The New York Herald Newspaper, April 14, 1863, Page 6

6 EDITOR AND PROPRIEIOR. OFFI0N N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. Volame XXVIII AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Caxitia, WALLACK’S SHEATEB, Eroadway.—Inisu Hutasss. WINTER GARDEN, Brosdway.—Bast Lrvxa. LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE, Brosdway.—Bantar Bay-Nerowe axp Aue MEW LOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Satanas—Mawpt- ants KxvmNos—Muapen Wit Our. BOWERY THEATRE, Jack An wuz Bmax- eran Wan Or-iox. in BABNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway.—Mixets Waaasn, Com, Nurr, Livimg Hirvorotamus, &0., at all beurg—Uxoue Foosie—Lapy or Munstex, Afternoon BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS. Mech ‘ica’ Hall, 472 Broad. way.—Brmorias Songs, ‘Buniesqves, Daxces, (40.— Bison Baroapa. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 616 hed +3 oe Broadway.—Ermorias my IDEA, 485 Brosdway.—Boxas, Buaceaqves, o rd dway 7 : a -- ‘Puree. Breedway—MacBvor's Huezant. AMERICAN THBATRE. No. 444 ray ae ‘RE. yg Broadway.—Batixy, PARISIAN CABINBT OF W: Broad - Open dalvirom AM, WISE Me Broadway. pee bo yg Brookiyn.—Ermorian Now Werk, Tuesday, April 14, 1863. R IP LE SHEET. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advertisements for the Warair Hunarp must be hand. 0d in before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its ciroulation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturors and gentlemen throughout the Oountry ig increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- eorted in the Wausxy Hunan will thus be soen by a large portion of the live people of the United States. THE SITUATION. The reports from General Foster's expedition to Washington, N.C., are not very favorable. He appears to be completely hemmed in by the ene- my, and all efforts to reinforce him from Newbern have, s0 far, been unsuccessful. These facts we have before published. The repulse of our fleet by the batteries on Pamlico river, and the ground- ing of the Miami on the Swash while proceeding to Washington, rendered the arrival of assistance dnapossible for the time. It séems evident from all the movements of the rebel iforces that the de- ‘strnotion of General Foster's expedition isresolved ‘upon. Mews from Richmond indicate that a vast Ooncentestion of rebel forces hes taken place be- “twoen Petersburg and Suffolk, while the bold move- “monte of Generals Hill’ and Longstreét, in threaten- ing the latter place, points unquestionably toa ‘settled intention‘on tho part of the rebels to pre- vent roinforcements from reaching General Foster. Tho suspension of hostilities at Charles- ton has also been manifestly taken advantage of by the enemy for the purpose of strengthening their force against Foster; and we should not be et all surprised to hear of some great battles at Mowbern, Washington and Snffolk, and to learn (that Morfolk was seriously threatened—if, indeed, thego events have nvt already taken place. It is aid, howover, that the authorities at Washingtou believe that if General Fostor is not able to main- tain his present position, he will, at least, be able to extricate himself. Admiral Dupont has forwarded a very brief ac- count of the attack on Charleston to the Navy Department, but the continuation of the story, ad- mirably told by our special correspondents, pub- lished in our columns to-day, supplies all the de- ficiency of an official report. The account is dis- tinotly and faithfully given. The Navy Department ‘considers the statement of Admiral Dupont so incomplete, that it is deemed inadvisable to publish it until fuller reports come in. Our latest news from Charleston is to the evening of the 9th, by way of Richmond. All was reported quiet then, and there was no probability of the fight being re- newed: Six of our Monitors and the Ironsides were then lying inside the bar, within twoand a half miles of Fort Sumter. A Confederate officer visited the wreok of the Keokuk and found her turret pierced with a shot. The rebel despatch says that eighty shots wore fired at Sumter, of which thirty-four atruok it with effect. Wo publish to-day a fine map of the scene of action, showing the positions of our vessels and the lines of fire from the forte and fleets. The news from the Southwest is not very im- portant. The Richmond Dispatch of the 10th inst. admits a pad defeat of General Pegram in Ken- tacky, says the rebel loss was “heavy,” and that after a “sevore band to hand fight of several hours the Confederates gave up the unequal contest and fell back, the enemy not pursning.” We have news frem Now Orleans of considerable importance, #0 far at least as it refers to the con- tomplated movements of the Union ferces. Since the terrific bombardment by the Union fleet of the batteries at Port Hudson no operations of note have taken place in the army and navy of the G@ulf; but the indications are that there are very important arrangements on the tapis not immediate- ly caloulated to improve the condition of the rebels. A forward movement, by way of the Red river, was, according to our latest advices, daily ex- pected, and it was thought that some operations up the Atchafalaya river were not so far off as ome may conceive. The rebels are supposed to be in heavy force at Pattersonville and Franklin; but it is expected that, before any further news comes North, their forces will be completely dis- peraed. Commerce in New Orleans is improving reply. 