The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORS HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1864.—WITH NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDUN BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFIOE N, W, OOBNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash in advauce, Mouoy sout by mai! will be at the risk of the sender. None but bank bills current In New York (skea. ‘TRE DAILY HERALD, Tense cents per copy. THE WEEKLY BERALD, every Saturday, at F-vE conts Volume XXIX... AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADENY OF MUSIC, Irving Place. —Irattan Orana— Matinee at One o'Clock—Faust NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway. —Bouewran Gime. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Droadway.—Roap to Row. WINTER QARDEN, Broadway.—Tioxet or Leave AN. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Tauina 4 Burrar- muy NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Nice’ or tam w —Bxias Bonoiume—Biace Tigzz—Love anp Mup- per BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Jewess—Four Lovans— Bootie or SkD.BMOOK BARNUM'S MUSEUM, Brosdway.—Four Giants, Two 2 ay. TS, Dwanrs, Acvinos, Wuat it, 26, os AruRo Bla, on Srimt or Beavty—At Sand 7& P.M. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad way.—Erniorian Sonas, Dances, BuRLESQues, &6,—Tax ING 4 BUTTRRELY. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway. —Braiorran Eorcs, Dances, &c.—Fiat Foor Jane. AMERICAN THEATRE, No, 444 Broadway. —Ba' Pantoxrmxs, Bur.xsques, &c.—Tag Sractes Loven. BROADWAY AMPRITHEATRE, 485 Broadway.—Gru- gemmo ano Equesimian Pehvomwances, Afternoon and vening, HOPE CHAPEL. 718 Broadway.—Taa Brenxoscormcox bg OF Tax UniVERSE, AnD Twewtr-amvanTa STREBT HOST. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 613 Broadway.— ‘OurRrosirixs anv Lectunes, from 9 A. M. tit 10 P. M. HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn.—Eraioriuan GB, . Dances, Buatesquss, 40. Goueral Grant was summoned to Washington on Thurs- Gay night from the Army of the Potomac, and returned next morning on a special train, accompanied by General Meade. The object of bis sudden visit is, of course, not revealod; but if wo may judge from the effects of previous Laterference with military matters, where other generals Were concerned, it would seem to bode no good towards the success of our arms, General Grant left immediately for the West, His appearance at Mr Soward's dinnor and tho Presicont's levee is graphically reported. At the former be talked little, but looked ‘unutterable things.” At'the latter, we are told that be ‘blushed like a girl,’ Sid persyired pro‘usely when the band shaking was going on, He is described as being very shabbiiy dressed, having ‘lost the key of his trunk,’ and this might account for the blush; for even a hero, wearing tarnished gold !ace «nd a threaibare coat in the presence Of a distinguished aud elegantly costumed assembly, might naturally be presumed to feel ‘all the diffidence of ‘8 Boldier’’ whose clothos were rather soedy. But he was 4 hero, nevertheless, whose desis shone out brighter than now buttons or sparkling shouldor straps. The cnly news from West Virginia is the arrival of Gen. Sige! at bis headquarters in Cumberland, Md. News from Norfolk yesterday states that on the after. noon of Wednesday our picket Itve, composed of the Second Colored cavalry regiment, C lone! Cole command. ing, was attacked by force of the en:my near Suffolk, Supported, as was afterwards ascertained, by four regi- Mouts of infantry, one regiment and equsdron of cavalry, Qnd two full b- tories. Our pickets fell lack to Barner's Hilt, when other troops were sent to their assistance Seotng the strength of our supporting columns, tho enemy @id not controue his pursuit farther, but retired, not however, unt J some brisk ski: misbing ocourred, in which the co'ored soldiers pow and then made a hasty ratroat, Doing stricken with @ panic, and at other times fighting bravely. Gur lvss 8 about ono huudrod missing. Tho List of killed ts not ascertained, A despatch from San Francisco, dated yesterday, re- Pris the arrival of Kit Carson at Santa Fo, a‘ter a suc g: ij Indians, rebel allies, sbjecied, having captured 700 of the is about to maké a movement in which be will command a larger and more power army than he ever bad before. We pub.ish this moruing an interesting letter from Dr. D. F. Nese'l, Sergeon of the United States steamer Ciiften, wo hus een released from imprisonment tn dum e coppection will be found the names of t wounded 09 the Union gunboats Bippi CONGRESS. In tho Senate yesterday additional petitions were pre- sented jor increased railroad ‘acilities between this city aud Au amendment to the Internal Reve- nue act, in reference to disiiied spirits imported from foreign countries, was