The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR orrigs §. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU srs. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving Place.—Gzeuanx Orzna— aust. KIBLO'S GARDEN, Broaqway.—Conmtz Soogan. WALLACK’S THBATRE, Broadway.—Rosepa.s. Pian GARDEN, Broadway.—Ticxer of Leave ax. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—A Bout wn 4 Caixa Saor—Covsin Caxny. NEW BOWERY THEATRE. Ipror or tx Suanwox—Untosiss's ov tas Heats. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Rag Woman axp Her onan O'DoNxkLi—ADorrsp Cait. BARNUM’S MUSEUM, Broadway.—Frexca Giaxy, Quxt Girt. Gut Bor, Livurorian Kine, Gen, Graxt, Pees all hour, Ticker or Luave Man, At Sand ery. —M arerra— AUGHTER—ROBBEKS ¥ Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Bread. eye ee aan 2B Sam Geant. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 5l4 Broadway —Eemorius fones, Dances, &c.—Raiczoad Kxriosion, Broadway.~Bourmrax G mt. NIBLO'’S SALOON, RICAN THEATRB, No. 444 Broad’ LET, pAhouiure Brisas, &—House Tuat Sack BUT? BROADWAY AMPHRITHEATRE, 485 Broadwav.—Gra- KasTic 4ND EQUESTRIAN PRRYORMANCKS. Afternoon and Evening. HOPE CHAPEL, on Mimgor OF THE KEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 B 2 Crmosnzs ax Lagronxs. trom Pah at NS al Bau & Broadway.—Tag Srermoscorricay NIVERSE. HOOLTY'S OPERA HOUSE, Bi —E 2ores, Dances, BuRtesaves, chien , January 15, 1864. ©THE SITUATION. It was reported at Culpepper last evening that the rebel General Stuart, with five thousand cay- alry, had crossed the rivers far to the right of our army and reached Leesburg, our forces there fall- ing back towards Fairfax. Whether his object is to cut short this railway near Bull run, or the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Point of Rocks, was not known; but in any event it is quite possi- ble that he will be met with superior forces. The health of the Potomac army is reported as being quite good. During the late cold spell five cases of death by freezing among the soldiers Were reported to the medical authorities. There are no cases of smallpox reported in the army, though that disease prevails in Alexandria and Washington. ‘The President yesterday signed the bill extend. ing the payment of bounties to recruits to the lst of March. The enlistment of volunteers ought, NEW ,YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY. 15, 1864. proposing to atrike out the three hundred dollars clause was rejected, by a vote of twenty-eight to eleven. A proposition to make the amount of commutation $500 instead of $300 was also re- jected. Am amendment exempting clergymen and other non-combatants was adopted ; and, af- ter acting on several other minor points of the 4 | bill, the Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives the bill in refe- rence tothe forfeiture of estate for treason waa taken up, and an animated debate followed, con- tinued to the expiration of the morning hour, without a disposition of the subject. The Senate resolution for a revival of the Committee on the Conduct of the War was referred to the Military Committee, and the House then went into Com- mittee of the Whole, and took up the bill from the Finance Committee (published in the Hzraup of Wednesday last), providing for an increase of the internal revenue, An amendment offered by Mr. Stevens, taxing spirits distilled since August 31, 1862, on hand and for sale, was, after debate, agreed to. Considerable discussion took place ; but no other action was taken on the bill, and the 7% | House adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. In the State Senate yesterday the Assembly resolutions proposing an amendment to the State constitution to enable soldiers to vote were re- ported favorably. Among the bills noticed were the usual ones making appropriations for the payment of the canal debt, and appropriating the remainder of the canal revenue for that purpose, and to amend the General Railroad law, the act for the protection of gas consumers, and the Excise law. A bill was introduced to provide for the extension of the Chemung Canal, and the | Governor's Message was made the special order for next Thursday evening. In the Assembly the bill concerning the Brook- lyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad was favorably reported, and a motion was adopted to print three thous ind copies of the Governor's Message in the German language. Bills were noticed to establish a public market in Brooklyp, to reduce the fgre on certain ferries, foy sporting persons and pro- perty between a ad and East rivers, to re- quire the State to the debts contracted by cities and counties for bounties, to reduce the charge for freight on the Long Island Railroad, and to incorporate the New York and Brooklyn Passenger and Baggage Company. ‘Resolutions tendering thanks to the regiments that have re- enlistedgp the United States service were adopted. The resolutions relative to the State National Guard were called up, but were referred to the Committee on Federal Relations without debate. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. An accident occurred on the Pennsylvania Cen- tral Railroad, near Pittsburg, on Tuesday morning Jast, by which two persons are reported to have been killed, and Mrs. Senator Sprague, late Miss Kate Chase, daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury, was somewhat injured. Mayor Gunther transmitted to the Board of Councilmen yesterday a report from Dr, Sayre, therefore, now to be pushed forward with energy. | Resident Physician, relative to the condition of Affairs at Johnson’s Island do not appear to be dvoid of anxiety yet, if we can judge from the fact that Brigadier General Terry, of the Sixth the Park Barracks. Dr. Sayre states in his report that the Barracks are im a horribly filthy con- dition, and are managed and arranged without the least regard for the comfort of the inmates. Army corps, with his brigade (the First) arrived | The Doctor characterizes the Barracks as ‘s pest at Sandusky yesterday. crossed the bay on the ice and took up their quarters on Johnson's Island. It is said that the rebel prisoners there have been talking boldly of late about the prospect of a speedy release and 8a adventure to Canada. A portion of them | hole and an outrage on humanity, a burning dis- grace to the nation, and-sheuld not for « moment be tolerated.” The report was referred to the Committee on Publit Health. Sigismund Miller was arrested on a charge of enticing soldiers to desert, and held to bail in the sum of $500 by United States Commissioner Os- In the case of the Chesapeake, before the Ad- bi Surrogate has decided the long pending liti- miralty Court in Halifax, the Judge reiterated his opinion that the case was one of piracy through- out. The final decision is not yet given. Despatches from Cairo yesterday say that the gunboat Juliet caught fire and had a large portion of her upper works destroyed. gation as to the estate of Isaac T. Thayer, deceased, of Saratoga Springs. Both the administrator and the administratrix are adjudged to be in part re- sponsible for the moneys lost to the estate by the failure of their agent. The Surrogate has also settled and distributed the eatates of Peter Hastie, Bernardo A. Macedo, Eliza M. Chapman, Maria Barryer, John Mohrmann, Jr., Joseph Barnard The Bremen brig Hydra arrived at Rio Janeiro | ang Naney Schultz. Twenty-two wills have been November 30, from London. The master reported that on the 26th of November, in latitude 17 south, he was boarded by a boat with an armed crew from a gunboat which they reported as the Ohio. Being close alongside of the gunboat, he could see two brass pieces—one forward, the other aft. She had no name or colors. The vessel was probably the rebel privateer bark Tuscaloosa. EUROPEAN NEWS. The steamship Hibernian, from Londonderry, and the Scotia and City of London, from Queens- admitted to probate within seven days. of Thomas Holmes was on trial yesterday. The number of inmates in the public institutions of the city at present is 6,315—an increase of 71 in the past week. The number admitted during the week was 1,059, and the number discharged, trans- ferred or who died was 988. We are requested to announce that telegrams for Europe, per Adriatic, can be forwarded to St. Johns, N. F., up to this (Friday) afternoon. ‘The share market was steady yesterday, aod some of the dividend paying railway stocks took a healtay forward movement. The gold exchange became excited over the news that the Bank of France was running out of specie, The will town, reachcd the ports of Portland and New | ana the premium, in consequence, was put up to 65. York respectively yesterday. The news by the Scotia is one week later. Lloyd's Salvage Aaggciation in London publish- es letters from New Orleans denying that the Mis- sissippi river is free!y open to trade, as vessels navigating towards the city are “riddled with shot and shell.” Business in New Orleans is represent- ed as “entirely suspended.” Pope Pius the Ninth replied to the communica- Money was a little stringent again yesterday, but not sufficiently 80 to produce the least alarm. There was no change in goverument securities. The rise in gold had the effect to render the markets firmer; but prices were rather irregular. The business was fair, but not active, except in some few of the lead- ing articles. The favorable news from Europe by the Scotia, and the rise in gold combined, caused a firmor feeling to be manifested at the Produce Exchange, and flour and grain were more active and higher. Ia provi sions there was not much change. Groceries wero firmer. tion of Jeff. Davis in very general terms, address- | Cotton was higher, in sympathy with the Liverpool ing the rebel leader as ‘illustrious President.’’ market. Petroleum was dull on the spot, but more active The Richmond correspondent of the London | for crude for fature delivery, and tho sales were con- Times denies that famine exists in any part of the confederacy. He acknowledges, however, that the affairs of the South are in a very dangerous crisis, in consequence of the shirking of military duty by large numbers of the male population, the daily increasing corruption of all classes of the people, and the weakness and feeble policy of the rebel Congress. Napoleon made a very pacific address to the siderable. Freights were more active and rather firmer. The Next Presidency—The Cabinet Im- brogiio—Mr. Ohase'’s Prospects. There is an “irrepressible conflict” in the Cabinet between Mr. Lincoln and his Secretary of the Treasury for the next Présidency. How it will end remains to be seen; but while the adherents of Mr. Chase are devoted, deter- diplomatic body presented at the Tuileries on | Mined and apparently inflexible, the believers New Year's Day. To Mr. Dayton, the American in “Honest Old Abe” are cool, active and con- Minister, he expressed the hope that the year | fident. ‘1864 would be one ‘‘of peace and reconciliation in the United States.” The Holstein question was still in an embarrass- ing phase. Napoleon addressed ter to the Duke of Augustenburg, in which he deplores the non-assemblage of the congress which he pro- posed, as it would likely have solved the existing ons. The Polish insurgents displayed renewed activity in the field. Kossuth had addressed a stirring appeal to the It was through the adroit manipulations of Mr. Chase at the vention of 1860 that the original great priest of the re- publican party, Mr. Seward, was set aside for Mr. Lincoln. This was done, however, with the general recognition of Mr. Seward among the contracting as the heir apparent for the succession. At all events, Mr. Lincoln, in the formation of bis Cabinet, ratified the Chica- go compromise by which he was nominated Hungarians, and the Austrian government was | and elected in appointing among his minis- considerably agitated. Consols closed in London on the 2d instant at 92% a 91. The Liverpool cotton and prodgce markets were closed on the 2d of January. Sales of cotton, at very full prices, were reported not- withstanding. Byeadstuffs were upward. Pro- visions inclined towards a decline. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday petitions from citizens of Wisconsin and Minnesota, asking for an exten- sion of their boundary life, were presented and spferred to the Judiciary Committee. The bill for the appointment of a Second Assistant Secretary of ‘War was passed, after being amended so as to limit terial advisers all his rivals for the Chicago nomination—Messra. Seward, Chase, Cameron aud Bates—and by giving to Mr. Seward the Cabinet position first in official dignity and importance, and to Mr. Chase the second. This was a very neat arrangement; but it sig- nally failed to make the Cabinet a unit, and failed to modify the asp! ns of Mr. Chase, He entered the Cabinet as a candidate for 1864, and thus went to work, from the very out- set, to become the master of the administra- tion. His followers, instinctively comprehend- ing their game, soon got up a regular crusade against Mr. Seward, which was brought to a the term of office to one year from the passage of | crisis by his resignation, involving « similar the bill. The Secretary of War sent in a commu- nication giving the grade and rank of officers of ‘the national army who have entered the service o: the rebellion, nia Legislature relative to a tax on native wit The joint resolutions of the Califor. movement by Mr. Chase. This was a skilful bit of strategy on the part of Mr. Chase; but Pre- ‘| sident Lincoln, in this instance at feast, was equal to the emergency. He saw the danger - ‘were presented and referred to the Finance Com. | ° rning these two Presidential aspirants mittee. A bill to extend the Northern Indian | !°°%¢ “pon the country, and so beplumply re- wuperintendency so as to include the Territory of fused to part with either of them, and as Dakota was introduced and, referred to the Ter. | Plumply admonished them that be should keep ritories Committee. The Enrolment bill was then taken up, and after some debate the amendment them both under bis thumb. The country accepted this solution of thie difficulty as a drawn battle; but not so the Sec- rotary of State. He accepted it as a defeat. He returned to his office satisfied that his political career had culminated—that his voluminous diplomatic correspondence, as political capital, was but as dust in the balance against the “greenbacks” of the Treasury Bepartment. But there was still a chance for turning the tables upon bis