7HE LEOISLATYRE. The State Senate at Albany yesterday passed a oumber of bills, among which were those pro- viding for the recording and certifying of internal revenue stamps, amending the New York Pilotage law, amending the Code of Proeedure, and incor- porating the German-American sehools in this city. Governor Seymour sent in @ feasage recommend- ing the passage of resolutions for an amendment to the constitution so as to enable soldiers to vote, which occasioned an animated discussion, some of tho Senators assailing the message as an unwar- rantable interforoace with measures now pending fin the Legislature. The dooument was re: ferred to the Cagpmittes of Privileges and Elections. a | = | canal aron® |. Bowery: Cam Bor—Jack Capz—Joun Joxns or tum | | large amount of otber business was transacted; In the Assembly, among several bills passed was that punishing frauds in the use of labels and trado marks. The New York oity Across Town Railroad bill was ordered to & third reading, by 49 yeas to 23 nays. The New Yoik, Auburn and Lake Onta- rio Railroad bill was also ordered to a third read- ing. A cencurrent resolution in favor of a ship Niagara Falls was reported. A oon- ference ¢ was appointed on the House amendmen ' ne Senate bill relative to the col- lection of taxe in this city, The resolutions for an amendment of the constitution #0 as to enable soldiers to vote were considered for some time in the Committee of th: Whole, after which the sub- ject was made the special order for to-morrow night. At yesterday's session of the Railroad Com- mittee counsel for and against the bill which has passed the Senate and is now before the Assembly were heard. It ia ‘expected that the bill will be | reported to the House by the committee to-day with some amendments. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A riot occurred yesterday between the ‘long- shoremen working on the piers in this city and several negroes who were engaged in unloading vessels lying along South street. Quite a melee occurred; but no one was seriously injured. The contest grew out of the old jealousy between white and black laborers. ‘ A regular meeting of the Board of Councilmen was held last evening. The Comptroller submit- ted his usual weekly statement of the condition of the city finances, from which it appears. that tho balance remaining in the City Treasury on the 31st ult. was $1,137,359 12; receipts, $939,480 60—to- tal, $2,076,839 72; payments, $266,015 91; ba- lance, April 11, 61,810,82381. The usual fort- nightly statement of the disbursements made tothe families of volunteers was received, and showed that during the fortnight ending on the 4th instant relief was afforded to 36,008 persons, andthe amount expended for that purpose was $64,880. The balance of the fund remaining unexpended on that date was $309,314 83. A re- solution of concurrence was adopted to hire ‘the upper part of the Broadway Bank building for ten years, at an annual rent of $10,000, for the use of the Street Commissioner. A resolution was adopted to donate $1,000 to the German Dispen- sary. The resolution rescinding the permission given to Commodore Vanderbilt to widen the small pier on the south side of pier No. 1 North river was adopted, over the Mayor's veto. Mr. Hayes made a motion that resolutions in favor of lay- ing Belgian pavements be indefinitely postponed, on the ground that they would be liable in a short time to be torn up, for the purpose of lay- ing railroad tracks. The motion was lost, and the usual course ordered to be taken with the reports. On motion, the Board then adjourned until Mon- day evening next, at four o’clock. The case of Dr. Edward M. Brown, indicted for murder in the second degree, in causing the death of Miss Clementina Anderson, under peculiar cir- cumstances, was the first one called in the Court of General Sessions, before Recorder Hoffman, yesterday merning, when, in consequence of the illness of his counsel, Mr. Henry L. Clinton, fur- ther proceedings were indefinitely postponed. John Wallace pleaded guilty to an attempt at bur- glary in the third degree, and was sentenced to the ‘State Prison for two years and six months. Paa- line Hartman, a servant girl, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with having stolen money and jewelry to the amount of $236 50. Remanded for sentence. Miaglia Ferdinando Maria, a lieute- nant in the Italian army, was