submited aud referred to the Committee on Finance. A message was received from tho President is euce to the eastern point of com- mencement of the Pacific railroad. It was referred to the comm p thet Suject, A resolution was adopted fostructing the same committee to inquire into the expe- disney of providiny ald for a branch road from Warrensburg, Missouri, to Emporia, Kansas. Tho Senate then tok up the tion im reference ta the surplus golf in the Treasury, with the amen: of Sonator Sherman axthorizing the Sec- retary io dispose of the same to the highest bidder at any tue be may see proper. Crber amendments wore offered «i jected, and a long debate tovk place, when finv'iy tbe resolution, substanticly to this form, was adopted :y thirty.yeas to oight nays, The report of the House joint resolu Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railrond bill was also passed. ‘The Staten Island Ferry bill was recommitted, MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A case of importance to reckuits was om trial in the Court Beebo yesterday, before Recorder Hof- man, James K. Cooke, a bounty broker, was placed at the bar charged with having obtaised two hundred and fifty doliars from @ recruit named John J. Robinson, on the 11th of Decomber last, by alleged false pretences, From the testimony for the prosecution it appears that Cooke represented that he was @ captain in a cavalry regiment, and got himselr constituted the guardian of Robinson (who is@ minor), and then took him to the office of Provost Mareba! Bronson, in Sixth avenue, and bad him sworn in asa recruit. Cooke handed him but fifty doliars of bis bounty thoney ana promised to give him the :emalnder—two huodred and fifty dollars—after procuring himaseven days’ furlough. Robinson, how- ever, never received the money and consulted Captain Bronson on the subject, when a warrant was issued for the arrest of Cooke, which has resulted in the present ac- tion, The cage will be continued on Monday next. At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen yesterday @ resolution was adopted to cut down the ‘incidental ex- pensea’’ estimate of the Board of Education from $240,000 to $140,000. Tho Tax Levy for the currout year was then taken up. $1,000 was added for dispensaries. The sum of $33,500 was inserted to purchase Mill’s statue of Jackson. The sum of $40,000 was appropriated for the preparation of a parade ground for the military. An item of $20,000 was inserted for preparing the Manual of tho Common Council. $10,000 for a new dispensary was au- thorized, provided $10,000 more be otherwise raised. An item of $40,000 was inserted to remove obstructions at Bell Gate. $20,000 was inserted to opon Eighth avenue to Harlem river. $100,009 was inserted to improve tho Russ pavoment. $20,000 was inserted for boundary monu- monts for surveying. $2,500 for each Alderman was in- sorted. $40,000 was inserted to pay damages caused by theexplosion in Sevonty-cighth street, Tho item of $2,500 for repairs of wells, pumps, &c., was reduced to $1,000. ‘The ordinance was then adopted. These items add about $250,000 to the Tax Levy as recommended by the com- mittee, A mossage was received from Mayor Gunther yototing the proposed lateral additions to the ‘Third Avenue Railroad. Adjourned to the 2ist inst. ‘The Citizens’ Association—an organization recently es- tablished for municipal and sanitary reform in this city— has addressed a letter to a number of leading physicians asking information regarding the public bealth. In a letter of reply from those gentlemen it is stated that the deaths of this city during the yoar 1863 were 25,196, or | ove in thirty five of the population. In Philadelphia, Boston, Newark and Providence the mortality is about one in forty-three, and in London and Liverpool it is atill less. ,The physicians think that with proper sanitary rogulations the deaths could yearly be reduced thirty per cent, and strenuously urge upon the Legisiaturo thata reform of our health laws should take place. Mr. George Thompson, the English abolitionist, last evening delivered an address in Hemry Ward Beecher’s church, in Brooklyn, on the feeling in England in regard to the prosent civil war in this country. The church was crowded, and the speaker waa frequently interrupted by ‘the applause of the audience. ‘The calico bali for the benefit of the soldiers’ families came off last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. About three thousand tickets were sold, and the baly therefore netted a goodly sum for the wives and children of the heroes in the floid. Judge Barnard has delivered a decision in the case of Delacroix, the alleged fraudulent banker, releasing bim from the Ludiow street jail. This terminates a case whose history, in one form or another, is more than a year old. A special meeting of the Chambor of