victorious rival by bringing forward against him “Honest Old Abe” him- self, And this is precisely what Mr. Seward has been actively doing since his remarkable speech at Auburn on the eve of our last No- vember election. If we were to go to the bot- tom of the tate proceedings in favor of Mr. Lin- coln in certain conventions, Legislatures and Loyal Leagues, we should doubtless find the finger of Mr. Seward in the pie and his shadow behind the scenes. This business, as it atands, strongly resem- bles that Jacksonian Cabinet imbroglio which resulted in killing off John C. Calhoun as a Presidential candidate. It was in the first term of General Jackson, in the beginning of which Mr. Calhoun (Vice President) was generally regarded by the party as the rightful heir to the succession. Martin Van Buren, however, skilfully contrived to cut out Calhoun, and to take his place on Jackson’s re-election, and then to become himself the chosen heir and the successor of Old Hickory. Mr. Chase now stands in the position of Calhoun in the de- velopment of that Cabinet conflict which fin- ished him, while Mr. Seward is playing the role of Van Buren. So far, too, as Mr. Chase is concerned, the result will probably be the same, should he persist in the vain effort, upon his own merits and in -his own behalf, to out- general the Secretary of State as the faithful squire of the President. But thore is yet a way in which the Secretary of the Treasury may not only defeat Mr. Seward in his present game, but a way where- by he may also seoure the capitulation of Mr. Lincoln. Let Mr. Chase, adopting the tactics of his adversary, retire from tho field as a Presidential sspirant, and Gring ali his in- fluence to bear upon his friends in favor of General Grant for the succession, and the issue will soon be made manifest. General Grant will thus secure the aolid nucleus of an active working party, through which the independent masses of all parties will be rapidly rallied to his support. In this way, by the time of the meeting of the ‘administration National Con- vention, General Grant can be pushed so far ahead of every competitor among the people as to bring the Convention, the administration and all concerned to the adoption of General Grant as their common candidate. Thus, in providing for and securing the triumphant election of General Grant, Mr. Chase will himself secure the inside track and the election for the next Presidential term. It is from. the experience of their predecessors ‘that politicians may learn wisdom; and this is ‘the leason, from the experleace of Caiboun and Van Buren, that we would commend to the special attention of Mr. Chase. He is already defeated for 1864; but by adopting our advice he may, as the favorite of General Grant, walk over the course in 1868, m of the War a Repub- Party Megsure. ‘ For more that two years the Northern peo- ple—an aggregate of over twenty million per- sous—have waged a bitter and desperate etruggle against a people whose numbers may fairly be stated at about ten millions; and the Northern people also, in addition to this pre- ponderanoe of numbers, have had in their favor the service of a navy and the possession of un- limited means to equip armies, both by the manufacture and purchase of material, while the South bas been cramped and embarrassed in all these respects. And though the Soute now seems likely to be finally beaten through simple exhaustion of men and material, we have yet given no more positive evidence than that exbaustion of our ability to crush it. The rea- son of this may be either that we do not want to crush it, or that we have failed in our many attempts through the imbecility of those who have been appointed to guide us. Imbecility has certainly ruled to a sufficient extent in the councils of the War Department; but those councils have not all been imbecile. In August, 1861, General McClellan submitted to the President, at bis request, a memorandum which reviewed the position of our struggle at that time, and sketched out a plan for the con- duct of the war. His plan was first to accumu- late, as we were well able to do, an army that should overwhelm all resistance, if only by its numbers. Then, by various well-timed and simultaneous movements on several points of the confederacy, to ‘‘diminish the resistance” offered in Virginia, and, while that resistance was thus lessened, to force a great battle in that State with the main army, and thus “crush the rebellion at one blow.” Upon this simple and comprehensive plan there never was any action. -Abolitionism was too bloodthirsty to await the immense preparations necessary for it. Radical journals yelled with the “damnable iteration” apd the wildness of lunaties for the slaughter the, rebels, for quyard moye- ments; and so onward movements were made Bot to put down the rebellion, but to placate and quiet