tried and convicted on the second count of an indictment charging him with having uttered a forged check for $280 on the Ocean Bonk of New York; remanded for sentence. John G. Slohrar was tried and convicted of bigamy; remended for sentence. Andrea de Estafa, a tailor, from Havana, pleaded guilty of grand larceny, in stealing a diamond ring, valued at $100, from No. 41 William street, in January last; sentenced to the State Prison for two years. In the case of Connolly against the Mayor, &0., an action for damages for injury sustained by an excavation being left open in Fourth avenue, a jury in the Common Pleas yesterday gave plaintiff $300. Eéward McCormack, convicted of the man- slaughter of policeman H. L. Williams, of the Ninth ward, by shooting him, was sentenced by Judge Ingraham, yesterday, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, to four years’ imprisonment, with herd labor, in Sing Sing. Alexander T. Cathie, eged thirty years, com- mitted suicide at his residence, No. 544% Ludlow street, morning, while laboring under a fit of temporary insanity, brought on by sickness. ‘The regular shad fishing season opened inthe Delaware river yesterday. Gold was much agitated yesterday in consequence of the news from Charleston. It opened at 158, sold as high ‘a8 168% and as low as 15536, and closed about 157K at five P.M. Exchaage was inactive at 161.162. Stocks were generally better; Harlem, as usual, was very mer- curls], Money was very abundant at 6 a6 percent. The bavk statement shows an increase of $1,149,024 in specie, @ decroase of $2,192,736 in loans, and $511,087 in deposita, ‘The rise iu gold caused more activity and buoyancy in general business yesterday. Flour advanced 10c. a l6c. and corn Sc., with heavier sales, Wheat was held higher, but was ivactive. The demand for cotton was brisker, and middlings were up to 70c. per lb, The principal movements in provisions were in bacon and lard, which improved slightly. There was more doing in tallow at higher prices. The freight market ‘was more active. ‘There were no remarkable changes in other branches of trade. The Fallare at Charieston—The Prospect Before Us. The repulse of iron-clads from the gateway of Charleston, though almost bloodless in its results, may be classed among our most dis- couraging military disasters. After many months of preparation, and with the enormous means and forces at the command of the govern- ment, the most prominent and the most painful fact In thie affair is that the attempt to reduce the city of Charleston, after two years of de- fensive preparations, was made with thirty-two cannon on shipboard against three hundred, around an enfilading semicircle of casemated forts and strong earthworks, within range of every vessel engaged, from every side. We have reason to believe that in entering into this unequal contest not a single officer of our equedron entertained a hepe of success, but that the enterprise, against the positive in- formation obtained on the spot by our officers, wae peremptorily ordered by our supreme mill- tary authorities at Washington. The results of the engagement have demonstrated the splendid fighting qualities of our Monitors, and that they might have passed direct- ly up te Charleston, through the fire of all the opposing forts and batteries, but for those obstructions which were stretched across trie; but it is also demonstrated that our ships cannot pass beyond those obstructions until they are removed. We kaow at length that, with a cheap network of piles, old hulks, | scows, chains, &¢., across the Narrows and the | entrance to the Bast river, New York may be easily defended against all the iron-clads of Europe; but the price which we pay for this simple lesson in the art of defensive war, taught by other nations centuries ago, is the repulse of our own iren-clads from the eatrance to Charleston. It was generally expected, before this fruit. lows attack was made, that Admiral Dupont | of Napoleon. The republic in England only and it was generally believed that for this pur- pose General Hunter scould bring to the work some thirty or forty thousand mea. But it appears that his available force wes too small, and that to furnish for South Caro- lina this insufficient army for any aggres- sive enterprise General Foster was eo weakon- edin North Carolina as to place him in the greatest danger of @ disastrous capitulation, | which may involve the loss of every foot of soil | we have recovered from the’ rebellion along | the shores of Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds. The fleet of Dupont and the army of Sher- man, which went down to Port Royal some | eighteen months ago, we believe, were atrong | enough to take Charleston, limited as were ite defences and open as was ite channel to the city at that time. But the War Office and old ‘| Mr. Welles, of the Navy Department, thought otherwise. Eighteen months have since elapsed, and during all this