The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1864, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,038. DNPORTANT FROM WASHINGTOR. Movements of Lieutenant Ge: eral Grant. His Social Campaign in the Capital. Tho Genoral’s Return to Washington and Departure for the West. Tho Resolution Authorizing the Sale of Sur- plus Gold Adopted in the Senate, The Whiskey Tax Again Before Congress, key “Su be. é Wasminarox, March 11,1864. | GENERAL GRANT'S DEPARTURE FOR THE WEST. @eneral Grant returned to-day from the Army of the Potomac, accompanied by General Meade, and soon after- wards started for the West, attended by several officers of his staff, ‘This sudden departure of the hero occasions great dis- Q@ppointment to the various societics, corporations, &c., preparing to do him honor. PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S JOKE ABOUT GRANT'S NEW sworD. Just before Grant’s arrival Representative Washburne wok to the White House a handsome sword, presented to General Grant by some admirers in Illinols, to show the President and Mrs. Lincoln. ‘Yes,’ said the President, “tt ig very pretty. It will do for a Commander. in-Chief.”” Old Abe then turned to a general officer present and asked bim if ke had had any sword presentation lately. OENERAL GRANT AT THE PRESIDENTS LEVEE. At the recent levee Gen ral Grant was of course the Great attraction, Everybody was delighted at his difi- @ence and soldier-like bearing. Neither the President mor any of the Cabinet, except Stanton, had ever seen tm before. He had never before been in the White Bouse. He was frequently cheered by the guests in the East Room. He bivushed like a girl. The handshaking Drought streams of perspiration down his forehead and ever bia face. Tho hot room and empressement of the @rowd and the excitement of the occasion swelled every vein on his forehead. He looked more like a soldier in a Bard fight than a horo ina drawing room. He had lost ‘ke key of his trunk, and so came to the levee fm his rough and ready travelling uniform,a good deal ‘the worse for wear, but, after all, quite characteristic. ‘Be quite affepts tho lain and homespun style of doing Wings, and acts it acmirably, or ele he is an oxtra- ordinary exemple of unconscious freshness, GENERAL GRANT AT SEWAD’S DINNER. At Seward’s dinner General Grant made his social debut fa Washington and delighted everybody, Ho hasagreat deal of character in fac> and manner—more of this thaa ef what wo call intellectuality, Hig reserve is natural, ‘Bis tendency is reflective, rathor than expressive. He thinks a grout deal, and expresees himself in action. It fs im what he does that one must analyze and know bim. Be discloses himself in no other way. He has no other tadex. He bas a good eye and a strong face, Ho taiked Kittle at the dinner; But everything he said told. @EXEiAL GRANT TO ATTEND THE METROPOLITAN PAIR. A committee from New York, appointed by the Execu- tive Committee of the Metropolitan Fair, waited upcn Lieutenant General Grant to-day to secure his attendance at the opening of the Fair on the 28th inst. The General fea communicated a i. yor.vie response through the Chairman, Major W. W. Leland, formerly of nis staff, ‘end may be expected to be present unless prevented by pressing public duties. MéSSAGE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN IN REFBRENCE 10 THE PACIFIC RALLKOAD. ‘Tho President to-day sent to the Senate the following message — Exscotivs Manson, Wasn iron, March 9, 1864. ‘To rus Senate oF THE UNrren Sra Tss:— In compliance with a resolution of the Senato of the Ist Imstant, respecting the points of commoucement of the Pacific Railroad on the hundredth degree of west longi- Sudo, and of the branch road of the western boundary of Towa to the said hundredth degree of longitude, | trans mit the accompanying report from the Secretary of the Interior contal:iwg the information called ‘or 1 deemed jt proper to add that on tho 17th day of No- yeraber last an executive order was made upon this sub- and delivered to the Vice resident of the Union «cific Railroad Company, which fixed the point on the western boundary of tho State of Iowa (rom which the @ompany sh uid construct their bronch rajirend to the hundredth doxreo of west longitude, and dectared it to be within tho lime of the township in Jowa, opposite the town of Omaha, in Nevraska, Bince then the compauy has represented to me that upon actual gurveys made it bas determined upon the 180 point of departure of their satd branch road from Missouri river, and | cated the same as deseribed in the acoompauy ing To; ort of the secretary of the Interior , which point js within the limits designated in tho order of November last, and inasmuch as that order is not of record in ony of the oxecutive departments, aud the com- #2, Le pee} @ more definite ove, I have made tue order, Which 4 cSpy is herewith transmitted, and caused the same 40 be filed in the Department of the Interior, Tbe order above reforred to ia as follows:— In pursuance of the provisions of section 14 of the act of Oougress entitled ' An act to ald in the construction of a road and telegraph line from tl the Ocoan, and to secure to overnment e of er purposes,” ap.roved ing the Presidentof the Missouri river # same for postal. military and of uly ly s62, authorizing and direct! jotted Staten to fix the point on the western bounuary of o State of lowa from whih we Union Pactue yailroad 18 by said section autuorized and | required fo consir.ct @ alngle line vt raliroad and tele rapa WPoN ihe most direct aud practical route, subject to the ap ‘oval of the Presideat of the United Stains, ® as to form n Rvansotion with the iiues of sald company at some point on Be, wadredin meridian of Jongitude In paid section named, ‘Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, upon the a Hon of ibe suld company, desixnate and estad.ish puch rm above uaned point. on the weate.n boundary of the State of Lowa, east of and opposite to line of Sir enn eae Teta Mery @ast of the sixth prin met in the Territory o! Webraska. Done at the City of Wash! this 7th day of March, tm the yoar of our Lord, 1 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THR SALB OF ACRPLUS GOLD IN THE TREASURY. ‘The adoption of the gold resolution with Mr. Sherman's emondment by the Senate to day, by 8 majority of twen- ty-two, is regarded as going far towards socuring its adoption by the House when i: comes ap next week The courno of the gold market since the defeat of Stob)ins’ ‘Dill in the House has couviaced many who voted against % of the absolute necessity xisting that some check ‘wpon speculation shall be established, and its iriends are eofident thas the bill will be found to baye sufficient Wizength in tho House to secure its passage. ‘THE SPIRIT TAX. ‘Tho Committee of Ways and Means are preporing @ bill to romeily the deficiencies in the recent Tax law in regard spirit. The amouduent proposed in the Senate to-day repealing the additional impost upoo liquors takes away the only item of avail ble taxation on spirita which the law contained, and renders it a eomplete nullity, The Committee are averse to ® sid@iog scale, and will it is understood, im- pore @ definite tax of seventy-five to eighty cents per gallon, All the tax bills will be shorily reported, Con: grees, ag well 08 the country, is becoming impationt at fhe dolay in tho presentation of a system of taxation Which will secure suilictent revenue to defray a propor Mon of the current «xpenditures and maintaio the credit f tho government. PHB COASTING TRADE OF THE GREAT NONTHENN LAKES, Tho Secretory of State haw ro; Hed to certain inquirier @f tho Secretary of the Trowsury, saying, in substance, that there © no imperial or provineial enactment exempt fog Amorionn versels from tonnage ov other duties in the ports of Con do, wome of toose ports duties are laid op them under the name of “highly duties,’ “bospita Ayes.” and “tonnage dyes for the regmir of harbors,” &e Honce there exiets no youd reason to exempt (rom ton- nage dutios vyoxse!s belonging wholly or in part to sub Jeots of foreign lowers, lovloding those residing in tho Br tist North American provivess, on entry in our ports on the Northern, Nurtuoastern or Northwestern frontiers from tho firitish Nerth Amer rovinoes. tn view of thers facts, and nae Ord.nce with tho recommendation © ‘ho Trousuey Mepartinent, tho House to day jaseea a ‘MMil bo roppeal tho seuvad BeCt/ON Uf tho act to ravuiate the NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1864.