the radical ments were made singly, and were so {!1-timed that the rebellion was able to bring a main force to oppose each one. In 1862 McClellan, with a great deal leas force peninsular campaign, in the latter part of which aeaaal ove ; Lhe tedy Atle dae: aes eat eats ty losin Tenet lot prop- erly supported, be was beaten by a concentra- tion of the enemy's force to the James river, whence he effected a retreat without the loss of @ man. From that period the President assumed the the war. Impfésted with » seine bi his own military abilities, Sy previous to peninsular campaign, advo- cated an jand advance, in relation to which he wrote this letter:— yer Se ee, ‘Wastinaton, Fob. 3, 1862. iy Dear Sin—You and | have distinct and different | FB ES seerclimy ot tne Eeeraaas; Hook ¢o Urbaone, and acroas lant to the wortninesof the railroad on the York river; mine, to move direotly to & 00 the railroad southwest to Manassas, A If you will give mo sutistuctory answers to the fol- to phe ho tor: ity hy T shall gladly yield = 4 your volve # greatly larger oxpendi- tevo-of theme tact soloag (enn tonoet as mace ree Te vieteey mente Corte by your yaaltaes 3. Wherein is @ victory more valuable by your plan than mine? 4. In fect, would it not bo less valuable, in this: that it no line of the enomy's communication, would break wih tn case of dieaotor would not a retreat ima. cult by your plan than miue’ ner . Yours ABRAHAM LINCOLN. He now had the opportunity to test his favor- Such move- he thought necessary for the purpose, began the with « line of ite plan,and did so; and surely if his three cam- paigns against Richmond overland have not modified his views in relation to it his intellect must be fearfully and wonderfully made. They have, at least, answered some of his questions; for they have triumphantly shown that the ad- vance overland inevitably involves a greater expenditure of time, of money and of men than the other does; they have shown that a victory on the peninsula would be far more valuable than one by tbe overland route, inasmuch as Seven Pines is only seven miles from the rebel capital, while Antietam and Gettysburg are bundreds of miles away; they have shown that a victory on the peninsula is not less valuable than the other would be, because the great vio- tory of Gettyaburg had no value at all except to save us from invasion, while such a victory within seven miles of Richmond might have ended the war. As for the lines of communi- cation that the Presideat proposed to break by his plan, we bave only to say that by the other plan such a line would not have been in exiat- ence, as the rebel armies would be in another place; and we may submit to the military genius of the President that it is even better that there should be no line than that we should be put to thetrouble of breaking one. For the answer to Mr. Liacoln’s filth question, let any one contrast Pope’s disastrous retreat upon }. Washington, in which our army was broken to. pieces, with that great fighting retreat to Har- rison’s Landing, or with the final orderly with- drawal from the peninsula. So much for the President's military genius. By this hasty review of General McClellan’s plans we see that our failure to put down the rebellion cannot bé traced to our not having good advice as to how we could best do it. But Gonéfal McClellan did not retain his place. He was put aside, through the clamor of the radicals, because it was known that his views were directly opposed to theirs. He told the President that “neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial or- ganizations of Stat & ce le abolition slavery should be Settee a a Se J These were the cherished measures of the radi- cals—the measures by which they expected to put the Southern States out of existence as States and to crush the Southern people—and they feared the prominence of a man who entertained such views as General McClellan did. Many circumstances have occurred since General MoClellan’s removal which would favor the view that the war is prolonged because of the imbecility of the administra- tion; but others indicate more strongly that the war is not ended because the administra- tion does not want to end it; for the war seems to have consolidated and formed the republican party.. United for the maintenance ef the Union, the American people unfortu- nately appear to be united>as the republican party. There is no great opposition, because a party arrayed againet that party in whose hands the government sow is would inevitably seem to be arrayed against the government, to sympathize wi rebels; and the American people are not Wining to take such a position. Deceived by this circumstance into the:convic- tion that the war builds up their party, and animated also by the hope of continued plunder, the active spirits of the republican party now employ all their energies to nurse and continue the war. They will certainly keep it alive through the present Presidential term; and if Mr. Lincoln should be ro-elected they will keep it alive for another four years. There is, therefore, but one plan by which the country can secure peace, and that is by the election of another man—a man who will end the war—and the best man for that purpose is General Grant. Tat Pork ano Jerr. Davis.