter with- out the coneurrence of England. Mr. Mon re- viewed the conduct of France and England as regards their desire to mediate in Mexico in a pacific manner, and states that “all inter- ventions begin in a pacific manner, but all end in war.” Mr. Mon sent, while he was Ambassador in Paris, the following despatch to Senor Colfantes, the Spanish Premier :— “I know that the idea of a monarchy pleases the Mexicans. The occasion is a favorable one for a solution. We are all offended, and can all mtervene in Mexico now, as the United States are, much weakened.” He sent the de- spatch to Madrid, and a few hours after re- ceived an answer directing him to ascertain beyond a doybt what were the intentions of France towards Mexico. He was enabled to report to his government that France would act with prompt decision, and was informed in return that Spain would join France in the Mexican expedition. We all know that Eng- Jand and Spain withdrew from any farther joint action with France when they ascertained the real motives of Napoleon in undertaking the invasion of the Mexican republic, and we sup- pose both these Powers were actuated by the fear of an inevitable conflict with the people of the United States in case Napoleon’s plans for conquest and domination on this continent were adhered to. The secession of England and Spain did not, however, deter Napoleon in his invasion of Mexico. He had fully made up his mind to overrun the country and establish a monawehy in the place of the weak Mexican re- public. He saw that we were enfeebled by intestine war, and so he persevered in his origi- nal plans. We publish in another column reports from the French “Yellow Book” showing what Baron Mer- cier, French Minister at Washington, is doing to- wards “accustoming the government of the White House to the recognition of the South by France.” The Emperor Napoleon is in diplo- macy the great genius which his uncle was in war. But history teaches us that Napoleon the First became ambitious from long continued suceess, and that he undertook to overrun the mighty empires of Russia and Central Asia, There must ever be a limit to the power of man, and Napoleon the First was ruined by the immensity of his ambitious plans. Napoleon the Third has succeeded beyond all precedent in diplomacy; but has he not allowed sue- cess to make him over ambitious, and is he not unfertaking that which must ruin him, when he endeavors to control this continent? Assuredly he must now realize that his schemes for the progress and power of the Latin races on this continent are fain. He has miserably failed in Mexico, and should he imitate the ex- | ample of the First Napoleon, and madly press on, spite of the warnings which he must read in every check which overtakes his forces, like his illustrious relative, he will surely find a St. Helena. ‘3 Now that the citizens of both North and South know the nature of Napoleon's plans, a desire to defeat them will become general, and we foel assured that ere many years, or per- haps ,months, the people of the United States, Southern and Northern, will expel the forces of France from this continent, even should they be aided by Spain. The consequences of the reve- lations made by Napoleon himself as to his | designs against this country and Mexico will be more serious tian he could have imagined. Our government will nyw doubtless lay aside | all other questions, and will work for the ; Union. We shall now hear no more of j the negro, unless the people in power ;are mad. A plan involving our des- | tinies is openly betrayed by a monarch who states that our pregress must be stopped. Surely we shall not submit to the interference on this continent of any European Power. Tho plans of Napoleon we must defeat, and to do this we must set to work with a singleness of purpose. We must save the Union, and then assert our supremacy upon the American continent. It may not be amiss here to state’ that for the future we sball expect no more such assurances from the authorities at Washington as those which ap- pear from time to time in,the Washington tele- grams, to the effect that “our relations with foreign Powers are quite satisfactory.” This sham Napoleon has himself exposed, and we hope the lesson will benefit those we refer to. The American people are well aware that a crisis in their national existence has arrived, and they would prefer, doubtless, that their government should not systematically deceive them upon any subject. . Let us know who are our friends, who our enemies, Poor Greetry’s Revriy tw THurtow Weep.— In a recent number of the Albany Jouraal Thur- low Weed remarked that Greeley had been in favor of letting the cotton States go; that he had clamored “Onward to Richmond” until he forced our army into the rebel trap at Bull run ; that he admitted this fact in his “Just Once” con- fession, and that he was now intriguing for intervention. In & characteristic letter, signed “H. G.,” in yesterday’s Tribune, poor Greeley first denies the truth of Mr. Weed’s statements, and then goes on to say that he was in favor of lettimg the cotton States go, and “now regrets that the offer was | not made and acted on;” that he did write the 4* Just Once” confession as an apology for the “Onward to Richmond” articles in the Tribune, and that he is in favor of intervention within a year, and has written to Vallandigham and Mer- cier upon the subject. Thus, after giving Mr. Weed the lie direct, poor Greeley turns around and admits that Mr. Weed told the truth. If Greeley had a particle of shame about him he never would refer to his “Justi Once” con- fession. A more pitiable exhibition of moral pusillanimity has never disgraced the annals of journalism. The “Onward to Richmond” arti- cles were published in the Tribune, of which poor Greeley is the avowed and—though evi- dently non compos mentis—the responsible edi- tor. Yet in the “Just Once” confession Greeley attempted to shift the blame for those articles upon the shoulders of Mr. Dane, his subordi- nate. Shortly after, unable to endure the pre- sence of the man he had thus grossly wronged, Greeley intrigued Mr. Dana out of the Tribune office, just as the“guilty Macbeth had Banquo murdered to rid himself of a perpetual re- proach. Now, as Greeley has again op€ned the discussion, we desire to know who is the editor of the Tribune if poor Greciey is not. Has Greeley a keeper, who is the real editor? Is Gay, who admits that “the Henan is constant- ly ahead, and we are obliged te copy from it,” promoted to this office? Since poor Greeley has resigned who leads the Tribune gang? That is the question Mason anp BriGapmer Generats Wirnovr Commanp.