The New York Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1864, Page 7

. Steir property confiscated. 6 NEW YORK HERALD. “AMES GORDON BENNETT, S2M0R AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE N. W, CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving - =f ee at One Clock, (C, Irving Plade.—Tas Ores: ouMs. NIDLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Coxnte Soocam. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Roszpate eNINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Ticxer or Leave OLYMPIC THEATRE, — — POLIMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Comtovs Case NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Ticker or Leave AN—Do mB UioL OF G0.—Hmeanian M. D. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Hovse Tuat Jace PBoir—Norau O'Donnekt—Vauaronps, BARNUM’S MUSEUM, Broadway.—Foor Giants, Two Dwaurs. won Waar Js 1s, 2e., a0 ell hora, Halves— RELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad. NGS, DANCES, BURLESQUES, &0.—Ma- was merra. #3 WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway, —Ermorra, Soxes, Dances, dc.—Amenicay Ovrena, On! Hus. . AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 444 Broadway.—Batrars, Pawtomimas, Buriesqurs, dc.—Mazvims, ee BROADWAY AMPHITHEATRE, 485 Broadway.—Gru. zasme ano Equpsiklan PReoRMANcES, Afternoon and vening. HOPB CHAPEL, 718 Broadway.—Tae Sruaxoecorri ox Mingor ov tux Usiviusa 7 es | PERRAMS, [85 Broadway.—Sranvo: ROR OF THR RuBriLion. . eamanen iene NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, roadway.— Coniosirixg and Lectenss, from Yas Me wT ileal HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, nas, Daxces, Bunuesques, &c. Brooklyn.—Ermorian TRIPLE SHEET. ry 20, 1864 New York, Saturday, Febr THE SITUATION. The news from the Southwest to-day is import- ant. The latest account from General Sherman's expedition reports that he has destroyed the bridges on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, thereby severing the connection between General Polk’s forces. He had advanced to a point be- tween Polk and Montgomery. Mobile rebel pa- ‘Pers report a battle at Enterprise, Miss., with un- nown results. General Longstreet is reported to be in retreat beyond French Broad river to avoid the move- ment of our forces. Nashville and Knoxville are fow connected by railroad, with the exception of se. 50 | twenty-three. dar, except one appropriating ten thousand dollars for houses burned in Virginia, were passed, and the House adjourned till Tuesday. ‘NEW’ YORK "HERALD, SATURDAY; FEBRUARY’ 20, 1864:—TRIPLE ‘SHRET. the Secretary of the Treasury to sell hia sur- | Prominent among the’ forty-five and a half Would be directed towards the sustainment peace in Germany; but when it was delivered the Powers had heon two days at war. Napoleon, it was said, would leave all the danger and glory of intervention to England. It was hinted that neither Russia nor France would support England's olicy on the troubled question. Queen Victoria makes no allusion to American affairs, except the indirect one expressed in a hope that cotton will flow into England from many new sources. The London Times is of opinion that Mr. Seward does not seriously intend to claim indemnity for the Union losses sustained by the ravages of the Alabama. Rangoon, India, on the 6th of January—very positive proof that she was not blockaded at Amoy, China, on the 24 of the month. She was watching for American vessels engaged in the rice and other Eastern trades, Consols closed in London on the 4th inst. at 90 9034 for money. The Liverpool cotton market was irregular on the 3d, and closed quiet, with prices unchanged, on the 4th instant. Breadstuffs were firm, with rates unchanged. Provisions were quiet and steady. CONGRESS. In the Sengte yesterday a bill providing for the occupation of abandoned estates in insurrection- ary districts, and for the employment of negroes set free by the President’s proclamation, was re- ferred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen. The report of the Conference Committee on the Enrolment bill was called up,a long debate en- sued, and the bill was finally passed by a vote of twenty-six against sixteen. The Senate then ad- ourned till Tuesday. In the House ®@f Representatives a resolution was adopted authorizing the committee charged with the investigation of the New York Custom House affwirs to take testimony in New York. A bill providing for the occupation of aban- doned plantations in the South, and for taking care of negroes set tree by the President’s proclamation, was appropriate- ly referred. ‘The resolution authorizing the transfer of seamen in the army to the naval service was adopted. The House then agreed to order the printing of ten thousand additional copies of General McClellan's eport. Mr. Stevens, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, reported back the bill authorizing the sale of the surplus gold in the Treasury, with a recom- mendation that it do not pass; but no action was taken on the subject. The Conference Commit- tec’s report on the Enrolment bill was presented, and agreed to by a. vote of seventy-one against All the private bills on the calen- THE LEGISLATURE. In the State Senate yesterday a resolution was clares that all the endeavors of the Lather The Alabama was lying in fifty miles south of about 700 yards at the bridge at Loudon, which will be repaired