Commerce was held yesterday to give expression to the respect of that body for the memory of their former President, the late VPeletiah Perit. The leading members of the Chamber ‘were present and took part in the proceedings. The Surrogate yesterday ontered the decree in the long litigated Charles Hopper case, whereby the will is set aside, The Surrogate allowed costs to both parties, payadle out of the estate. The case will go to the Court of Appeals. The auditor’s report in the Van Note ac- counting was confirmed, An account of .the eatate of Chauncey St. John, deceased, was directed. The will of James Thomas, contested on grounds of mental incapa- city, was taken up for trial, Tho viriations in gold had a tendoncy to unsettle the markets for various kinds of merchandise yestorday, and prices were altogether uncertain, Holders endeay- red to obtain full prices; but the marked decline in gold prevented transactions,as the views of buyers were below those of sellers ta nearly or quite every descrip. tion of merchandise. On ’Change breadstufs were dull, and, though not quotably lower, flour and wheat ruled in favor of the buyer. Freights were dull at the decline noticed yesterday. Provisions gonoraily were without decided change, with a fair busiuess. Whiskey was eub- Stantially as last noticed. Petroleum was irregular. Another Irrepressible Conflict—-Grant and the Directory—Which Shall Go . Down? Congress has created the grade of lieutenant geseral, and the acknowledged intention of Congress and the pressure of public opinion have compelled the President to confer this grade upon General Grant. This is the reward | that the country bestows upon a hero for great | services; but it is also more than that. It is the unqualified utterance of popular dissatis- faction with the management of the war and | with those Washington men who have managed it. It is the expressed determination of the country to put the war in the hands of another man. Congress spoke only for the people when it declared that another man must be placed above tbat major general who, vibrating like a pendulum between the White House and the War Office—between Lincola and Stanton—has blundered, if possible, more atrociously than either of those men could have done if let alone. General Grant in Washington, - and honored with this new grade, represents the great victories of the West; but he represents far more definitely the disgust that the people feel at the weak incompetency of the Presi. dent and at the boorish spirit and coarse pre- conference committee on the Deticiency bill was present. @d and agreed to The Post Ofice Appropriation bill was passed. The .ppropriations for the West Polat Academy were cousidered for some tine; but, with ut disposing of he subject, the Senate adjourned tili Monday. Ww the Howse of Representatives the consideration of the vill for the admission as “tates of Nevada and Colorado wos fixed for Thursday next. Mr. Blair, of Missouri, prought up (ho subject of contest for tne seat pow occu- died by bim, acd Mr. Koox the contestant, was beard in bis own doruce, After remarks by soveral members, all the testimony was referred back to the Committee on Contested Ficctions for their furtber consideration. The Dill for the better regulation of trade with the Indian country, and the Eco *, Legilative ond Jadiciary Appropriation bill, were passed, Bills for certain amend. monts of the Pension and Homostead acts were reported, Dut not acted ‘pw, A bill repouling tho section of the Act OF 1861 regulating the foreigs coasting trate on the Iakos wus reported from the Commerce Committee and Passed. THE LEGISLATURE. The Metropolitan Poliee bili yesterday passed the As. fombly. It wos passed tp the Senate on the 15th of lsat month, and therefore now only needs the signature of Governor Seymour to become a law. Thre bill is not de- Lange the limits of the Metropolitan Potice dis t exists as prosent, of effect any alteration in tue ‘Working of Uhe existing system; but it establishes a new Board of Volice Cow mers (or the district, aod changes Whe terms ona ro of office. The Commissioners nano + Thomas Acton. (‘he 8. Bosworth and Will In the state ye 6 bi jorating the National Sa viag K ar t avtboriving the banks of the State to ory o the National Banking law Were Foported favorably. Motive was OF w bili to | Authorize tho Contra! Park and North w 1 Fase R f Rail- | | Foad to change « pitt of + eced to amend the Code o: intro. ' * to execu. | atg the pr | ary oud here ot | al of the United States, aud s Poa! interest in the Assembly the Military Worably op the bill proviai vent, ° { vod io Pelation to ratir ets of thie | Cily. The Motropolitan io bill, as it came from the | Reunvo, was viewed by @ yote of uinoty-vive to eight, The | ted ta. | h | armory for the F onal Guar sumption of Halleck; and he