-WITH SUPPLEMENT foreign coasting trade on our frontiers, thus taking from her Majesty’s subjects the enjoyment of the privileges which were not reciprocated to our own citizens by the Britieh government. RETURN OF KILPATRICK’S CAVALRY. ‘The cavairy which recently out the rebel communica- tions and made a dash at Richmond, ie now arriving by transports at Alexandria en route to the Army of the Po- tomas. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL WALLAOS, General, Lew Wallace ig among the arrivals in Wash- ington to-day. THE ADMIRAL WILKES COURT MARTIAL. At the opening of @nd before the organization of the Wilkes court martial the accused flied a formal objection to the appointment of the members of the court by the Secretary of the Navy, on the ground that, the Secretary Deing the prosecutor, and having preferred thé charges in his own name, and the subject of the charges relating to matter and correspondence between the Secrotary and the accused of a personal as well as public nature, the Seoretary was thereby disqualified by reason of sup- posed bias from naming the members of the court, and that they should have been detailed by the President, ‘The court received the papers, and, after deliberation with closed doors, overruled the objection. The court ‘was then organized, and the accused then plead, by his counsel, Messrs. Browning and Hale, not guilty to the several charges and specifications, after which the court adjourned. i THE UNEMPLOYED ARMY OFFICERS. The debate upon the joint resolution to drop from the Tolls of the army unemployed general officers on Tucsday Bext promises to bo warm and protracted. The resolution will be vigorously opposed by friends of the various gencrals to be affected by its adoption. THIRTY-BIGHTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION, Senate. Wasninton, March 11, 1864. EW YORE AND PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD COMMUNICATION, Mr. Moraax, (rep.) of N. ¥., presented memorials from citizens of Philadelphia for additional railroad facilities be- tween that clty and New York, on Post Oitices and Ri Mr. Wrigur, (ope oi from citizens of New Jer: | THB WHISKEY TAX, Mr. Crarx, (rep.) of N. H., submitted so mucfl of the act “to increase ‘the internal revenue and for other purposes,”” f Rises ents Semen as olree ed additional tax upon n ported from foreign. eountries, twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. THR PACIFIC RAILROAD. A message was received from the President of the United States establishing the initisl point of the Union Pacifie Railroad, (Published elsewhere.—Ep. Haratp.) Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Rallroad. A, resolution of Mr. Lane, Referred to the Committee offered similar memorials . (rep,) of Kansas, was agreed to. inquiring into the ex a ft iding ald f¢ Brangh of the Pacific Railroad from Warrensburg, in Mis: sourl, to Emporia, in Kansas, . ‘TRE GOLD RESOLUTION ADOPTED. S- The Senate then took up the House joint fesolution authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to anticipate payment of the interest ov the publie debt 1. HENDRICKS, (Opp.) of Ind., his amendment of yesterday as follows: e Secretary is hereby anthorized to dispose of any gold not necessary for the payment of the intorest on the public debt, tor war material and supplies, or for, the payment of debts of the United States then due; provided the same id and received at the value of gold in the city of New ‘ork in comparison with legal tender note Mr. Hxxpntors sald he approved of the ‘purpose of dis- tributing the money in the Treasury amongst the people in 8 proper and safe mode, so that it might again return to the channel of commerce. If his measures were adopted the money would be paid out, not in very large sums, but as the sus'enance of the credit of the government might re- qilre. If there was $100,000 to convey to # government ¢redi‘or, he would to 6 tender notes. ‘The from Ohio would be to throw upon the country fro ‘twenty mill in gold. The* ultimate effect of this. thought. would be to depreciate the price of the currency; for as soon as the government has withdrawn again, as speculation then from the market up goes pol e made was that the 1@ Ordinary course of business if there was any great value in the "would reap the advantage. If he ‘of the Senator from New Hamp- Would bave bo didicalty in proving that the Navy De mt had made friends and favorites Tich He might also refer to the fact that a banking compa- ny had been made rich by i's connection with the Treasury Department—the firm of Jay Cooke & Co.—in its disposal Of the bonds of the government. These bonds might have Deen disposed of on as good lermna by the ordinary mach! nery of the department. If the TY, Was ROINg to sell this gold, it wes barely possible that some Senator might de- tire to atiend the gale, and what would be his surprise to fee present he members of the banking house of Jay Cooke & Co,, rich from the drippings from the Treasury. Mr. BuER+N, (rep.) of Ohio, would say but a few words in reply to th's unjust attack’ upon the Secretary of the Treasury, The Senator would pay ont this cold to the con- tractors and forget entirely the Ider, “He did not see why arty class of persone @ nelected for the purpose of .e elving this gold, Tho Senator ki that it was impossib'e @ set aside this gold in th roposed, under the rules of the department. Mi an defended the Se retary in hie, scuon in placing the five-twenty loan in the bands of Jay Cooke & Co, He stated thatthe Secretary hud made the arrangement with them o asury. gold on hand the ‘Woul'l refer to the shire, now absent. t after repeated failures to negotiate loans in New York except at ruinous rat They procured the ten million loan on favorable terms, and the Sec:etary continned their ey in the sale of the five-twenty bonds. They > taken by the yeope fo all parts of the coun: and the money caine pouring into ihe Treasn- ry ‘tn rivules and streams, The banks of the country knew tuat Jay Cooke & Co, were employed te nego- inte, and that they recetved one-eighth of one per cent only, whil’ their agents received one quarier of one per cent, Ke of the banking company war commes them for the: mirable ice nd the Secretary was induced to employ Land sagacity and the resu't was an a; If Mr Chase had gone to New York and asked for the loan it could not have bein taken, aa she the had only oneseventh of le had an ad money of the country, Loais Napoleon al some of