time our land and naval forces in South Carolina have been only strong enough to keep the rebels actively engaged all tho time im every possible way to prepare Charleston against a threatened. attack. Thus the cbanne! between Forts Sumter and Moul.. ‘the purposes of the enemy in that quarter bave been better served than they would have been had Secretary Welles, in November, 1861, offi- cially annoupced to the rebel ehiefs at Charlos- ton that he would not be ready to'settle with them until about the middle of April in 1863. But what is the prospect? In every step taken against the enemy since the battle of An- tietam we have had some fresh development of the incompetency of the administration to bring this war to a successful issue. Where are all our seven hundred thousand sol- diers, when we have an insufficient force in South Carelina, and when we age in danger of being driven out of North Carolina by less than fifty thousand of the enemy? Can any one tell? Or why does General Hooker continue stationary, with “the finest army on the planet?” Or why is General Rosecrans cow- pelled to stand rigidly on the defensive? The answer is very simple. Our repeated and still continuing military blunders, disasters and fail- ures are due to the strange infatuation of Pre- sident Lincoln-in still retaining in authority a set of military advisers who have over and over again been “weighed in the balance and found wanting.” The results are an incompetent administra- tion, an exhausting war, wasteful expenditures of men and means, time and money, with no compensating results. Nor can we promise anything better short of a reconstruction of the Cabinet, or short of the political revolution which is sure to come in our next Presidential election. The choice'is with President -Linceln, and upon it depends a glorious renown or a lasting disgrace to his administration. The Sumter Anniversary Meeting and the Philessphy of the Preceedings. The copperhead journals, in commenting on the loyal meeting held in Union square on Saturday to commemorate the second anni- versary of the capture of Fort Sumter by the 'rebele, take exceptions to the sentiments ex- pressed, particularly in the letters of members of the Cabinet, and say that we are fast hasten- ing te a despotism. That is perfectly true. A despotism bas been established in the South, and we are following the example as fast os we can. A good despotism would be infiaitely better than the imbecility which now rules the country, and if the present condition of things prevail much longer déspotism would be welcemed in preference to a President—any- thing to deliver us from existing degradation and the anarchy which threatens usin the fu- ture. All ‘that is wanting to consummate a despotism is the man who can do end dare. There is no such man in the Cabinet, nor, as far as we can judge, in the army. There is noOesar, no Napoleon, nor even a Cromwell. “Fighting Joe” Hooker is not of the right grit; for his combativeness is chiefly directly against news- paper boys and reporters; and the same may be said of Sherman and Grant. A military despot is not likely to arise from such stuff as those men are made of. But the progress of the war may develop the man sooner than any one dreams of. In the present temper of the peo- ple, and in view of the sad condition and future prospects of the country, any change would be deemed for the better. On the whole the meeting in Union square was a remarkable ‘specimen of the figure of speech they call rigmarole.” The only*speech which amounted tg anything was that of Fremont, who hits off a member of the administration who had dubbed him and others “political generals,” because as citizens they dared to express their political opinions. Fremont stands up like*a man for the right of free speech, and very properly draws the distinction between our republican system and European governments, where dis- cussion is not allowed, and where the popular will can only find expression in bloodshed and revolt. Mr. Fremont has a right to complain that an attempt should be made to gag a loyal Unionist like him by a sneer at “political gene- rals.” This is not a fair mode of getting rid of a candidate for the next Presidential term, if, indeed, we shall have any republic to be pre- sided over in the year 1865. As regards the letters pete is worthy of remark that others wero which the managers did not think proper to publish—letters from Governor Seymour and others, giving their views ef matters and things. Why were they not permitted to see the light? They could not be woivethan the letter of Mr. Chase, which is the evident emana- tion of a demagogue—a political mountebank who appeals to the lowest passions of mankind. How different is the classic letter of Mr. Seward, the only member of the Cabinet who appears te understand the situation or to appreciate the revolution through which the country is passing. With all the retund, ornate eloqnence