—Secretary Stanton has recently re- ported to Congress a list of twenty-four major and brigadier generals not in active service. To this list must now be added the names of Butler, Burnside, Franklin and Sumner. Look- ing over the list, we find the names of McClel- lan, Fremont, Buell and others, but are most attracted by the conspicuous cognomen of Cas- sius M. Clay. Opposite Clay’s name are the following significant comments:—“Not in ser- vice since June i7, 1862, when appointed. As- signed to General Butler, but did not report.” That is to say, this major genera!. though re- ceiving his full pay, bas never a day’s service, and, though ordered to . . General Butler, refused to do so. There have occa- sionally been cases where an officer who be haved himself in this manner was ignominiously dismissed from the army. If the Secretary of War desires to know viay’s address, in order to send him a discharge, be wili find it adver- tised in the papers, as this major general, hav- ing concluded his political speeches and debates with George Francis Train, is now delivering lectures thr Tae Sesarorian Exxctios To-Day.--The lection for United States Senator takes place to-day at Albany. ‘There are balf'a dozen republican candidates in the field and half a dozen candidates not yet publicly named, and who will be successful it is impossible to pre- dict. Morgan has got the republican caucus nomination. That defeats the radicals. We might be in favor of Fernandy Wood; but he stands not the slightest chance. A conservative must be elected, and we do not see why General John A. Dix could not receive the requisite number of votes and bes most satisfactory candidate to the moderate men of both parties. There is undoubtedly no better man for the position. Arreuvs Warp 4ND THE Presipexr.—For some time past poor Greeley has been insisting upon «reconstruction of the Cabinet, on the ground that the President and the present Cabi- net did not agree. Instead of taking poor Greeley’s advice, the President has adopted a most novel, original, ingenious, peculiar, unique, remarkable, characteristic and successful plan by which he has restored harmony in the ad- ministration and can have his own way about anything he likes. Upon somewhat the same principle that Alexander the Great read the Nliad before beginning a battle, the President now reads a chapter of Artemas Ward's book to his Cabinet before beginning business. The result is that the members are so convulsed with laughter and chuckle themselves into such an extremely good humor that they willingly en- | dorse whatever the President proposes. We | scarcely know which most to admire, the simpli- city, the sublimity or the success of this idea. _ aoe Speciation IN Dry Goops~-The rage for speculating is spreading from Wall street to Broadway. The brokers speculate in gold and stocks, and the Broadway dealers are speca- lating in dry goods. Hence the calls upon the public to buy at once, as prices are going to be raised, and the rush of ladies to purchase enough goods to last them a year. Wall street has pushed gold up to 160, and Broadway in- tends te operate for a rise in dry goods alse. Let the ladies be patient and serene and not get at all excited, and these speculators will be very badly bitten before summer comes. | Grinoline should keep out of speculations by ‘all moans, Erreor ov tae Law Taxixa Commence.—ag was predicted, the immense tax imposed by the act of July last on vessels entering at ports of the United States has given rise to much dis satisfaction among our merchants and ship- owners, inasmuch as it*is deemed by them te be unnecessarily burdensome, unjust and partial in its operation. Many, on entry of their ves- sels, have taken the ground that the act is ia contravention of oxisting treaty stipulations, and have protested ag,'xst the payment of the amount demanded. This law has been in operation just one month, during which time there have been collected under it at this port alone twenty-eight thousand two hundred and four dollars—an amount far greater than was anticipated by either the friends or opponents of the law. The aggre- gate tonnage on which this has been paidis two hundred and eighty-two thousand and forty tons; and it will be seen that, if we calculate the value of the property taxed at fifty dollars per ton, the rate would be a little less than two and one-half per cent per annum on the total value of the vessels. Add to this the stamp tax, and the three per cent tax on excess of incomes over six hundred dollars per annum derivable from this source, and it may readily be seen that this class of property is excessively taxed. Petitions for a modification or revision of the law have been circulated and signed by nearly all the leading shipping merchants and owners in this city, as well as in many of the maritime towns of New England, and forwarded to Con- gress; and, as we have one or two practical busi- ness men on the Committee of Commerce, to which these petitions have been referred, it fa to be hoped that some speedy action will be taken by which we shall be relieved froma portion, at least, of this excessive tax on com- merce. With these large taxes, added to the danger of being captured ‘at sea by the Ala- bama and Oreto, our shipping stands a poor chance in these days of rebellion. Tus Fuss Avovt Arsimary Arrests.