his country he ap ealed from Paris Bourse to the pec ves to sustain the nation i ‘So with Secretary Chase, Instead of going into tof New York, he gave them only the same ad ze he gave to other citizens of the Union, He believed f people were interested in the five- clase rind interest in the country. that three milliong that his amend-nent provided for any favored clase, He prorosed that the Secretary should tae the ,old at its valuein New York and pay it from the Troasnry to creditors, Would that be favoring the contrac to? He woul! go further thay Senator in paying the soldier the evutvalent in gold. Ber, Wits x, (rey pawsage of this bill woul have (he e° speculation in gold. He would vote for the bil’. another and a better way to check speculation in gold was for Congresa to artdiess tteelt Ailizentiy to the perfeetion of Dilla increasing the revenua. T Sy erwan said Mr. Wi son sermen to forget that all revenue bills must originate in the House Mr. Fraskxven, bg of Me, knew that the House Com. ittee were nsing ali their endeavors to perioct proper ures. had great con"dence in the fenate Finance Committee and was giad to hear what he had just heard from its chairman. It could not be denied t bi ity to be the duty of Congress a* the eariiest practicable moment to double the internal revenue of the country. The people wore better able to pay au increase He now than ate future time. Instead of the, srliing tax of maty cente on Whiskey we should have lad a tax of one dollar and fifty cents, and double the tax on manufactured tobacco 1d Stver articles. State ed in manulace tw He said the speculative vaine of gol! io New York city war three percent over foreisn exchange, Tt was iy important that measures should be adopted to secure & Uni orm Havional currency. Mr, Power, opp.) of Ky., deprecated legislation giving of: owers or placing them way of temo red it unwise to p' hands of a1 man the government funds, He w Fold Into the market It shonid ce the catirguishment of the public dev price of gol, but to prevent depreciation ot paper currency Mr, JounsOX, (ui Be) of Mdy While he would Bot oppose r, Sherman's measure, was In favor o” Increased taxation and an ccoromtoal adtainistration of the finances as the ng the country. ‘The cage of Jay Cooke ‘of a thousand cases of miaunderstanding ad, whieh tron intestization reek. stood that Jay Cooke of which Go. bad received hey paid half to th of overn ent pay ng the expense of expren.ing, advertising. ‘se. aud jay \voke & Co. were geiting one fourth of one per Centin ‘or nothing, But he was glad to find that the repors Was untrue rons amendment of Mr, Hendricks was rejected by the fol: ng VOIe wi\ic Mears Buckslew, Davia Hendricks, Powell ond RitttmMenars, Anthony, Brown, Chandier. Qlark, Col lamer, Connesa, Cowan, Dixon, Duoliitie, Foot, Fessenden, Foater, Gries, Harding, Harlan, Harris, Howard, lowe, Johnedm, Lane of Tad., Morell, Pomeroy imsey, Gaule: man, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Van Winkia, Wade, . Willey, Wileon—"2, F. DoOLITTLE, [rep.) of Wit, offered an amendment by rting the words "a period not exceeding one year.” AiG. recolation was then adopted by the following yute:— Yris— Messen, Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Colla Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Porter, Harding, ria, Howard, Howe’ Joknvon, Lace of Indy Lane of Kanaas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy. Ragneey. Sher- tune amuar Tom Byck, Van Winkle, Wade, Wilkinson, Wille; son), Ne Meuars,, Buckalew, Davis, Grimes, Hendricks, Powe avisbury and Wright—8. Ths (6) owing ks the Fewoluiion Resolve, &¢., That the Seoretary of the Treamry be authoroe! to cAticipate the parmont of interest on tha pub. Ne debt by a period poy exereding one Fi dla time to ee thther with or wiibont a rebate of interest upon the pone. ax vo Nim may seam expedient, and he is hereby 2 ™ orized to dispose of any cold in the treasury of the Uitied Blatem not veconsary TOF the payment of Invereat of the public debt. rie peRCRNEY mLt, Mr, Feaskanen preseuced the report of the Committee of Coniuren:e on the disagreeing votes on the Deticieney bill, wvhioh was agreed to. OF JU POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BiLt i 0 PASBAG ‘Tho lostal Appiep: il for the current fiscal year yan called up by Mr, Frese pew and pasted THR WEST POINT ACADEMY AP FATION, ‘Tho bill niwking appropriations for the support of the Miil- tary Acwemy was called ap, An amendment of Mr, Harris’ was adop ed, tary entota the same pay ag those in the Ncal coll, ANTHONY, (rep) OF KE, offered na folio «R= That hereafter, in mendment, aa ppointments of catets to the Mil! tary Acad: my at Oint, the selections such ap nite in the Reveral distefots ahall be 1 from the Hidates according ta thelr reapective me 8 tobe deternined unter such rule Secretary of War sha t from time t ¢ " anil regi 0 pron 41) fu COe Melon Of The HUbjort Mie Bonete ad Wit journ, J yl) Monday. House of Representatives. Wasminctor, Mareb 11, 1864, YER ADMISSION OF COLORADO AND NEVADA as STATES, ‘The Benate dill for the admission of Nevada and Colorade imto the Union as States will be considered on the 17th inst., which day is set aside for the consideration of Territorial business asked leave to submit testimony which was taken after the me t, rose and remon: shia and oul wired ast e f Mase. Chairman of the Committee mittee, who had eoncli mi lavite after the a’ initation wi ces them notice, whereas ‘conversation. Blair was referred to the cominittee, to be treated 1 mony now before it by law; pro- vided that this shall refer only ent ioved be red MADE WIth THR INDIAN COUNTRY, country, go ag more effect ines YH CONTESTED MISSOURI ELECTION CASE, ‘Mr. Beare, (rep.) of Mo., rising to a question of privilege, imitation of the time for that ¢ con: ald the testimosy anould nol be vocelved: as it Was taken without the formallty of law. i ir. Dawns, (rep. ) of ni YY on Elections, explained that this testimon: 10. day to the to submit the matter to the House for its decision. Ir, BLATR rer ‘that the contestant himself had eub- sted aMd. the the 4s to the testi ‘epee 6 testimony ni tlemen partici in the nally the testimony offered by My. ted in like manner as other testi- taken after the time fixed bj to depositions and that all such illegally taken shail mot be eonaide the committee, 1 The House passed the Senate bill the beiter to carry out the law regulating trade and intercourse in the Indian exclude its and w: the Indians, under penalty, PASSAGE OF TRE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL APFRO- PRIATION BILL, The House passed oe Executive, Lectslative and Judicial PI .