of @ Cicero, he foreshadows the com- ing empire of America, as the great Roman orator in his letters predicted the empire of the Cwsars, Nations are shortlived, and particu lgily republics. The Roman republic lived longest; but through faction and corr:ption it became a military empire at last. The Greek republics fell to pieces because they wore too small to be Independent, and fa their confede ration had not adopted o principle of o¢ on sufficiently firm. The right of secession was recognized, and King Philip of Macedon, in- serting the wedge, knew how to split their league into fragments and make it suhser- vient to his own purposes, The repub- lic of France, by the violence of parties— which is now closely imitated in our own day and countey—became an empire under the sway | | i HERALD. | butit was mostly not of gonoral interest. 58 5) Hg ould 16 kaditba by albolsbpratidy land Toros, Idsted fer the Wtetima 9f/Oronswel, its crestor— ‘8 period of ten years. Republios, according’ to Montesquieu and De Tocqueville, are founded on two great prinol- ples—publio virtue and the intelligence of the people, including eternal vigilance. When one or other of these foundation stakes is removed the structure must fall, Let us not, therefore, imagine that God will work miracles in our case, Heaven helps those who help themselves, If we are not fit to govern ourselves events will Soon put a despot over us who will rule us with arod of iron. Americans are no exception to human nature. Weare of the same flesh and blood as the men who have gone before us for thousands of years, and the same fate happens to all, Human government seems to be moving round in a circle, First kings, then republics, then despots, and so on to the last syllable of recorded time, The American government is only a modification of the governments which have preceded it. It ig a representative con- federation of representative republics banded together by a constitution in an indissoluble Union. But its founders said it was. only an “experiment,” and its permanence depended on. the moderation and wisdom of the people in all sections of the country. Juding from appearances, the days of the republic would seem to be almost numbered. Nothing can avert the catastrophe but the ab- sence of a great military chieftain of searing ambition and the periodical return of the Presi- dential election, which will change the men who now hold the reins of power, and give, we hope, the imperilled republic a new lease The Last Grand Review of the Army of ‘ the Potomac. New York has not recently been favored with a military review. We have the fashion- able reviews at the Opera and the theatres; the promenade reviews on Broadway every fine afternoon, and the reviews of dashing equi- pages at the Central Park; but no considerable army of soldiers has been paraded here for some months past. Even Governor Andrew's negro brigade, which we relied upon to amuse the Bowery beys, has failed-to come to town, and, if several thousand troops were sent on to New Hanipshire and Connecticut to vote the administration ticket at the late elections, they passed through this city without the usual pomp and circumstance of war, and gave us no Rotice of the fact. Consequently, having no military reviews here on the Hudson, we are all the more interested in the reviews upon the banks of the Rappahannock, and are grate- ful to our correspondent for the information that “ the event of the season” occurred in the Army of the Potomac last week. It appears that Mr. Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln and. Mester Lincoli ‘reviewed. Hooker's army on the 8th inst. Our correspondent tells us that the President “was mounted upon a large bay,’)-@at Mrs. Lincoln rode “in a carriage drawn by four. spanking bays,” and that Master Lincoln, “booted and spurred, rede bravely by the side of the President, followed by his dash- ing little orderly.” General Hooker and a bril- Hent array of officers attended the cavalcade, ‘and a troop of lancers galloped after. The day was cloudy, with a few bright flashes of sun- thine. The number of soldiers reviewed was immense. We do net knew the exact figure, aiid would not publish itif we did; but our cor- respondent states that it took all day to get the various corps off the parade ground and back to their tents. Tho review attracted thousands of spectators, and especially excited the rebels over the way, who seomed quite astonished at such o massing of troops, and put themselves in readinesa for another Fredericksburg fight. The display ended splendidly; and Mr. Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, Master Lincoln and General Hooker must have been greatly delighted at the appearance of the men, who were all ready for an immediate advance, and anxious that the next review should take place in Richmond. Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales used frequently to review the English t¥oops when Prince Albert was alive; and the Emperor Napoleon, the Empress Eugenie and the Prince Imperial often turn out the French army for inspection. We doubt, however, if either the English or French sovereigns ever saw such a large and veteran army as that which Mr. Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln and Master Lincoln beheld last week. And we have the advantage of Europe in our rulers as well as in the strength of our armies, Prince Albert was a more polished and gen- tlemanly looking person than Honest Old Abe; but our President was always superior to the Prince in inches, and has outlived bim. The EmperorNapoleon is the finest horseman in Paris, while President Lincoln really does not look exceedingly graceful when astride of a“large bay;” but, on the other hand, the Emperor's legs are short, and he waddles as he walks, while the President strides about like @ Colossus or a liberty pole, and can outwalk Napoleon on any course from here to Mexico. Mrs. Lincoln ranks somewhere between Vic- toria and Eugenie. She is not quite as elegan: asthe French Ewpress, and cannot ride horseback as well; but she is much handsomer and pleasanter than the English Queen, and makes a much better appearance either at a levee or in a barouche. As for Master Lincoln, our youthful heir apparent, he is a thousand times brighter than the Prince of Wales and vastly more clever than the Prince Imperial. We will match him against either of the European princes at any game, from mar- bles te hop-scotch, and if he grows as tall as his father and as good looking as his mamma he will be a model man and a future President. Mr. Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln and Master Lincoln have now returned to Washington, and General Hooker is left alone with his army. What he will do with it is the question. General Hooker has been surnamed “Fighting Joe,” and justifies his soubriquet, He fought very well during the peninsular campaign and at Antietam, During the past winter, for lack of somebody better to fight, he has been struggling with newspaper reporters and newspaper agents, and finally clapped an inoffensive correspon. dent into irons and the guardhouse for publish- ing the prediction that the army would move some time. Sinoe then Hooker has been fighting his old commander, Gen. McClellan, by aiding and abetting a club of radical conspirators to get up % pamphlet abusing him. We do not consider this a fair fight, and the soldiers evi- dently take the same view of it; for, a9 the troops were marching off, after the reviow, one of the officors of Hooker's staff called for “Three cheers for President Lincoln,” which were heartily given, and were followed by o call from the ranks for “Three oheers for Little Mac,” to which the response was deafening. Canada, and embraces in its NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1863.—TRIPLE SHEET. Pamphlets cannot affect such soldiers. They know what MoClelian has done. But, now that the reporters are regulated, the pamphlet written and the review oyer, Hooker ge advance. If he takes Richmond by the Ist of May we will immortalize him as a Napoleon or a Wellington. If, on the contrary, he delays the capture until the lst of June, we shall com- pare him only to Marlborough or Marshal Turenne. If he does not take it at all—but that is an impossible contingency. “Fighting Joe Hooker” has his chance now. Let him im- prove it. ¢ Progress “or Commercta Somnos—Ine Larsst DrveLoruxnts.—The ‘traits that have conduced most to our success as a people are our thirst of progress and impatience of the re- straints of old fashioned theories and systems. In the arts, in medicine, in philosophy and re- ligion this has been especially the case. If in the latter we have occasionally carried eur want of veneration to the verge of skepticism, it has helpéd us in other respeots by stimulating us to & constancy of effort in the way of improve- ment. Up to the last forty years there was perhaps no branch of knowledge ‘which had teen: deemed go little capable of oxpansion or which may now preperly be dignified by the name of commercial science. People transacted . busi- ness and grew rioh after the fashion of their fathers; but they had but very imperfect ideas of the principles which regulate commerce, or of the system by which its results might be reduced to certainties. It was reserved for one‘of those original and practical minds which seem capable of applying themselves to every- thing and excelling in whatever they undertake to reform all this. Although an Englishman by birth, and a descendant of the Earls of Arling- ton, James Arlington Bennet became as much distinguished for his devotion to his adopted country as for the versatility of his talents and his extensive acquirements. He served with credit in the war of 1812, was subsequently a major general amongst the Mormons, and then, getting tired of the military profession, applied himself with ardor