--We notice that the editor of a Philadelphia paper was yecently arrested by order of Secretary Stanton, confined for a day or two and then re- leased. The consequence is that Secretary ; Stanton has made this editor a very great man, and that his paper, of which no one ever heard before, will now be read with avidity by thousands of people. We regard this and all other such arrests as most absurd and mischievous blunders. In this perticular case both Stanton and General Schenck were completely humbugged by For- ney, who, by the arrest of an opposition editor and the suppression of an opposition paper, scught to help along his own weak journal, and at the same time give vent to the bitter spleen causcd by Cameron’s defeat. Such blunders are worse than crimes. But Stanton’s blunder is not a bit more ab- surd and ridiculous than the article eulogizing Jeff. Davis, which the editor in question pub- lished, and which gave Forney an opportunity to have the paper suppressed. Jeff. Davis is a most violent partisan and a detestable tyrant. Stanton’s fault is that he seems inclined to make Jeff. Davis his model and to become just as violent and tyrannical. The arrest itself, the manner in which it was conducted and all the cirenmstances attending it ought to be fully investigated by the proper authorities, and Secretary Stanton should be summariiy dis- missed and properly punished. Musical. “MARTA” AT TTR ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Manager Grau received an ceracet Inst night of the de. light of our Aabitues of tho Acodemy of Music at the re- sumption of opera. ‘The houso was filled, overy place being taken, while crowds glood behind tho seats. ‘The toilets were unvsnally fine; in fect it war ® gala night. Tho artists seemed inspired on this occasion, and certainly they never sang better. It is scarcely worth while cntering into any details as re- gards tho plot of the opera, Flotow’s “Marta” is so well known to the Now York public. Miss Kellogg, us Lady Ticnrictta, sang and acted moat cbarmingiy. Sbe entered fully into the spirit ot her role, und received constant and well deserved applause. Mile, Morensi, who appeared for the first time as Nancy, had all in her favor—her five con. tralto, so fresh and jure, an appearance which is certainly eminently pleasing, and the hearty good will and applanse of the public, who have voted Morensi an expeciai favorite. We anticipate a brilliant carer for the artist when che bas fully attained the excellence of which the promise is now great. : Signor Brignoli, having eptrely recovered, sang the pleasing music of bis role (Lionel) with isuni success. ‘The applause bestowed upon his eiforts proved how greatly they were appreciated by tie public. An enthusiustic and projonged encore of the +M’ apparitutt amor’ was acknowledged by the artist, but not granted, although he demand was certainly dno hard t0 rosist junket. Ie sang and ed. nor Susini was an admirab! played with spirit, and We have wot pv hy JuAartette incly Sand” epicitedly “Last Rose of Summer was most sweetly and speak of the romanza It was moet pleasingly the opera was a most ¢ dering the music-ot their rold 1 Managor Grau bas reason to be triumph of last evening. ACADEMY OF MUSiC, SROWKLYN. To-night the favorite opern of “Eruani’ will be giver at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with Signora Loria) asthe prin donua, To add tw the altructions of the Perform ‘nce, one act of “The Traviate.’ with Mite. Cor dier, will be sung. The good peopla ov itr wit, doubtless crowd thetr musteal tomple on this coraston. with delight, and Wo also te 1NeG tO eUCOTe. togconelude the aPtists ren- effectively. well pioased with his General Roussea SERENADE AND ENTMUNIASTIC RACKITION—VAVKiOTIC SPEBCH BY GENERAL ROUSSZAU. Yancawme, Pa., Fels. 2, 1863 A serenade was givon to General vnreean here to night, and notwithatanding the badnene of tho weather ‘an immense gathering of Ju:lick and geot!emen turned out to moet the dintinguished patriot from Kentucky. ‘The venerable Dr, Mublenberg tntrodaved Genera! Hous seau, saying that bis physical condition would aliow hin to speak only a few words W his frown ‘x The General then appeared on the balcony of the hotel, amid the enthusiastic cheers of the targe assemblage. ‘Thanking the people for tele cordin! reception to aa humbie citizen, lavoring iz the jnterset of the govern ‘ment, he said.— 1am pot « politician, and never expect to be. Before the war began | was a lawyer,and since I have been # soldier, Alli have ever asked has been men and means to put down this rebellion. My political creed is but # minute long. | am for the goveramen: of my fathers and for the friends of that government, and | am againat the ea. emies of that government and all txsir (riends, both Norub and South, He called on tho people that they be united as not to erippi oforia of the soldiers in field. No matter what your political predilections may unite to save tho et aud after that settle questions of policy. Let not your differeaces Ci 33 arme of the brave men who are fighting free. In the Army of the Cumberland, 10 wh! honor of cot = only the caus uw mon work. No 0 have no other purpose thee to o Foerepeinen ana preserv the governswmt. Ifeat the results of your divisiens yet. Twili ray to thowa who will Tale innuee and make complainis-eave the old cag and the government of your fathers, and the offices from now to oternity. False Report Corrected. Trevrox, N. J, Pods. 2, 1963. Colonel J. Cook, reported to have been killed and rot at Faimouth, bar arrived in this city, Instead of being) killed and robbed, be returns with over one bundred’ | thousand doilars to be distrinuted vo families of volum + yoora during tho preseuy week