—La France, a Paris journal, and the recognized organ of the church party in France, pub- lishes a curious correspondence which has taken place between the arch-rebel Jeff. Davis and the Pope. We publish in another portion of this journal the letters in question. Pius 1X., who 4s a simple-minded, good-hearted, honest churchman, takes it for granted that Davis means all he wrote to him concerning the joy and gratitude the rebel felt at the fact that his Holiness was desirous that peace might be made in this country. The Pope, over- joyed to find Davis so peaceful in his nature, expresses a wish that other rulers and people in America might be animated with the same feelings. We would respectfully suggest to his Holiness the perusal of President Lincoln’s messages and thanksgiving proclamations, whereby he will find that he is for peace also. Let Honest Abe write to the Pope on the eub- ject and satisfy him on this point. We do not deny that Davis has come out exceedingly strong in the way of fasting and prayer dyring the last year or two; but wo feel aegured that he no more gesires peace than does our diniable Presi- dent Lincoin.. Both are fighting for it. Davis has the advantage, however, of having joined the church since he first broke out into open rebellion against his lawful government. We are not aware that Mr. Lin: has done 90; still we foe} assured thal he ls quite as poseoh in bis aspirations as Christian Davis can possi- bly be, and the Pope should not be led astray by the rebel chief. With the aid of that most successful peacemaker, U; Sam Grant, we intend to put down the lion next at all hazards, and thereby secure the right sort of peace—| for the church and peace for the country. 5 Repet Ratione.—One of our correspondents has qgnt ye 8 email lump of pork, weighing a couple of ounces, which he regeived from a rebel deserter. It was one of three pieces of a similar size which were ‘cee to him for three days’ rations just before he quitted enemy’s lines. Jt ig of the poarsest quality, and salt, tube ry Reitaa of the sallow’ te blah ihe Seal soley are now reduced it in should become fre- quent amongst them. Let them be kopt a lit- tle longer on this fare and it will do more for the Union than Mr. Lincola’s amnesty procla- mation. The Late Heclesiastical Council at New Haven, Conn. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 13, 1864. ‘The proceedings of the Keclesiastical Council recontiy held hore, representing twelve out of the two hundred and twenty-two associated congrogational churches in Connecticut, which endeavored to excommunicate the Independent South Congregational church and its ia ter, Rev. Mr. Carroll, a Prosbytorinn clergy: ° reccived a review by the church committe com. plotoly refutes all the obarges preferred, exposing their slanderous and wilfully malicious charactor, aud tully vindicates the Goings of the chureb and the character and standing of ite minister in the denomination to which shows that the whole ot com| church refuses the demand of INTERESTING The Siege of Charlesten—Captures of Unton Soldiers aad Oattic in Virginia— The Rebel Congress—The Wilmington Blockade~The Steamer Hero Ashore— Reported Blowing Up of a Yankee Gun- beat, c&c., d&e. Forranes Moroz, Jan. 14, 1864. The Petersburg Daily Register of January 9 contains the following:— AFFAIRS AT GHARLESTON, Caantaston, Jan. 6, 1864. ‘There has been no firing to-day. Tho Yankees are busy Fepairing the damages to their batteries caused by the storm. THE ARMY IN VIRGINIA. Onanos Court Hovss, Jan. 8, 1864. Snow fell lest night to the depth of four inches. A telegram from General Leo announces the capture, in Hardy county, of 12Pcattle, 125 mules and 200 Yan- koos. General Morgan and staff had « public reception in Richmond on the 6th instant. PROOREDINGS OF THE REBEL CONGRESS. Senator Oldham, of Texas, introduced a bill in the rebel Congress proposing a tax of fifty per cent on all outstand- ing Treasury aotes on the Ist of January next, known general currency. mf The House waa occupied the greater part of yesterday discussing tho bill for the repeal of the Exemption law. TME WILMINGTON BLOCKADE. The Richmond Inquirer of the 13th has the follow- Wraanaton, Jan. 11, 1864. To Gawmrat Coorsn:—The steamer Horo ran ashore near Georgetown, after landing the navy officers. One Yankee steamerwas blown up. The report was heard io town. Twenty-four prisoners were captured. No par- tioulars have