to the pursuits in which his taates lay. Butit was difficult to define the lim- its of these. Poet, painter, philosopher, states- man, financier and rhetorician, he was like Vil- liers, Duke of Buckingham, “everything at once and all by turns.” To him the mercantile oom- munity of this country owes its first great step in commercial science. He planned and pub- lished a system of bookkeeping which re- duced to method, simplicity and clearness the confused, ill-digested and imperfectly under- steod principles on which accounts were kept in mercantile and public offices, and for more than twenty years it was the only one that was practised in this country. After a life spent in usefulness and in keen enjoyment to himself, this accomplished. man and public benefactor ended his days upon his estate on Long Island, where his remains repose peacefully under the monument which he had erected to his own me- mory. ‘The system of which he laid the foundation has since received additions and improvements, which, if they have not altered its main princi- ples, have contributed to enlarge the sphere of their application. A couple of weeks since we published a page of the annual ad- vertisement of “the Eastman State and Na- tional Business College.” To-day we de- vote the same space te the advertisement of Mesars. Bryant, Stratton & Co., whose chain of international commercial colleges extends over the leading cities of the United States and mn up- wards of sixty professors aud two thousand ‘business pupils. The heads of these impertant establishments are straining every effort to carry out the views aud give the widest possi- ble extensien to the system of which Arlington Bennet was the founder. The results of their labors are telling largely upon the business capacities and usefulness of our young men. In addition to-the satisfaction which the eon- sciousness of this fact must give them, they also may look for their reward in monumenis of marble under willows of their own planting. NEWS FROM THE WEST. Important Order from Major General Burnside—Death to Traitors. . Ciwesaant, April 13, 1863 Major General Burnside has iasued an order pronouncing the death penalty on all persons found guilty of aiding the rebels. AM persons sympathizing with the rebels are to be ar- rested and tried, or sent beyond the lines, The order says that it must be distinctly understood that (roason, expressed or implica, wiil not be tolerated in this department. Loss of the Steamship Marion. The Marion, Captain Johnson, hence for Key West and New Orieans on the 26th vilt., was totally lost on Double Head Shot Keys on the 2d inst. at abont four P. M. She had & valuable cargo and forty paneengers, of whom eleven arrived at Cardenas on the 6tb in the brig B. Young. They bave since arrived at Havana, and would take passage on the Creole for New York. The balance of her passengers reached Havana on the sth fistant, a few hours previous to the departure of the steamer Roanoke for New York, which errived at this port yesterday. The Marion was a side-wheel steamer of eight hundred tons, and of the following dimensions:—Longth, 200 feet; ‘beam, 31 feet; depth of bold, 21 feet. She was bark rigged, and in 1860 was thoroughly overhauled, rating Als. She had a side lever engine, with a seventy-inch cylinder and twenty-four inches stroke. She was owned by Spelford, Tileston & Co., of this city, and for many yoars was one of the steam packets to Charleston. The government chartered ber early in the rebeilion, and ehe ‘wis used asa transport until « few montha age, when sho was put op the Havana and New Urieaus route. The Gunboat Miami OUR BATTERAS INLET . Harrenas incor, April 10, 1949. ‘The United States gunboat Miami, Lieutenant Robert ‘Townsend commanding, is ashore on the Swash. She te bound to Washington, N. 0. The Miami isa doubleender side-wheel gunboat, and was one of Commodore Porter's foot in the capture of New Orleans. The following is list of her oMoers:— Acting Liewtenans—Rovert Townsend. Surgeon—W. B Mann. ding Assistant Paymaser—F. W. Hackers, at Hatteras. Be ‘Assistant, LW. Simonds; To Ld » W. Sim: , Third As. B/D. Molser, W. A. Windeor, Joun a “ONS” AT THB ACADRMY OF MUSIC. The last performance of Petrefia’s grand opera, ‘Ione,’ drew &n immense audience. The first act was marred by the breaking of the orchestra, while Sigpors Bellini and Biach{§ eang out of time. At oue mument this was quite evident. The second sot passed off with more cclat, while the grand finale of the third oxcited the euthusiasm it aiwaye does, We refer to the short ones ee aot, wise unused to them since the commencement « the Marotrek grané season ‘To-morrow ovening Maretzek has his bouedt, and pro- duoss a novelt; one ear te ca many . opera wi pat lo, while the cast is & ‘ane, ino! ° and Roillini. Merctsek SUMTER. Discksmithing, and is also used as @ storehouse and for the quarters of the comtrabands. Nearty one hundred «| men are now employed in