in a few days. General Johnston has concentrated his troops at Dalton, with picket lines advanced to Ringgold, ‘but he is not in a position to reinforce General Polk. Governor Brown, of Georgia, has ordered all citizens, with their property, to move to the east side of the Chattahoochee river, on pain of having adopted authorizing the State Comptroller to bor- row additional money to pay the State bounty to volunteers, in anticipation of further and more de- cisive legislative action on the subject. Severa bills were passed. Few of them, however, were of general interest. Among them was the one in- corporating the National Club of this city, for the promotion of literature and the arts. The bill to legalize the Common Council grant to the Harlem Railroad Com; auy to lay and operate a railroad in Broadway an ie streets was among those in- ~~ ae troduced. A motion to lay it on the table was de- The news from Florida is highly fmportant, and | feated by a vote of eight to twelve, and it was will be read with more than ordinary interest by | given in charge of the Railroad Committee. A fhe general public. General Gillmore’s expedition | Dill was also introduced relative to fees for searches in the New York County Clerk's office. to that State las been crowned with complete success. The rebels offered considerable opposi- tion to the progress of our arms in different parts of the country, but the spirited and well disci- plined Union troops broke through every barrier and carried their flag onward to victory. The letter of our correspondent who accompanies the ex: @edition fully details all the movements of the of the last skirmish with the rebels. Among many most extraordinary things brought to Kght the Commissariat Department of Quincy, Flori- Ga, in which there is startling evidence to be found of the desperate condition of the enemy. Beef and Dacon are entirely exhausted throughout the South, and from all quarters cries are arising for relief fr om Florida. This circular was intended only for private circulation among ‘‘the prudent people of the South.’” General Gillmore’s offi ial account, together svith a map of the locality, will be found with our correspondent’s despatches. News frem New Orleans to the 9th, by the steamer Havana, reports that on the Sunday pre- vious Genera! Dick Taylor attacked our troops stationed opposite Natchez, and was repulsed with considerable loss and driven six miles. The attack was renewed the next morning, when the rebels were unsuccessful, being again repulsed with loss. Their force numbered three thousand. We give a map of the scene of action in our col- uumns to-day. General Grover has scoured the country with his cavalry in the neighborhood of Madisonville, across Lake Pontchartrain, broken up conscript camps within a circle of fifty or sixty miles, and cap- tured several of the enemy. A large quantity of beef cattle, sheep and horses have been brought in. ‘The only report fiom the Potomac army is that twenty-eight of Mosby’s guerillas were captured at Piedmont by some of Gencral Gregg’s men. General Kelley telegraphs to General Halleck an account of the capt of the notorious guerilla | chief Dan Duskey, with seventeen of his men, which | > Pe, Our scouting parties { we mentioned yesterday. are picking up quite a number of prisoners in West | Virginia. EUROPEAN NEWS. The steamship City of Manchester, from Queens+ town on the 4th inst., reached this port yester- day. Her news is four days later, and o! a very im- portant character. The united forces of Germany, including con- tingents from Austria and Prussia, were in actual conflict with Denmark. Hostilities commenced on the Ist inst., when the allied troops of Prussia and Austria crossed the Eider and entered the terri- tory of Schleswig. This was followed by a move- went against the Danish defences of the duchies situated on the rivers Schley and Sorge. The Prussians attacked the works at Missande very rously: but the Danes held their ground, pulsing their enemies, Some hundreds were killed and wounded on both sides. The Danes had two officers killed and four wound- ed. On the 34 inst. the Anstrians attacked the Danes at Bristorf, and were also repulsed. The Committee cn Charitable Societies were in- journed to the 20th inst. * General Bounty act was passed. Bills were in- troduced for a railroad in lower Broadway, run- army, from the time of its departure to the period | ag from Chambers street to South ferry, the fare to be three cents; for a department of real estate in our city government; relative to our police courts, and to authorize the appointment by our by this “invasion” is a document, emanating from | Mayor of a commission whose duty it shall be to investigate the charges of fraud against city offi- cials. the Mayor the power of removal. reports were made from committees on the Grand street and South Ferries Railroad bill and on the bill to authorize the Belt Railroad Com- pany to change their route on the North river side from one street to another fora short distance. Notices were given of bills to abolish the district and to structed to investigate certain charges relative to the care and condition of the State pupils in the Blind Asylum. , The Senate, in accordance with the joint resolution adopted # few days ago, ad- In the Assembly the bill amendatory of the In case the proof is sufficient, the bill gives Favorable courts of this city, for a railroad