¢ House on bill, which provides mainly for salaries, &¢. retofore fixed by law. 2 2 A ry Mer, Ween anennecee Sr AER rR ACE . WHALEY, of 7 i supple- mentary to the pontion act of 1852, It Wrovides that bien- fees paid for specially ordered o ‘be refunded by the aistrict agent for pay- ing pensions. plains are allowed the beneht of this act, with tho pension of acaptain. Persons who have lost both feet are allowed twenty dollars per month, and those who have lost both hands or eyes twenty-five dolla: done duty in military organizations, mustered im since March 4, 1861, nefite of the pension act, in case ntitled toan invalid pension, his Pension from the date of such in- regula ‘are included In the of the death prs prea full widow recell valid pone! 5 ‘THE HOMESTEAD LAW. UEIAN, (rep.) of Ind., from the Committee on Public Mr. Lands, repor' 1862. explained thi that the preliminary steps, such as taking tho oath, <¢ be taken re. the piicant resides, an 1e clerk of the county in which the not Foquiring him to go before the rogister and receiver to make he afidavit, Also soldiers desirous of pre-empting mas sake the oath from their military commander, and transmit the same to the proper land oflice. At‘present some soldiers would have to travel four or five hundred miles through trebel territory to take preliminary measures. JULIAN said this bill was ‘similar to that passed. b; the Senate, with the exception that ieserved lands shal bring at least $1 25 per acre. Further consideration of the subjects was postponed till next Fr iday. THE COASTING TRADER, E Dut' which was paseed, 1a ropeal ine ct of 1851, to. reauiaie the forelga coasting trade on the northern frontier of the United States. ‘The House at half-past two o'clock adjourned. United States Supreme Court. Wasuixcron, March 11, 1864. The case before the United States Suprome Court to- day is that of Frederick Schuchardt and others vs, Philip Allen and others, There were on the docket on the first Monday in December about three hundred and sixty four cases, of which one hundred and fifty-nine have been reached. Ag the court will adjourn on the Ist of May, a large number will remain undisposea of at that time, THE PRESIDENCY. ae Call for a Union State Conven@ in in Missouri. There being no Union Executive Committee for the State of Missouri, tbe undersigned, Unconditional Unionists, impressed with the necessity of having the State fully and fairly represented, in the Union National Convention, hereby invite all qualified voters ef the State of Missour!, who desire the unconditional matte- Danco of the Union, the supremacy of the constitution, and the complete suppression of the rebellion with the cause thereof, by a vigorous prosecution of the war, and all apt and efficient moasures, to select representatives Moet jn copvention in the city of St. Louis, on Wed mesday, the 27th day of April next, for the purpose of nominating a Union. electorial ticket, and of appointing eiegates to the National Convention, which meets in Baltimore on the 7th of June next, to designate candi- datos for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States. {Hore follows the names of sixty-two prominent politl- cians of Miseour!, Frank P. Blair, Jr., heading the list.) 1 Grant and the Presidency. {From the Chicago Post reason for say! that the statement Grant ‘‘has written @ lotter to bis father img that he will not accept @ nomination the Presidency’? is entirely without foundation, ag are like- wise all similar statements that nave ap) from time to time in the partisan papers that are interested in pre- venting him from becoming a candidate. General Gravt, wo may assure the public, bes written no letter upyn this subject to his father or to any other person, excepting the lettor to Hon, Mr. Washburne. In that lotter General Grant did not say he would not accept a nomination for tho Presidency. It may be added, howovor, that in all probability General Grant would not und will pot accept the nomination of any of the old poiitical parties, as such. Gener .:! Grant fee's that his present position in > tary servige of tho country is a national one, and he pre- fers—wo think wisely—not to abandon it, or to be thrust out of it, by mere partisan efforts to make him President. ces may arise, however, under which we are 1 Grant will not decline to bea candidate for The Testimony of Repubiicans. {From tne Boston Post j Mr. Phillips says only ‘ive United States Senators are in favor of Mr. Lincoln’s re-election, and among those ars not Sumoer and Wilson. Mr. Blair accuses the Secretary of tho Treasury of grosa misdeeds; says the department is rotten with corruption, and that this is so palpabie that the friends of Mr. Chase dare not call for iuvestiga- tion. Fremont declares he bas been badly treated by the administration, and poats. The Gratz Browa radicals ainito the President as Samson did the Philistines, bip and thigh, General Bavks is derided by the republicans in Massachusette. The Springtiekd Republican asks lying a vice inherent in republican institutions, or incideotel to Mr.fLincoln’s administration?” Steveus says if the government 0 on expending money at the present rate tho people wil! be involved in one gene- ral barkraptey an! ruin, Thurlow Weel wr tes to the Albeny £ oni Jovrra@’, “Until the administration thoroughly sift# and probes the iuiquities of the New York Custom House, the people wili be justified in inquir- ing whether their treasure and blood eball continue to tlow, by millions and in rivers, while its own officials are playing into the hands of the enemy.” Senator Pomeroy ways that should Mr. Sineein be jected the avaire of the country will g) on from bad to worse in bis hands, and the war will languish until our public debt will over: whelm us. Mr. Boutwell denounces the Pres dent's plan of reconstruction; Winter Davis charges the President with actiug without law, and Miss | ickenson boxes the ears of Mr Seward. The persons bere named are al! re- pablicans, if not ail ‘honorable men.”’ Ben. Wade, the republican Senator from Obio, hi ro claimed against the re nomivation of: President Lincoln— Chicago Times. Union Meeting in Alabama. HON. JBRE. CLEMENS IN FAVOR OF THK RETURN OF ALABAMA TO THB UNION. A meeting of the citizens of Huntaville, Alabama, was 4 on the 6th inst., with Hon, Jere. (lemens ia the ir. The meeting ado patriotic resolutions, the tof which denounces tho attempt to break down the old government; the second declares the ony hope for deliverance is by the pe ple casting off their leaders and acting for themselves, the third and. fourth express the deilef that all past dificulties can be adjusted under the conetitution of the United States and the tribunals there- of: the fifth weserts it is time for Alabama to look out for herself, in a mavner to secure peace while ft can be had on honorabie terms; the sixth declares an uuwilliogeoes to longer continue a revolution commenced and continued in crime; tho sevonth calle on the Governor to convene the Legislature for the porpose of calling a conventiun to provide for restoring harmony to the distracted land, and to ite the links #0 mournfully broken, and, ou bis refusal, pledges the people to act without each authority ‘and the cighth calls for a meeting of all the Union citizens ip adjoiomg countier in Huntevitie, on the 12th of March. ‘Tho meet. well attended and patriotically adureesed by the chairman. Broadway Katiroad. TO THE EDITOR OF TH# MERALD. Nos, 461 1o 467 Broanway, Maroh 11, 1864 Our attention has been directed to @ letter from Albany, published in your paper of the 10th inst., in which the writer states that a large number of petitious wero pro- rented in the Senate on the 9th inet. praying for the pae- azo of the ‘*Harlem-lroadway Raflroad.”’ and our cares were mentioned by your correspondent as being amovg ‘he petitioners, Wo are opposed to, and have very re- ently signed remonstrances age’ the Harem Broadway Kailroad” and every ovleE Broadway railroat and bave invariably projested against all each e¢ heros for the enrichment of a fow speculators at (he exponee of the holders of Browdway property and citizens genors''y and the destruction ot one of the most atirngt'ye tie Toughfaree of (he city You will please give this an iim modiate ingortion, in eontradietion of The statement of Your correspondent, whicd Je entire.) ab varianen with the trash, LORD & TAYLOR Six Persons Drowxen at Port Morrin,—Abows ball Pant twelve o'clock yesterday afternoon a eimai! boat, containing eight porsons, while crossing over the Sound from Port Morris to Riker’s Island, wae #wemped, aud six of the ight unfortunate passeugers contaived jo jt found a watery grave. iwo boatmen, who wituessed tho ad occurrence, did all that they could to rescue the wn lucky persons, but sue eeded in saving only two of thom. ‘The bames of those lost are as follows — Mies Julia Abel, Ka Abel, « widow, leaving five children. Leva Abel ? Mrs, Manly and child, seven yonra old, A lloutenant, name unknoen, Mr. and Mra, Biukoly, of the Port Morris Hotel, aro de Or ving of A great deal of praive for the Generous manner ty Whidh they acted (0 thoge rescued by Lhe boatmen, IMPORTANT FROM ALBANY. Passage of the Metropelitam Pelice Bill in the Assembly, Messrs. Acton, Bergen, Bosworth and McMurray the Commissioners. The Bill Ready for the Gover- mor’s Signature. "NEW YORK CITY RAILROADS, &, ae. ro AvBANY, Maroh 11, 1864. ‘There has been another busy day in tne Assembly, A large amount of routine business was gone through with and several important subjects disposed of by re- ports of committces and otherwise, The Rail Committee of the Assembly opened its doors this morning, and-poured into the Assembly cham. ber a flood of bills relative to railroads. They made ad- ‘verse reports on the bill authorizing the construction of a railroad in Aun, Dey, Fulton and other streets in the city of New York; also on the bill to construct the Wesbrosses and Catharine Street Rajlroad; also the Fourteonth Street and Desbroases Street Railroad; also the bill requiring alt railroad comphnies to make roport to the State Eogincer. These reports were all agreed to and the bills rejected. The same committee reported favorably on the’ bill authorizing the construction of a railroad in Thirty-fourth strect and Sixth avenue and other avo- also favorably on the bill to construct @ railroad in Grand and other streets in the city of New York, faro to be three cents; aleo in favor of tho Dill consolidating the Boston ana Hartford and Erie Railroads. The Dill compelling the railroads to pro ra‘a their charges on froight was also reported fayorably. The bill extending the time for col- lecting taxes in the town of Newtown, Kings county, ‘was reported favorably. ‘The Committee on Cities reported the bill incorporating the Metropolitan Market Company; also on a petition in favor of authorizing the construction of @ railroad con- necting Hunter's Polnt with Roosevelt and Grand street ferries, rupning through certain streets in the Hastern District of Brookiyn; also to incorporate the Grand Hotel Company in New York; also for the relief of the Brooklyn, East Now York and Rockaway Railroad. ‘The Judiciary Committee reported favorably the Dill osnferring additional power on the Marshal of the city of New York. The Military Committee re; orted the bill 7 eae armory for the kighth regiment National juard. There were numerous other bills reported by the va. rious committees; but the foregoing are all of any parti- cular importance. We bave now two bills reported for hotels !n the city of New York—one in the interest of the present pro- Prietors of the lelavan House, in this place, known as the Contral Park Hotel; algo one in the futerest of the Lelands, of the Metropolitan Hotel, known as the Grand Hotel Company. Both of these bilis have been rted favorabiy in both Houses. Moro hotels are demanded io New York, and if these bills pass it will apply. the city with two mere, managed by parties who ‘‘ know how to keep a hotel.”” Staten Island Ferry bill came up for a third read- ing this morning,and on motion of Mr. Smith was ro. = giaaga to the Committee on Commerce and Naviga: tion. ‘The Metropolitan Police bill came up on a third reading. Mr. Curtis moved to recommit the bill to the Commitiee on Cities, with instruction to insert the names of Win. B. Lewis and Samuel Jones in the piace of Messre. Acton and Bergen. This motion was loat, only receiving teo affirmative votes. The bill was then placed on its final passage, aud was passed by a vote of 99 te 8. The following ts the Dill:— AN ACT IN RELATION TO THY COMMISSIONERS OF METROPOLITAN POLICE OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRIOT OF THE BrATR OF NEW TORK, ty Fad of the State of New York, represented in Sen- ate and Assembly, do enuct as follows:— ‘Bec. 1. Sec-ion four of chapter two hundred and fifty nie of the laws teen hundred and sixty Is hereby amend- at apy time be re yroviaioue of siatutes Fee which provi- ch one of jth to tds cquiake 4 Cocarsiesionce be seal have ‘an epvereuai agatit a Commiasio ve an opportuail; {io present evidence In his bebalt. ecied io all saia Commismone cases Sections tive, seven and eight of chapter two hua. dred and fifty nine of the jaws of one thousand eight hun- dred and sixty are hereby repealed. ners of Metropolitan bee. piace of the Comm: Police, appointed under oy by virtue of chapter two hun: dred and fifty uine of the laws of ove thousand eight hun- dred and sixty, whore several terms of ovice are hereby va- sated. there are hereby appointed, respecively, as auch commiissionors:-—Thomas 0. Agton, to hold office until the first day of March, A: D, one thousand cight hundred and seventy-two; Joseph 8. Bosworth, 10 hold office uutil the first day of March. A. D. one thotisand elght handred and 3; John G. Bergen, to hold office until the firsc day of Mareh, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight, and Willian MeMurray, to bold office Gatti the tiretday of h, A. D one thousand eight hundred ami alxiy. after the respeotive determinations of tue terms a shail be eight pears, and the Legisiature shail in the mode proscribed by law for the election of Ro gents of the U iin twonty days before the expiration of ollice aforesant, elect trom ecessor Of the person afore Metropolitan Police. Any erm oF any cormninivsionar il ike remaining Commission the Commissioner so appoinied shall continue tn i bla suc essor Shati be elected by the next Legis + scld appotntment and 1 na.tied, raons several: appointed Com lice by virtue of tis act, shail thereof, dnly take and tile in tory of State the oath of olice preserib o'cers, Imimedintely upon receiving said « the Srcretary of State shall give to each Cor for State h of oflice, inissioner & conf! ale of his appointment, whereupon he shall possess the po nd exercise the duties of Comuissiouer of Metropolitan Police prescribed by sald chapter two bun. dred and Lfty-nine of the laws of eighteen hundred aud ais ioncr whose term of offlea may have ressor sbull have qu i the said Commissioners shail cov stitute a quordih Of the Board of Metropolitan Police. 1. 