the shop under tho foremeu- abip of Mr. D, Campbell, am experionoed workman. The whole establishment ie under the immediats charge of W. 8. Kimball, master machinist, ® gentioman of ability, skill and experience, who bas earut the praise of all by the energy and success with which _ formed his duty, j ah im belonged. Rest assured that the whose they srt mi omni he plas aw ef er wee bare Of civil liberty without the full enjoy: of which ife All quiet. No prospect of s fight vo-day. AConfele- — rate officer from Morris Island boarded the wreck of the Keokuk iast night,~and found ber turret had been pierced throagh by a ball. ‘ LaTm. Cramummroe, April 9, 1868. Six Monitors and the Ironsides stilt Ue within the bar, | my le waiting for @ new machine to remove torpedoes. - Everything ts 1p readiness for the attack. sewer Moain- da, the Spanish Consul, who recently left bere toh war steamer, returned to-day, vis Richmond, bavis left Washington on Thursday last,on hearing here was imminent. Neither the French nor Englisti Coa- suls are here. Eire ears | PERS STILL LATER. . Cusarasren, April 0, 1668. > Accounts from Fort Sumter reflect the highest credit oa” the garrison for coolness and bravery in the recent ight. ‘When the Monitors were discovered were at dinner. At the sound of ‘long roll” they. Sprang to their guns with cheering. The battle fag was” Tun up to the air of*'Dixie,’’ played by the band onthe Perapet, and a salute of thirteen guns fired. Colonel Alfred Rhett was the commanding officer of the fort, T4outenant Colonel Joreph Yates commanded the barbette batteries, and Major Ormsby Blanding the casemated batteries. The enemy fired oighty shots at the fort, of which thirty-four struck. The garrison are eager for the next chance at the Monitors. Forrngsa Mosnos, April 11, 1968. Richmond papers of the 10th inst. say that the bom- bardment of Fort Sumter was not resumed up to ten o’clock on the 9th inst., but that the Charlestentans ex- pected it would be next day. SEMI-OFFICIAL WASHINGTON OPINIONS OF THE FIGAT. Wasmscrox, April 13-11 P. ¥. The Navy Depa:iment stater that the despatches re- ceived on Sunday from Admiral Dupont are not of #0 cum plete and definite a character as to make their publiea- ton expedient, and copsequently they wili await ide re- cetpt of the full reports of the commanders of the diferent vereels engaged before placing them beiore the omauy. All the important details of the afair up to the moralng Of the 9th inst., have already beeo published through the evterprise of the newspaper correspondents. ‘The Navy Department doce not regard tho result of tis Preliminary bombardment as decisive or easentially dis- couraging. The ability of the Monitore to withstand the unparalleled concentrated fire of the batteries tn Charles ton harbor is copaidered to have been demonstrated, as botwithstanding the time they were under Gre they were pot essentially or materially injured. The obstructions in the harbor must in some way be removed before the attempt to reach the city can be saccessfuily renewed. ‘Tt te believed that this can be dove witbin a comparatively ‘brief time, and that by co-operative land and naval attack the city can be taken. On the whole, the department is to-day, after a careful consideration of the published accounts and the official reports received, of s much more cheerful and hopeful siate of mind. There are some sciestific men here, bow- ever, who regard the oxperiment iu Charleston harbor as a demonstration, aot only of the invulnerability of the Monitors, but algo of thetr ineMeiency for offensive pur- poses, uniess the number of their guse can be made pro- portionate to the guns they have to encounter. ‘Some officers who bave been in doubt as to the expedi- ency of attacking the forts im Charleston harbor are en- couraged by the infermation received. It is held that the costest shows that (be rebels have no guns above ten- ineh Engtish ones (Whitworth's) and seventy-pounders of titeir own comstruction. These pierced the Keokuk, be- causo it was supposed that from the pecaliarity of ber form—turtle shape—ahe could readily turn off shot. Hence her shield was pot altogether of iron. The department bas reason to believe, outside of re- ports of Its own officers and of correspondents of the Henarp, that the guns of the iron-clads did serious da- mage to the forts. The fifteen-inch guns are readily han died on board vessels, and tbe range ts obtained as effect. ively a by guas of smaller calibre. a tone Pe po, inch Dahigrea guas beg been subjected to & over ve hundred discharges without any damage thus far. Legal tenders welling at 684 70. Sales 16,000 jonts Japaw teas for shipment to Now York by Monday's steumer. « ‘The firet copper smelting works tn California will com. mence operations near (he mouth of the Sam Joaquin river within sixty days. ‘The first California guapowder mil! will soon commenca manufacturing two hundred kege da@y in Sante Crar