on Grand street, incorporate the Home for Disabled Soldiers. A large amount of other business of less importance was transacted, and the Assembly adjotrned for the recess, which continues till Mon- day, the 20th inst. Up to last evening thirty bills had been passed in both houses of the Legislature and placed in Governor Seymour's hands. Of these the Gover- nor had sjgned fifteen. . MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. By the arrival of the new steamer Havana we have received our usual files of Spanish newspa- pers and correspondence from the {sland of Cuba to the 13th inst. There was nothing of particular importance transpiring on the island up to the day the steamer left. The carnival was over, and the righteous churchgoers were settling down to peni- tence, ‘‘in sackcloth and ashes,” during the stern days of Lent. There is no news from Mexico or St. Domingo worth more than a passing mention. The Re d'Italia, built by Mr. W. H. Webb, of this city, for the royal Italian navy, returned to her anchorage off the Battery last evening, having been absent since Wednesday on a trial trip with a view to test her speed. She ran under an average pressure of twenty pounds of steam, mak- ing forty-seven revolutions of the screw, at the rate of twelve and three-quarter knots per hour. She is over six thousand tons, and such speed is unequalled by any iron-clad afloat. The ship and her engines, which were’built at the Novelty Iron Works, are considered a perfect and unqualified success, and are pronounced so by the commission of Italian officers now in this country, as well as by our own people. Provost Marshal Townsend has received a com- munication from General Fry informing him that districts will be credited on the call for five hun- dred thousand men with all enlisted from the 7th of July, 1863, to March 9, 1864, and with all drafted men who have responded in person, by commutation or with substitutes. In the Board of Supervisors yesterday the coun- ty tax levy for the current year was adopted, amounting to five millions eight hundred and fifly- four thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and sixty-five cents. In the United States Circuit Court yesterday Geo. W. Cunningham was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to two indictments, one charging him with having in the month of August, 1862, on the high seas, scuttled the ship Senator, then proceed- ing from this port with @ cargo of provisions for the poor of Ireland; the other charging him with abandoning said vessel when no urgent necessity Pruseian batteries had fired on two Danish men- of-war in Eckernford Way, and the Danes had embargoed the German shipping in the Baltic. A Aetailed account of the progress of movemente is published in the Herawp to-day, with @ descrip- tion of the great Danish defence of the Danne- werk. The Boglish Parliament was opened on the 4th instant by Commission, The Queen's speech de- existed therefor. The final hearing of the case is set down for Monday, the 7th of March next, Charles Hurd, second officer of the Agnerican ship Swallow, was found guilty of inflicting cruel and unusual ponishment on John Russel, one of the crew of said vessel, while on ® voyage from Callao to Hamburg, by reason of whioh he died. ‘The evidence disclosed 8 course of ill wo crue treatment by the prioner to, th, yor The action brought by Michael Gilhooly against O'Keefe & Duryea, proprietors of the Broadway dismissed .by Judge Hearn because the plaintiff failed to prove negligence on the part of the driver. A motion for a non-suit was made by the counsel for the defence on ita appearing in evi- dence that one of the defendants had died before the service of the summons, and it was upon this ground that the Court dismissed the complaint. In the Court of Sessions yesterday, Judge Rus- sel presiding, Louisa Brady pleaded guilty of hav- ng stolen a watch and chain valued at $40 from Thomas Moran on the 19th ult. She was jointly indicted with Mary Wilson, who was convicted of petit larceny on Monday last, and a plea of guilty of a similar offence was accepted in the present case. Sentenced to the Penitentiary for six months. Catharine Ryan, an Irish servant girl, was tried and convicted of having picked the pocket of Mary Powers of $35 in bank bills on the Sth inst., and was sentenced to the State Prison for two yeara. Sarah Roach was tried and convict- ed of grand larceny. The indictment charges that about the 2d of December last she stole a quantity of jewelry and a marseilles bed quilt, in all valued at $99, from No. 641 Sixth avenue. She confessed having stolen the quilt, but denied all knowledge of the theft of the jewelry. She was remanded for sentence. The Grand Jury made a presentment in relation to the great moral and social evils re- sulting from the liquor traffic, and suggested as a remedy the vigorous enforcement of the excise laws. They were then discharged for the term. The stock market had an upward tendency again yes- terday, and orders were as plonty as orokers could flod time to fill. The strongest stocks on the list were the New York railroads, which seem just now to be the most Sought after. The resolution before Congress authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of the surplus coin in the government vaults had the effect of roducing the premium*on gold yesterday one per cent; but it after- wards recovered, and closed at 