'No porson shall ‘be wiigible (9 be w-noiated to, or Co: etent to hold, the office of Metropolitan Police Commi sioner, except he be a citizen of th opoliian police di trict ahd resident therein. Sec. 8. This act shail take effect immediately. Tho bill now only awaits the signature of the Governor to become a law. Mr. Curtis, in support of his motion siated that he oMfered tho name of Mr. Lewis becau the was one of those appointed by the Govervor. He spoke in high terme of Vurdy and Jones. But the lionse Dill ag it eame from the -enale, le speculation as to whether Of the billor not. Several of asserted that he bas given s- guravce to them tbat he would, and that if he vowoed it they would vote to pass it over his voto. Now biils continue to pour ia from all quarters. Among those prescuted in the Assembly was one giving power to owners of piers on the south side of Hoboken street to extend piers to the Harbor Commissioners’ line; also a bill sotting apart the short pier at the foot of Laight strect, judson river, for the use of sloops plying bebween New rk and points south of Colt spriuge, on the fiudsom fiver. A bill wes also presented providing that wheo- ever Roy parties #bull claim to construct « railroad in the of New York and Gie a bond of $100,000 with the ‘was ready to approve tl There is vow consid’ the Governor will ap the democratic mem! colt Comptroller the loase of the sireet shall bo advertised avd up to {ronal ‘The following MMored in the Assembly thie morning and laid on the table under the ra! Resolved, tbat the thanks of the people of this State are due to bis Fxceltency Governor Seymour in catling the attention of the genoral a ab Washington to the fact that error® existed in the apportionment of the quota to this State ander the euroiment act, and (or his efforts in Largs hy correction of such errors and thereby saying to State fourteen thousand two bua- dred and Ofty-one men and five millions of dollars in mo- ney, which would bave beow revutred from the taxpayers of the State bo pay Lownties to that pamber of mea ‘The ( overvor was roundly ubured last summer for ob- pportionmentor thie State aud was the ‘unnner of scurrilons attacks his op: but he pushed straight ahead, until dealy at Washington bave examined decided that the apportionment is Sines this dotiars, the ponents ; the administegsi ynto the mati mn unequal, and that Governor Seymour is righ decision saves the State about five millions Legisiature owe it es their duty to record some express sion of gratitude for this benefit done the State, Tho 1 ault shows that be bas been right on this point, and let tuat be acknowledged by ali parties. ‘A fow bills were introduced in the Senate this morn. ing, but generally of minor importance, A largo Bumber of netiti ng were introduced infavur of a Brondway ratl- road, avd for Lhe passage Of au act to pat a stop to the over- ¢row ing of cars In the city. Mose sion was taken up ip consideration of bitis in Com- mittee of the Whole, No final action was takou upon auy measures of importance, The \tayor has sent to Albany the bill which ho refers Join bs morsege, relative to the city railroads now In operation and IX course of construction in tue city of Now York, requiring thei to pay a fixed amouut of vheir gross receipts to the city and county ot New York. The title of the bill 18 **An act in relation to city raiiroads in tho city of New York.” section one provides that the rights, powere, privileges and franchises conferred in aud by ail acts of the Logis lature horet(ore passed authorizing the construction. of is ads in New York, or confirming previous grants, Heonses or resolutions of the Cotmmen Councils heveoy deci» red aud rendered anhyect to tho oonditir 8 forth in eections two, three ond four of this act ava tho veve rat ie Le roietted to, and cach ot thom ia hereby modt ended a ty ection t # that avery corporation, . tion oF individual Who Sheil, frou time Wo Higue, OF al ayy ats of time hereafter, operate or use any city railroad now con- Structed or boreafter to be constructed, shall, within teu days after the first day of each month, render to the Comptrolier of the city of New York a atatement, authen- Seated by the person or officer through whose hands the receipts of such city railroad shall pass, of the gross receipts derived from all city travel, and sball at the same time pay to the said Comptroller for the bene- a ne city of New York ten per centof such gross Section three provides that every corporation, associa- tion or individual who shall ry pace ns control or Operate any city railroad now constructed, or hereafter to be constructed, shall, at the expense of the oorpors tion eee or individual, keep in good and sufficient repair the pavement between the curbs of all the streets and avenues through which such railroad shall be cou- structed as far as saidoity railroad ghall be extended; where two or more companies shall run in the same strect, the expense to be shared between them. Section four provides that every corporation, associa. tion or individual in whom the right, power, privilege or franchise of constructing or operating a city railroa vested shall, within thirty\days after the passage of th! act, execute and deliver to the Mayor of the city of Nov York covenants, under seal, securing tho payment to the city, at all times hereafter, of the ten per ceut gros Feceipts, and also the performance of the conditions as to keeping pavements in repairs. All parties in whom tho rights, powers, and franchises of gonstruct: ing and operating such railroad are vested shall, at the time of the execution of such covenant, join in such co- venants, and thoy shall stipulate that in case of a breach of such covenauts, or any of them, they or thelr snoces- fore or assigneee shall forfeit and surrender the righte, Powors, franobisea and privileges relating to such cit; railroad oonferred upon them or derived by them throug! apy act of the Legislature; and such covenant, when made, is hereby declared binding upon the party or pare tles making the same, and thelr successors and aasignees, Such covenants shull be subject to tho joint approval, Doth ag to form and parties, of the Mayor and Recorder of the city. Shouid any of the parties in whom the ri cits, franchises, or privileges of operating a raitroad are vested make default in eee such covenant, and dolivering them duly approved, as before provided, within thirty days after the @ of this act, such rights, wers, privileges and franchises of the parties so making jefault shall be and they are hereby revoked, and the acts confirming the game are hereby repealed. The cer- tificate of the Mayor and Recorder of the city, under seal of the city, filed in the office of the Clerk of the city and county, shall be conclasive evidence of such default. Section five provides that should the partis operating any city railroad authorized by the Legislature or Com- mon Council default in rendoring accounts of receipts, or in paying over the ten per cent of such gross receipia, as provided in the second section of this act, or the keeping Pavements in repair, the rights, powers, franchises and Privileges of the parties so making default and the act or acts conferring tho same shall, upon such default, be annalled, and aro hereby repeated. Section six provides that wheuever two or more corpo rations—associations controlling separete and distinct roads—are or shall be authorized by law to use the sane street or avenue, the Mayor and Recorder are hereby ein- powered to prescribe and direct the mode ia which their several tracks shall be laid. Section seven repeals all acts inconsistent with the above provisions. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. Further Particulars of Sherman’s Ex- pedition—Capture of Wazoo City by Negro Troops, &c., de. Meurms, March 8, 1804, Advices from Vicksburg state that General Sherman’s expedition has returned to that place, except the Seven- teenth and Eighteenth corps, which remain at Canton, Mississippi, until further orders, They did not proceed beyond Meridian. There was no fighting of consequence. The loss was smail, mostly from straggling. The One Hundred and Firtieth New York lost over two hundred men from straggling , being greater than the entiro loss of the bal- ance of the expedition. Four thousand prisovers and six thousand negroes were brought in. The negro troops at Haiue’s Bluff mace a descent on Yazoo City on the 28th ult., and after a sharp fight occu: pled the place. Loss, about thirty killed and wounded, The unconditional Jobngon Unionists elected their en- tire county ticket in Shelby county on Saturday last. Cairo, March 11, 1864, ‘The steamer Constitution, from New Orleans, arrived this afternoon with five hundred bales of cotton anda large number of troops. Battery F, First Missouri artillery, the Fourth Iowa cavalry,and a part of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Obio batteries, re-enlisted voterans, have arrived on their way home, They will leave to-morrow morning. The steamer Hillman was attacked by guerillas from the Missouri shore, while working past the foot of Isiand No. 18, on Wednesday. One soldior was killed, seven ‘wounded and two captured. The boat escapod. Tho steamer A, J. Sweeney, laden with government freight from Nashville, struck a pier of the bridge at Clarksville Wednesday night and took fire. Sho was totally destroyed. Six thousand sacks of coro and thirty horses wore lost. The boat was valued at $40,000. The steamer Atlantic, {rom New Orleans, 3d instant, arrived this morulog. The pew State officers were to be Inaugurated March 4, and grand arations were making to celebrate the even ‘The steamer Gladiator brought up the Thirtieth Illinois infantry this morning News from Cumberland Gap. Cumnenianp Gar, March 11, 1864. All is quiet in this vicinity. It is reported that afew mounted rebels are iu Harlem county, Ky. Locrsvtmie, March 11, 1864. ‘The Cumberland Gap operator telegraphs that Lieut Ames, who was out ecouting, bas returned safe with ive prisopere aud bor: Highly Important to Recralts. TRIAL OF, A BOUNTY BROKER FOR ALLEGED PALSE PRYTENCES—HE IS CHARGKD WITH DEVRAUDING A RECRUIT OUT OF TWO HUNDRED AND PilTY DOL- LARS, ETO., BTC. COURT OF GENRRAL ERSSIONB. Before Recorder Hoffman, Marca 11.—The Court of Sessions epe o'clock this morning, Recorder Hofiman prosiding. The court was densoly crowded with a motiey erowd of pro vost marshals, boonty brokers, and « large number of others usually (ound around the beadquartera of Supor Blunt. The crowd had been attracte? to witness the trial of James K. Cooke, a well dressed man, abont thirty-five years of age, on eo indictinent charging him with having obtaiged ‘a bounty of $260 from a recruit under aileged faise pretences, District Attorney A, Uakey Hall conducted the prese- | cution, and Mesgrs. Wm. Filerton, ex-Jndyes Beebe ant | Dean and Chas. & Spencor presented an imposing array of legal talent for the defence. The Dietrict Attorney, after briefly opening the oise for the prosecution, calied ‘to the stand John J. Robinson, a oung man about eighteen years of age. He was dressed in cavalry uniform, and, being sworn, ith of December lass ho mot amon wemed Wall Washington street sud Dubtery placa; he (the wito pressed a willingness to enliss in airy reviment, dd Wallace took him to Cooke, st f of Chambers: and Ceutre stsests ( uniform, and told bim he } him to the hewlquarters Sixth avenue, who ref his youth, unless | or guardian office, where ‘he got himecif then returned to Provost Marshal brouson’s oflice, who then accepted bim (witness) a8 @ recruit,and he sw the papors which Cooke received ; Cooke handed him bat $50 of his bounty, and promisca to give bita the remain. fog $250 after atnrlongh of seven days, which ho said could easily bo obtained for him; he never received the remainder of bis mouey from Cooke; Cooke wold hin he was a captain in a cava'ry regimont, and he was iuduoed to let him take care of bie money under the belief that be might serve in Cooke's company in @ cavairy regi- emt on Judge Dean then proceeded to cross-examine the witness principally on what took place in tue office of the Provost Mi ‘shal. Nothing of importance was clicited, aad hiv direct teetionouy wae not shaken. Captiin Theodore B. Bronson, Provost Marsbal of the Siath district, was then cailed to the stond, and testited that he knew Cooke as « bounty broker, aud had been to his office, No. 165 Sixth avenue, previous to the Lith of December, when Robingon was Offered as a recruit; be at first re!used te take hirn, a8 he appeared too young, wntih is parent of guardians gave their consent; Co ke after. ‘dg came to the office with @ pap'r bearing the sixna- rf Surrogate, appolnting him (Cooke) the guar. dian of Robinson, witness thev accepted the recruit aud swore him in; afterwards asked Robinson if he got bis bounty, when Cooke, without giving Bim an opportunity to apawer, seid bo had received {t; Robinson afterwards said he had got the money: heard the facts of the case (rom him enbsequently, aud a warrant against Cooke was procures; on tbe followipg Saturday Cooko visited witness ot bis house and said be understoc’l there wae a warrant out against bim, and asked witness what he had better dy be (Cooke) taid bo bad a wife and children, and was wil ling to give the money up, ho seemed to be weeping, wiiness toll him the only thing be ought to do was to face the music; General Hayes had instructed witness (0 have the first case of fraud against recruit tried i ® civil court as a tent care; told Cooke he had an order from Geuoral Hayes to strip bim (Oo mn) bh bp ie i ould appear at bis (wituess') office, and on @0 mised to take off the uniform. of which the Case ed at eleven My oat Marshal Bronson, io cotist bim on account of sont of bis parents tion of this witness. i for the people was ¢ : ing was postponed to Monday next, at eleven o Komoval of Sowspaper Restrictions, r. Hout, Mare 11, 1804 | Gone ng has rescinted all orders horetofore | feewos tm ania department biting the sale end eirous | dation of corwain ugwevavers and otker pud)iealions. PRICE THREE CENTS. GENERAL BUTLER’S DEPARTMENT. Attack on Our Pickets by the Rebels, wo, &e., &, penal Forrases Mowkon, March 10, 1964. The enemy attacked our cavalry yesterday near Sur- folk, and forced them back im disorder, capturiog im their retreat several of the unfortunate fugitives, The farmers with their families are coming toto our lines, The Recent Opera:isns Near Suffolk. A private letter from Fortress Monroe of the 6th inst, Last evening, as General Kilpatrick was leaving here to return to his command at Yorktown, news reached Ge neral Butler that tho enemy had been troubling oar lines between Portsmouth and Suffolk. General Butler at ence stopped the Yorktown boaf and a‘cousultation took place betweon him and General Kilpatrick. Tho rosult is that Gonoral Kilpatrick and bis command were removed from Yorktown and Portemouth dur! last night, and are now with our forces at the lines front oe Be mouth, or on the advance in pursuit of the Se 1 was up in front yesterday aftornoon and ascertained that the enomy’s forces consisted of only two thousand infantry and some two regiments of cavalry, with four Biogos oO srvilery. This may have doen thelr advance forces only. Artillery firing was distinctly heard during last nighs which was our forces sholling the woods, not knowh but the enemy was advancing in force. It ig to be ho} thoy aro, ay at this timo our force ia quite sufficient jo defend the front and piace troops in position to cut off their retreat. Mr. L, A. Hondrick’s Despatch. Nokvo.n, Va., March 10, 1964, ANOTHER ADVANCE OF THR