been received. THE CASE OF THE CHESAPEAKE. ff the Admiralty Court De- Seizure @ Piratical Act. Hauipax, Jan, 14, 1964, oe] ‘Bs ere In the Admiralty Court yeatorday Judge 6. B., to prevent misrepresentation through the press, read a written atatement of his views as enunciated upon a pre- vious sitting. After detailing the circumstances connected with the capture of the Chesapeake and the subsequent proceed- ings his lordship, referring to the possibility of a plea being summitted in bobalf of the rebels said:— But am WFepesse tog a Judge of the Court of Admiralty QBd representing Majesty 4n it, to sustain the plea of ten who havo violated ber proclamation of neutrality eset ES Gituy anc nga ned hr Frey, al ‘Ana or aold therelae-wd ; ieee FByoht y leas force, vidtently resisted the officers the of her magistrates, and who are at this mo- mont fugitives from justice? alter some conversation with counsel his lordship stated to the court that, under the facts before him, un- lees altered by further evidence, be would treat the case as piracy throughout. The further hearing of the case was then postponed until Wednesday next. Serious Ratlroad Accident. TWO PRREONS REPORTED KULLED—MRS. SENATOR SPRAGUE INJURED—TWO CARS BUBNED, ETC. Parapacrma, Jan. 14, 1664. - An accident happened to the train which left Pittsburg for this city on the Pennsylvania Railroad early on Tuos- day morning, at one of the stations west of the moun- tains, A rail broke and one of the cars was precipitated down aun embankment. A Michigan soldier and a Peon- syivaniag citizen were killed, and several persons were injured. Hon. J. R. Giddings, who was om the train, (ninied during the excitemont. There bag been no deleg. on tho road since the ocourrence of the accident. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Prempone, Jon, 14, 1864. Tho age o'clock morning express train from Cleveland passing Pour Mile run, pear Pittsburg, ran off the track and two passouger cars wore precipitated down the em- bwankment forty feet, aed wore destroyed by re from ‘the stoves. Noveral persons were injured; none seriously. Among them was Mrs Senator Sprague, late Miss Kate Chase, who was bruised severely, Fine Arts. THE RECEPTION AT DODWORTH’S. ‘Tho artists at Dodworth's gave their first reception for the season last evening. The doors were tarown open at haif-past seven, and by eight o'clock the exhibition room was eo full that thero was a0 possibility of secing the pictures. If we had not availed ourselves of an opportu: Bity afforded us in the day we should have been unable to offer any opinion as to their merits. The collection, on the whole, was a very satisfactory one. Not only were there a greater number of new pictures than are usually to be found at these receptions, but they were, generally speaking, of superior quality. This was to be accounted for by the fact that the results of the summer studies of many of the artists were exhibited here for the first time. Amongst the pictures that attracted most attention were some views on Lake George and the Genesee, by Colman; a fine composition by Edwin White, entitled “Raphacl at the Vi 7’ en fa. terior, by Eastman Johnson; «@ sunset on the coast of Maine, and a view of the rapids below Montreal, by Gignoux; « view of Venice and a sunset, by Cranch; a quiet and ecifective coast sceno, by Kensett; a beautiful little landscape, by Durand; a capitally paintea farmyard scene, by Dana; a view of Stoke Pogis ebureh, the scene of ‘Gray's Elegy,’’ by Cropsy; a sunset in snow, by McEntes; a couple of scenes from the “Arabian Nights,’ by Vedder; a spirited street group of boys, by J. G: Brown; a sunset and forest scene, by Gifford; a cattle scene, by bshat- tuck; landscapes, by Bristol and Brevoort; a female por. trait, by Huntington; a const scone, by William Hart; and apumbor of beautiful pencil sketches, taken during his summer rambles, by Bellows. There were only two or three pieces of eoulpture, the best of which was Launt Thompson’s head of Edwin Booth—a work of great merit, A fourth and Goal meeting of the belligerents in the late telegraphic match between the Paulsen (New York) and Philedelphin Cpesp clubs fork place last evening, wherr; a few minutes after seven, Now York sent forward her thirty fourth move, ‘34K to B’s square,” and the Game was proceeded with until Philadelphia's thirty. ninth move was received, when the New Yorkers felt taanager, Cor te courtery and eitcloucy with which tbe 4 sve give tolow a recapiieation ot the threo days? p already in the Haeaup, wilh the edaitisa of t26 moves of last night:— New YORE. ‘PRILADELPRIA, 1—P. to K. 4, 1-7. OK 4 ioe &: Fa hy 4B tons 4—Kt. to K. 8.3, SIKU take. Rute 9—Kt. to K. B. 9. 9—Castles. 10—K. B, takes Ki. 10—Q. P. takes B. 11K. takes B. cb. takes Ks. to K. B. 4, 1 OE BG Sy a= ocr te i 15—P. 0 Q. B.4. itt Ba 16—Kt. to Q. 6, takes Kt, 17—P, takes B. 18—Kt. to K. 4. . to K. 8. 