15954. Government secu. Tities were strong and.jn demand at steadily increasing prices. Money continues easy at six per cent. In view of tho recession of gold, there was scarcely 50 much of buoyancy and Ormness in business places yester- day; yet in many commodities a fair business was re- ported. Tho plenitude of available capital had a ten- dency to stimulate transactions; but this was counter. Acted by the uncertainties regarding gold quotations, On ‘Change business was oxtremoly dull. Tbe drop in gold carried with. it 9 corresponding decline in flour, what avd whiskey. Hog products were loss firm, though without marked change in price. Broad. stuf active at steady prices. Freights were stiff, owing to the reduced supply of room on the berths; but the en- gagemcats were moderate. The market later inthe day was excited by the advices per the City of Manchester, when rites were largely advanced. 6d. was refused by American vessels for wheat, Cotton was steady. Groceries were rather quict, Petroleum was steady for crude and firm {or refined. A Baropean War—Commencement of Hoseth ry The news from Schleswig brought by. the City of Manchester is of a highly important character. The‘conflict, the prospect of which has so disquieted the public mind in Europe, has commenced. The first blood has been drawn, and momentous events are likely to follow. Although fresh efforts in favor of peace are talked of, we do not see how mat- ters can be restored to the footing which would render such a solution easy of accomplishment. Our previous accounts left the Danish Cabi- net in possession of the ultimatum of the two leading German Powers. It was re- jected, as we anticipated, and thereupon the Austro-Prussian force received orders to ad- vance into Schleswig. On the Ist the Prussians crossed the Eider and proceeded in the direc- tion of Gotthorp and Eckernford, whilst the Austrian contingént entered the Kronenwerk at Rendsburg. This movement compelled the Danish troops to fall back to the Schley (the creek on which the town of Schleswig is situated), and to defend the works at Mis- sunde, which is just inside the entrance of the inlet. The plan of the invading force was, it appears, for the Prussian army to force a pas- sage at this latter point, whilst the Austrians were to make an attack upon the central part of the fortified lines. In order that our readers may clearly under- stand these movements, we give elsewhere a description of the Dannewerk—the great Danish bulwark of the Duchy of Schleswig. It consists of three enormous earthworks, stretching across the entire peninsula. They are in immediate connection with the river Schley on the eastern side, and with the river Treene on the other; so that it is in the power of the Danish forces at any time to flood some sixty-four square miles of land in front of their works, thus rendering them almost impregna- ble. On the 2d the Prussians attacked the Danes near Missunde, onthe Schley, and after six hours’ hard fighting were ré@pulsed, with a loss of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred men, the Danes losing from one hundred and fifty to two hundred. On the 3d the Austrians assaulted Bistore,a mile south of Schleswig, but made no impression. The amount of loss, is not stated. A general attack on the Danish line, from Missunde to Agel, was to. take place on the following day. Thus matters stood at the last accounts. It remains to be seen what part England and France will take now that hostilities have fairly commenced. From the indications thus far we incline to the opinion that the former will back out of her engagements and leave Denmark to her fate. It is significant that, although the Queen’s speech to Parlia- ment was delivered after the news of the fight- ing bad reached London, no allusion was made to it in that document. As regards the French Emperor, if we are to credit the Paris cor- respondence of the London Times, he is re- solved to remain a quiet spectator of the con- test, leaving to England “all the diffteulty and all the glory of intervention.” He has not abandoned the hope of the question being still referred to a congress; but he may be disap- pointed. Once blood has been shed, it is diffi- cult to arrest the course of events, i It would be a just retribution if, now that we have nearly finished the work of crushing the rebellion, Great Britain and France, which have given it 80 much moral and material aid, were to be dragged into the vortex of a Kuro- pean convulsion. The time is probably close at hand when we shall be in a condition to turn against the commerce of those eountrics the new fangled doctrines of intoraational law which have been incorporated into the code for the purpose of annihilating our own, Tae Gown Question mm Conaress.