REBELS. ‘ The enemy does not seem to have retired to the banka of the Blackwater aftor tho late raid, ag it was surmised he did, or if he did retire this distance from our me - diate front, has come back in partial force again. Yesterday afternoon our picket line, comprised of the Second Colored cavalry regiment, Colonel Cole command, ing, near Suffolk, was attacked by a force of the enemy, supperted, as was afterwards ascertained, by four régi+ ments of tofantry, one regiment and equadron of cavalry, and two full batteries, Our plokets fell back to Baner’s Hill, when other troops were sent to their assistance, Scejng the strength of our supporting columns, the exemy did not continue big pursuit farther, but retired in great haste, having uo desire, it seems, to enter into anything lke a general engagoment. SKIRMISHING, While Colonel Coles’ colored troops wore falling back— they had to fail back eight miles to meet the troops seat to their support—thero was cont/noal skirmishing Scat+ tered ‘as the picket line nocesrarily was, it was impossible to make a combined resistance. Atsome points our col- ored boys stood their ground manfully, and at othere they became panio stricken, and mido the livelies’ retreat possible, At the bridge nesr what is called Longstreet’s old camp, and obiaining its name frem once Deing the camping ground of Longstreet’s command, A most gallant rosistance was made ti!) all had crossed the bridge. Col. Cole—who, by the way, formerly was Ma or of the Third Now York cavalry—behaved finely, ag did al) the officers under him, OUR Losses, It {8 impossible to give our exact loss, Thus far about one hundred are missing. One captain anda leutenant were killed. It is sald that the enemy took no prisoners, but killed all who were captured but this story lacks reliable confirmation, Such was tl suddennoss of the attack that the sutier of the Twentictt New York cavalry regiment, who bad a iunch store near the picket live, was obliged to abandon bis goods to the enemy. A lelegraphic operator narrowly escaped cap- ture; bnt he managed, by means of « hand car, to got away, bringing bis jastruments with him. THE‘OPPOBING FORCES FACE TO FACK AGAIN. ‘A equadron of the Nineticth New York ca vairy, under command of Major Preston, started find the enemy, and tound them in fall foreo at Ber- nard’s Mill, where they still are, our troops faco to face with them. Today there have been no demonstrations on either side. On our sido everything is in readiness for a fight if the enemy will stand, and if it is thought best. One thing, a§ least, our position is impregnable. THR GUNHOAT FLOTILLA. Brigadier General Warren, appointed to the command of the gunboat flotiila in thix department, has beon es since his appointment in the work of reorginization, an has now got everything io working order. There are co finer, swifter and better manned gunboate In the naval service; and though the Gen the brilliact reputation he bas wo: old as cne of the commanders in the Army of the Potomad, be enters on @ new and attractive fleld of labor, giving ab: 6 scope for energy, dash and exeitement, and it is to be hoped a branch of tho service he will like, as he certainly will adorn it. He has established bis temporary head- quarters at this place. ARRIVAL OP ADSORAL DAHLGREN, Admiral Dabigren arrived at the fortress late last eyen- ing in aapecial boat, Lam told by those kuowtng hi that the Intelligence of the loss of his som has add scomingly, twenty years to his ago He ts the guost of General Butler, As is well kaowa, he comes here on ac- count of bis son’s death and to tike steps to recover hig body if it be possibie ain storm setin at eleven A. M., and it is raining with fucreasing violeuce ag close my despatch, OMclal Report of the Examination of the Kev. Dr. Armstrong, of Norfolk, Va., who was Recently 6B ned by Order of General Batter. Tt bas already been announced that General Butlor hag fent the Rey, Jimes D. Armstiong, D. D., of Norioile, Ya., to work upcn tha fortifications at Hatteras, asa punisbmeut for his disloyal practices. The following ie the official report of the «xamination of this disloyal lergyman:— Question, Do you call yourself a loyal man in letter spirit to day? Answer. | prefer uot answering. Q, Waat is the name of that gontieman who Lad tukem the oath and while coming out of the (astom House with you made the remark that be “would | ke to spit upon Northern Yankees,’ or something to thateffect? A. 1 profer not answering. . Have you rin your pulpit alluded favorably to uthern causo? A. t preached a sermon on the re oratnendation of the Soutaern Congress 4 Did you ob,ect at that time to dong a0? A, No, sir. ©. Tave you since the the commenerment of the war bed in your pulpit a sermon favorable tothe Union cause, one that would please the loyal; and displeasd the disioyal? A. No. sr. @. Whero were you bore? A, In New Jersey. [came to Vir when nineteen years o! Q. Have you deterininea in your mind not to pray for or allude to the President of the United States, the an. thorities, the armies and navies thereof. that they may de successfu! in all their efforts to put down this wicked rebellion’ A, | have. Q Po you think this a wicked rebellion? A. No, sir Q. Have you, since the commencement of the war, opened your church on any ‘ast or Thanksgiving day recommended by the President of the United States? A. No, fir. . Did you ever open your church on Jeff, Davis’ re- commerdation? A There has been meeting for prayor, @ Should the President ot the United States within » short time recommend a day of thanksgiving or fast, with a view that Christians would unite jn ay od for the overthrow of all rebels in arms agxivst the govern- ment of the United States, woul you willingly open your church and tke charge of such meetings to that ¢ A. Tabould not. Q. Do you took upon slavery as a divine institution? A. Tlook upow it as allowable, ° 'Q, Did you look upon the hanging of John Brown aw just and right’ A: | did Q. Would you look upon the hanging of any of the Promiuent rebels —Jeff. Davis, for instanco—as jugt and right? A, Lebould not, are ‘you retigiousiy and morally opposed to capital poniaument? A, | am oot @. Do you look upon Jem. rates ag deserving any severe puvis acu yainet the een since 1 0 tly. ee Lt. ‘ize with the Union cause or with the ‘ate? A With the Confederate. ate you took’ upow Jeff, Davis, Wikfall, J. M. Masom o fr colleagues in the | nited States Congress: aa ei oti your 1800 as porjured men, aud dewer ys ing a traitor’s teputation for all time, woti! they show works meet (or repentance? A. I do not Q. Dit or do you rot the federal lors at Smith. feld afew wovks since? do not, Do you think the Kk upon Fort Somer by tho rebels justifiable? A, | prefer not answering, c. be you think the South justifable in mvis or any of his confedes pryomhmeut for their publig the commencement of ever having Aon the od flag? A, I do. are chouid you know of any Dlockade ranuers or secrot mail careiers to or (rom the rebels, would you give immae jo. ation thereof to onr aathorities, tat the; nt be detected and paoished as traitors desery would pot bave anyth’ng todo with it, New Hampahtcc BE retion, Conconn, N. HL, Maren 11-10 A. M Returns from two handred and twonty cities and , towne, loaying ten to hear (rom, stand thus —Gilmore, 96,157, Merelngton, 80,759, Gilmore's majority W ube about 5,600. Four of the five Couneell re and nine of the twelve tare Union rot fon ropublicua foventy five, bineah ia the Floasa # avows