19—Kt. to Q. B. 6. 0g. Kt. 3, + 2—Kt. to. 3. . 109. Bd 21—P, toQ. Kt. 3 21—Q, 0G. B. 8. 42—P. o K. Rt. 4. toK. Kt. 3. ‘2B—P. to RK. R.3. to K. R. 4. UK. R. to B. 3, 24—B. to K. 6 2%—K. R. to B. . P. takes B. 26—R. P. takes P. to K. B. 2 2—9. OK. RB. 21—B. takes Kt. —P. takes B. takes P. a Q 3, 2-9 Rw K. to K. Kt. 3, 30—K. R. to B. 8. , to K. Ba. 31—P. to K, Kt. 6. 31—K. R. to K. 32—R. to K. B. 8. 32—K. to B. 2. R wk. 2. 38-=P. 10Q. Kt. 4. oe oe 84—P. 10 Q. BS. 35—Q. to K, Kt. 2, 96—R, to Q. 2, 36—K. to K. 36—P. 0 Q. 6, 37—Q. R. to K. 3. S7-—Q. to 0. Kt. 3, 389. to K. Kt. 6. 85K. to K. 8. 39—Q. 0 Q. Kt 2. 80—R. to K. R. New York resigns. Muscat —The German Opera troupe wiil sing this even- Ing at the Academy of Music In Dame Manche. Mr, Barrison’s Eogiish Opera troupe will give thie ovening their second representation of the Bohemian Girl, Palfe’s beautiful opera, at Niblo’s Saloon. A very large and fashionable audience attended the firet of ¢hege artists ta New Yorn, . = = NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. The Great Canal Swindle Introduced ia the Senate—The Contractors to be Per= mitted to Throw up Their Contracts Seme of the State Robbery that Existed Under the Project to be Revived—A New Field for Pabiic Piu: r to be Opemed— The Cardinal Prin of the Party in Power—Salaries e Police Force of New York—Staten Island ferrics, Passengers, Baggage and Bounties— Necessity ef Consolidating the Exist- La: 4 See Fe OF eatin eae. ‘The ‘big thing’ of the session made its appear: ‘ance in the Senate this morning in the shape of a bill preparing the way for a grand swindle on the canals ang: the creation of a party fund for political purposes, to be paid out of the State Treasury, It comes in the shape of @ bill providing a mode for the present contractors to throw up their contracts, and then to go back to the of repairing canals under the auspices of the 4 sepsteab es pp tlomrcen ogo the Canal Comnits- stoners. The present contract system was adopted a few years since to do away with the swindling and wholesale plunder that existed in the system which it is now pro- posed to revive by this bill. As a sample of what was done under the system which is now attompted tobe roin- stated, I will mention ono fact, that the public may see the effect of this officers in charge of «section of the canal not more than five hundred miles from Albany were called upon to esti- mate the material necessary for repairs for the coming month. A fabulous sum was put down to be expended im nails, bardware and other matorials of that stamp. The items were purchased of dealers in the secret Almost a double price wag paid, the extra price being paid over to the politicians, to be used for party purpose. The goods were forwarded to the section of the caval in question, and after lying there fora few days were all sold for old iron—not a doilar’s worth of the ma- torial being used or needed for refftirs. In this operation there was upwards of seventy thousand dollars taken out Qf the State Treasury. Al operations of this kind were cut off by the adoption of the contract system. The system of repairing canals by contract has not been a complete success; but shis is owing more to tho modeot Jetting them than tothe system. Instead, however, of correcting it in this point they have seized upon this evil (© revive the wholesale swindling system ‘the adoption of the plan to do it by contract. now to be made to make fale cba parte. measure, Ifac- complished, another field for it important to the bungry pol icians of the departmonts at Washing! It ls exceedingly apropos-that the effort to return to the old ees repairs on the canals comes frm rotten 8) party tf , and other the diers, This ‘Washington who are ‘at the vitals of our country, meee thom as enocesstiy to look for folds of oper: u wi ‘The Senate held but.a short session and adjourned ive the committees time to mature and i mm i f i i by 3 ; i #3 it i i +4 i AH i i in ? i i Z . 43 i i H 3 4 ] ¢ H i al sf A i i; § 4 = & ite i Fs 4 bil aE 3 Hy I F rs i & ij i 5 : ; E i i i ; A f i ie i fi i E i I i i ul i i f E z g i z f i l i i i _recuerneem cna Se » January 15» Obituary. COLONEL EDWIN ROSE. Colonel Edwin Rose, Provost Marshal of the First Con- ing, Va. Colonel Roge was born in the old homestead at Bridge- hampton, Suffolk county, L. 1., on, the 14th day of Fobra- ary, 1807, entored West Point Military Academy during 1826, and graduated with honor on June 30, 1690, stand- ing thirteenth in oot * second Iteutenant of ut United States ter eutr,Gbartstin harbor, 8. in. the etme He fl er3s i ~ fi i li 2 5, ti él f | He 5 - F 3F 5 a £ H i veyed Gi crewpe sa, 2 f z | : ‘a i 4 ; é ‘ i 5 private i i j e if | sit ° E (3 3 H it Be li g eb Ese ar r A : t ba a iq i es rd 33 i E il H i Ty ii i i i HF i i i i i : zt i i is i