—In the Giscussion of the vory sensible resolution offered in Congress the other Gay, guthorising oo plus gold (some nineteen millions in all being on band, of agurplus of twelve millions beyond the current necessities of the public debt), several of the members from this city partici- pated. Hon, Fernando Wood satisfied bim- self with calling the attention of the House to the subject, and stopped there, for fear, per- haps, of making a botch of it in expounding his peculiar views upon the question. The Hon. James Brooks, in a roundabout way, sided with Lamar and the gold gamblera in keeping up the price of gold. But thero was one of our Representatives, Mr. Stebbins, who fairly, fully, and like @ practical statesman, met the question in favor of the proposed authority to sell. He did not hesitate to take asquare and decided position in favor of the Treasury and the people, against the gold gamblers. He regarded the question as one in which the community were interested with the Treasury and the necessities of the nation. Mr. Stebbins thus faithfully represents the in- terests of his constituents in this matter, and deserves especial mention as the solitary mem- ber from this city possessing sense enough and courage enough, in spite of party, to do his duty to the country. Private Mires O’Rem.ty—Literary anp Potrricac—A . Bia Joxs.—Private Miles O'Reilly, of the United States Army, has found @ publisher in Carleton, of this city, and is to give to the world to-day or Monday, or some day soon, a collection of his jokes and funny stories, with some “modern instances” that have happened in Secessia, and the de- scription of which has not yet seen the light. By this publication Miles will enter into dis- tinguished competition with our worthy Pre- sident himself as a teller of funay stories. If Mr. Lincoln comes before the country as a can- didate for the Presidency on the platform on which he has been placed by our fellow citi- zen and contemporary, Mr. Bryant, of the Evening Post, he comes forward cleatly and distinctly as a joker, and O'Reilly would, on the same platform, be a very formidable can- didate against him. This reminds ua of a story about Old Abe and the first year of the war. In that year there was in the Union service in Missouri a straightforward, sturdy, honest and somewhat blunt soldier of the old army, known to the country as General Sturgis. Sturgis was engaged in fighting the rebels with all his might. He was in the thick of the Western melee, and wherever the rebel- lion showed its head he hit it. One day he was waited-upon by some politiciaus, who asked him sundry questions about the war, and finally about the nigger. “Nigger!” said Sturgis, “nigger! I’m busy bere fighting the rébels, I don’t know anything about the nigger. Dama the nigger!” From this reply the politicians at once guessed that Sturgis was not sound on what is called the goose; and; as they had influ- ence with the War Department, and used it, Sturgis was soon after removed and put out of active service. . His crime was that he “dida't care a damn about the nigger;” but he did not know the nature of his crime, and he went to Washington to learn the cause of his sudden re- moval, and to ask for justice; for there isa popular delusion that justice is to be had in’ that city. He called at the War Department; but Stanton felt large and important; like the frog that tried to be a bull, he was embarrassed by bis greatness, was in a bad temper, and waa not to be seen. As Sturgis told his story to some one, he was asked if he had seca the President. He replied that he knew bis po- sition too well to go to the White House; the etiquette of the service, he thought, required that he should not look beyond the War De- partment. But, as he was strongly urged to go at once to Old Abe, he went. He was received. by Old Abe and began to tell his grievance; but while be was in the very preface he was inter- rupted with the President’s usual phrase:— “That,” said Liacoln, “reminds me of a story;” ‘and thereupon out came a story from Old Abe. Now this story was rather broad, and Sturgis was at first rather astonishe 1 by it; bat, like a true soldier, he soon rallied, and then he in his turn told a story of the same character, aud a little broader than Old Abe's. “That’s good,” said Abe; and then he told another and broader still. Thereupon Sturgis came out with a two hundred.pounder—a regular old sockdologer of a camp story—beyond which there is nothing. Abe at once gave up and came down, and made a frank and free acknowledgment, as he sometimes can, that he was beater. Sturgis was told to call on the next day, and assured that, whatever his grievance was, it should be made all right, and that whatever he wanted he should h Now, ».uce¢ Old Abe’s idea is that he who caa tell the best story is the best man, and that one who can tell a real old side splitter and skull cracker is fit for any position, it is not impos- sible that the people may adopt this idea, and begin to measure men in this same way; and if they should thus chance to put Miles O'Reilly and Abe Lincoln in comparison a8 jokers and story tellers, it is our opinion that Miles will be found a very formidable candidate for Abe to run against. 8i1axs or THE Times—Soupiers axp Porzrt- cIANs.—There was a reception given on Thurs- day to the gallant First New York cavalry, vete- rans, who have escaped the fate of those han- dreds of thousands sacrificed by the woutd-be rival of Alexander, Cwsar and Napoleon—Old Abe. These brave soldiers (the First cavalry) were recipients of a flattering display of welcome on the part of our citizens, and also of @ more substantial testimonial—a grand dinner at the Jefferson Market drill room. After hav- ing done justice to the good things provided for them, the soldiers were welcomed by the chairman of the Committee on National Af- fairs, and their colonel responded in a neat speech. To add to the pleasurable emotions of this festive scene, General McClellan was an- nounced. The moment the men heard his name they became excited; the most enthusias- tic cheers greeted “Little Mac,” who was forced to make a short address. to the “boys.” He spoke to them feelingly, expressing a hope that he might again serve with them. The General’s words produced a profound offect upon the soldiers, who seemed one and all de- termined to embrace him. It is such men as Generals Grant, McClellan, Thomas, Sherman, Gillmore and others of like merit who must now rule the destinies of this great country, and not the speculating, greedy politicians and shodé@y men, who seck to re- tain 8 power which has already caused so much loss and suffering to the country. As a con- trast to the military roception we have above re- ferred to, we will state that on Thursday even- ing there task place a meeting of the achemers end politicians whom we wish to stigmatics. who attended this political meeting was Sim. Draper, eager for office and the continuance in power of those who give the spoils. The half was a nigger. . Noe The grand and enthusiastic reception and the mean, paltry meeting perfectly represeat the parties which shall rule the destinies of this great republic, and those who, for the sake of personal gain or aggrandizement, wish to continue their mismanagement and malad- ministration of our affairs, But we are upon the eve of a great revolution in our govera- ment, when the true, the honeat and the capa- ble shall undo the work of the pétty, the mean and dishonest, and retrieve the impaired glory of the Union. Broapway Rat.roap.—The notice of the bill given in the Senate on Thursday to authorize the New York and Harlem Railroad Company to lay down their rails in Broadway opens the contest for the possession of this valuable fran- chise, The movement was to be anticipated from the recent upward jump of Harlem stock, which could only be accounted for by the near introduction of some such measure. It had been purposely held back to give the company time to mature its plans—or, in other words, to organize a formidable lobby. Now that the bill is fairly launched, each day’s developments will show that a large amount of money has been employed to secure its passage. We warn the Legislature that if it gives away this franchise to the Harlem Company it will expose itself to the imputation of having been bought up by its managers. There can be no other reasonable explanation of its doing so. No one but the speculators interested has asked for the tine. The New York public are, on the contrary, strongly opposed to it, -because they believe that it will bave the effect of aggra- vating the inconvenience caused by the pres- ent crowded condition of Broadway and of otherwise injuring that beautiful thoroughfare. As to the property holders, they are almost to @ man against it. They know well that the re- sult of the passage of the bill would be to im- mediately reduce the vatue of real estate in Broadway twenty-five per cent, and to perma- neatly drive a large proportion of its business into the side streets. If, then, neither the property holders nor the community at large desire the line, what justification is there for damaging the interests tbat must be affected by its introduction? The terms offered by the company of a percentage on the receipts in no way alter this view. They might entitle the measure to favorable covsideration if the ne- ceasity of the line could be satisfactorily estab- lished. But the revere is the fact, and all that they prove is that the Harlem managers are conscious of the weakness of their case, and want to fortify it by proposing such terms for the franchise as will heip to disarm opposi- tion. We repeat that if the Legislature authorizes the line it will commit an act of gross injustice and oppression. It will help to confirm the opinion that is rapidly gainiug ground among the people of this metropolis—that they have nothing to look for from Albany legislation bat spoliation and robbery. . The Grand Jury Among the Liquor Dealees, PRESENTMENT BY THE GRAND JURY—NECES@ITY FOR A VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF THE EXC(SK LAWS. COUR OF GENERAT. SEABON. Before City Judge Russet. Fee. 19.—The Grand Jury came into Court this moro- ing and made tho following important presontmeut in re. Latin to the moral aud social evits resulting from the li. quor trailic-— The Grand Jury tuen fro: of crime they profound convic- I vice and ertme prove comparatively tru:tless so long aa the flood gales tempernnoe are open night xad day. Our criminal courts are powerless for the protection of society, with eight sand oF ten thousiud Lawless and irresponsible dewlors torioating drinks arraved against then and tmultiplyng da, ft ts futile to tamoer noring the caurea of abound- zed governmenta the taihe ia iy hedged about and restrained in their victims by tenn at t ein ac * requires that license sball be first had and obtained before auy persog ‘shall vend imtoxieasin, K® Of auy sort—Ul ‘our Excise Commissioners. B we the whole numbe ting to law and taking out licences in 18M) was only 361, leaving & number equal to any army di ot "a con =e temners of law and robbers of th maintained for seven doliars or Ynore fi in uniold volume to the aguregate o our sanitary, moral and social miseries. The opinion of Re- corder Barnard, as expressed tn his charge to the Grand dury in Dec mber, adoabtedly anplies to tie abomi is6b "Tt would be hale decoctions of the dram shone in zine law lcally and openiy vio d there is hardy & But it is aya t sands of times ‘le known instance of +5 caune of publié morals and of good gi Promoted were a part at least of the m: Juaticn diverted from the attempt to arreat crime in its ac: shed forms, and directed to the task of subjecting to hors and promoters of drwake: ness and ing of the fountain, instead of drying up the atreama—to the mending of the dyke, instead of chasing the in®owing waters. The Grand Jury be'teve that some practical remedy for the evils thus exposed is demanded by every consideration nd Assembly iy. Were tne police force, under the direction of the Commissioners and Super. intendent, authorized to deal summarily with unlawful Ronses--the instr: the nb were patroimen Keeper tails to exhibit a license for his. teatie, it Pachronic evil of gigantic magnitude would be abated, iatiee to offenders, but with untold benefits to cannot perceive why @ junk cart or a ing an ingeribed number or a list of fore Cijected from the stroeta, w! cornered by euabiisnimenta notoriously - with impunity, Qur oaly safety asa cky lies in the Administration of juatiaws andiim the subjection clanses to rightful authority. ‘Thoy wore thon discharged for the term. Milltary Aatrs. THE PIPTY-FIRST REGIMENT NEW YORK STATE VOL- UNTERRS. ‘Tho officers and mon of the Fifty-first New York Volun- teers on recruiting service are relieved from duty, and are ordered.to Fort Schulyer on the 20th inst. They are to'report to Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell. A boat leaves. ) Castle Garden at halt past tom o'clock to day to convey: them to Fort Schuyler, e Non-Arrival of the mala. Portiaxp, Feb. 19—Midnight. ‘Thora aro no sigos of the steamship Bohomiao, 0 Arabia at Halifax. aie @Staurax, Fob. 19 1864. The Arabia, from Boston, arrived at mine 0% aad will nail at eleven this evening caeccnienieenedasiinsies Coroner's Inquest. ‘ THD TWENTY-NINTH BTRRET ABORTION CASE—CON- CLUSION OF THE INVESTIOATION--VERDNOT AGAINST DR. DENNIS. Coroner Ranney yesterday conciaded the inquisition commenced on Wednosday in the case of Anne Killean, who died at 116 East Twonty-ninth street from the of- foots of an abortion whieh had been produced upon her, + Final Passage of the Enrolment Bill in Both Houses. Synopsis of the Provisions of the Act. Action of the House om the Proposition te Sell the Gold in the Treasury. Probable Reorganization of the Army of the Potomac, he ake ken Wasumncton, Feb. 19, 1864. THE PROPOSED SALE OF SURPLUS GOLD. The Committes on Ways and Means this afternoon re- ported back the Gold bill and ameodments, which wore Tecommitted to them yesterday, with @ recommendation that it do not pass. No action was taken qpon it by the House; but there is every reason to believe that it wil? peas both houses of Congress, aa it is ardently desired by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the measure has the full favor of the goveroment. Before the adjourament of the House today, Repre- sentative Stebbins said the Committee of Ways and Meacs desired again to consider the joint resolution authorizing . the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the surplus gold, ‘and which Mr. Stevens bad previdusly reported with @ recommendation that it do not pags. Unanimous consent was required for again referring the resolution to thas committee, but Representative Holman interposed an ob- jection. : TRANSFER OF SEAMEN FROM THE ARMY TO THE NAVY. Mr. Conness’ joint resolution, adopted in the Seuate yesterday, authorizing the immediate transfer of seamen from the military to the naval service, was passed in the House to-day without opposition, the exigencies of the rervice on tho Pacific coast being regarded as of such ea imperative mature as to render immediate action aot only pecezwary but indispensable. PASSAGE OF THE ENROLMENT BILL. ‘The amendments to the Enrolment law reported by the Conference Committee of tho Senate and Hoase were fivaily adopted by both Houses to-day. ‘The claure freeing staves who may be drafted, without providing for com- pensation to thoir owners was, strongly opposed in the Senate by Messrs. Davis and Powell of Kentucky, Re- verdy Johnson of Meryland, and Carlile of Woat Vir- ginia, though the latter fivaliy voted for the bill, When it reached the House more than half of the democratie members bad loft, it being lato, aud it beiog genorally supposed that it would oot come up to-day. There was consequently but little opposition to its passage, although nearly all of the democrats present voted agatoat it. Under that clause of the act authorizing the transfer of seamen from the army to the navy, under such regula- tious a8 thewPresident and Secretary of the Navy might direct, it is thought that the difficulty under which the avy bas been laboring for the last year from the lack of sailors will be done away with, aad that in a short time the Department will be able to put ia commission @ number of its vessels which bave beea laid ap from the want of sailors to man theay, and Olt up-tbe compli- meat of others which have had scarcely enough to keep them a(loat. * The cansolidation of classes, and omission of other causes for oxomption under which so large @ sumber wore relieved from gervice, with largelg increase ‘the umber from which thé next draft is tobe made, and will, it ia believed, enable the government to All up the armics to the necessary extent to losire a vigurous pro- secution of the spring and summer campaiga. ‘ THB WHISKEY TAX. » Tho Internai Revenue bill, as it passed through both houses of Congress, did not exempt foreign spirits ia transitu or on shipboard from the new tex proptsed'by that moasure, but it is uodorstood that the joint commit- tee of conference has, at tho iastance and ttrougd (he influence of represeotation—Mr. Fernando Wood agreed to amend the bill by exempting suck spirits. The im- porters of Now York have thus been saved large sums. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAQ. Thore is no doubt that at sn carly daygthe Army of the Potomac wilt be consolidated into three grand’ corpe darmee. Generals Sedgwick, Hancock and Couch are mentioned as their commanders. THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL COKVEN- TION. Tho National Committee of the republican party are to moet hero on Monday, and arrange tho-time and’ place for hoiding the National Nominating Convention. THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, FIRST SBSSION, Senate. Wasnivaroy, Fob 19, 1864 ‘TUB CASH OF CHARLES DR ANNA DIMMISRED. Mr. Cuan, (rep.) of N. H., presented from the Com- mittee on elaims the petitionof Charies De Anna, and asked that the committes be diseharged from ite consideration, and that it be referred to the Cor Military Affairs. He said tho petitioner made a but merely complained that tue Senate had not dim a brigadier, and that General Halleck bad refused bim aa opportunity to gain distinction im the field or an honor- able death. The committee was discharged from the consideration of the subject and the orstter indefinitely postpoued. © —_KANSAa STATE HOUBR. Mr Lang, (rep ) of Kaosas, agnounced bis intentien to introduce a bill for the erection of a State Louse at the seat of government in Kansas, PLATISRURG A PORT OF EXTRY, Mr. Morcay, (rop.) of N. ¥ , introduced a bit forthe eatablishment of a proper port of entry into Lake Cham- plaia at Piattaburg, aud for other purposes. Rotorred to the Committee on Commorce. JUDICIARY MATTER, Me. Heawortces, (opp ) of ind , introduced a bit aathorta- ing the tranafer of iodictmeats (rom the (istrict ty the Cir cuit courts of the UnitedStatos, Referred to the Judiciary Committes, CARR OF ARANDONRD RSTATRS, RTC, Mr. Foarer, (rop.) of Conn., introduced a.bill to. pro- vide for the renting of abandonod lands. tenements aadi houses in the insurrectionary States, and for the caroand! employment of persons therein set free-by tho proclama- tion of the President, wich was roferred to the Commit- tee on Siavery snd Freedmen. ‘This bill legalizes the action of the Sec: ‘Tecneare to hom the matter was referred by tary of War, } ing regulat for ploy’ leasing of lands. It also provides for suitable: military Reason’ tarnished by the Secretary of War, so jt may not interfere with the regular operations of the camprign. It places the control of these iaterests in the. hands on the Secretary of tho Treasury, and authorizes: him to pay suitable expenses of such opgrations out of the profits arising from the labor of slaves, or the saleof” confiscated property under a fcrmor act of Congress. NAVY YARD AT NEWCASTER, Int, Oe motion of Mrv Rroptx, (opp.) of Del, the Committee om Naval bo yoni wrong nuery yorenr pedtoncy of estabitsh at Nowenste, Wate, Mir, fiddie briefly set. orth the advaatages of tinis location in respect to Ita facilities for coal and:other articles requiredsin naval contruction, ‘THE RNROLMRNT MLL. . Mr. Witsom, (rep.) of Maas.. called ap the raport of the |, Committee of Conference o@ the disagreements to. the Kn- rolmont bill Mr. Havnmicns would inquire how tong the-paymons of commutation money would:exempt a man? Mr. Witson explained that it would exompt for one year and no longer. The sum agreed upon seemed to mean a bounty for one year only. Mr. Sierman, (rep. ) of Obio, thought that no oe could understand the bill aa it was before the Senate. As be understood it the money provided to be paid as comme. tation was considered as an equivalent fee the selttier, Mr. Lana, (Fep.) of Ind., would voto againaa the bill, as hed was against the commutation clanse eomtained in it. Mr. Winxinson, (rep.) of Minn., would also vote against the bill, a9 be did out think the House bad im~ ete Uso clause for securing substitutes for the army. believed these slaves were worth as much to the country aa minor whites, He nover woukt consent to havo aby distinction made between the able bodied men of tho country. In a year and » half from now the slaves of the border States would not be worth one cent, for he believed that slavery was going by the board. Notwithstanding what he bad seid, bo th: there was a great advance on the provisions of this bill, which {rees siaves. : Mr. Taw Evox, (rep.) of N. J., would support the bill ry nted from the Commitioe of Conference, aa be belloved it would materially aid io filllog up the armica of the United Sunes 9 Pr Ee pe r mandera, ha Mr. Davia, yy WAR coup it for Woadrrender to ihe Proskicat. the unownstitue tional power to raise armies io this country to the ulmost extent of its poputation, it Was equally cor ren. der powor to him to support these armies. denied the power to do either of these thi woder the constitution. Anothor vital objection had to the bill was that ‘and mo air Sao there tremsoe we t A al ives fears Sates Seton's ey was mate, whieh nobody could explora, He vole Tiie Lane, (rop.) of Kansas, would bove preferred thes f — } } }