represents also the popular indisposition to trust any longer the radical mob that sustains and moves these men like so many puppets. General Grant in Washington represents the people and the people’s policy. He reprosents that policy which looks to the downright and earnest prosecution of the war as the only means to restore peace and save the country from the absolute ruin that faction and debt are likely to bring upon it. He stands, there- fore, in @ position that the virulent and un- scrupulous radicals must inevitably consider hostile to their views and objects. No man who has had these earnest ideas of what should be done has escaped the hostility of the radi- cals; nor has any such man yet been able to stand up against the potent ‘influences that those clamorers wield against whoever stands iw their way. It is not to be supposed that | these men will harmonize with Grant if he re- mairs in Washington, or acquiesce in the po- licy that he will insist upon wherever he may be. Between Grant and the Directory, and the power bebind the Directory, there must be the most absolute antagonism. He is the people and they are the fanatic few. They are the intriguers for power and place—jealous, vin- dictive and corrupt—eager only to further their own narrow views, and regardless of the great interest of the people. He is a man of the people and a soldier who has arisen to the supreme place in the army in virtue of qualities the very contrary to what the radicals require inaleader. Though all seems quiet enough just now over Grant’s first few days in| Wash- | ington, he must be indeed purblind who does not see that this is all superficial, and that the storm between the people on the one hand, 4s represented by Grant, and the factions on the otver, will soon break out, What will be the result? Hitherto, as the country knows to its cost, the radicals have had the victory in these struggles. Soott was swept aside that the President and the radicals might fight the battle of Bull ran. McClelten was overslaughed that the President and the Directory might carry on ruinous compaiga after campatgn in Virginia, without asingle victory in two years, save one achieved in defiance of their plans. Will Graat be overpowered in the same way? Will the radicals so manage affairs in Washington that the war in the Kast shall continue as much “a drivel and a show” as ever, though our armies shall be under the command of the hero who swept everything before him in the West? They will certainly try to; but we believe that they will fail. Grant will be hard to bend to their views. He must not hesitate for a moment to come to open ‘war with these drivellers, He must attempt no accommodation to their desires, or they will prove like the serpent that, warmed to life by the farmer’s fire, killed him with it’s bite. Ho must at the first clash come clearly before the country on the issue: which shall stand and which shall fall. There oan be no difficul- ty in the choice between the only man who seems likely to end the war and the faction that has caused all our troubles. Let Grant understand that the people will sustain him to any extent, and that while they sustain and honor him they distrust and hate the only element of power that will give him any trouble in the discharge of his duties. He may go forward boldly, therefore, to any extreme that circumstances require, He may de- mand the dismissal from power of the whole Cabinet if he will. The people will sustain him, and rejoice to see the national capital purged of so much political filth like another Augean stable. Secretary Chase and the Pres! Secretary Chase has written the letter to a friend of his in Ohio:— ‘Wasmnaror, March 5, 1864. My Duan Sm—In reply to a friendly lester from you I wrote you briefly not long ago about the wishes, ox- pressed by many, that my name might be favorabl regarded by the im their next choiee of a Presi- deut, and closed by saying that, should our frionds in bio manifest a for er, I should accept thar decision with the ready acquiesctnce due from one who has been already trusted and honored by them be- yond merit or expectation. ‘The recent action of the Union members of our Legis- lature indicates such a preference. It becomes my duty, therefore—and I count it more a privilege than a duty— to ask that no further consideration be given to my name. It was never more important than now that all our efforts and all our energies should be to the sup- pression of the rebellion, and to the restoration of order aud prosperity on solid and sure foundations of Union, freedom and impartial justice; and I earnestly urge ail with whom my counsels may have it, to aliow no- thing to divide them while this great work, in comparison with which persons and svea ‘ties are nothing, re- maius unaccomplished, Cord! your friend, 8. P. CHASE. Hon. Jamms ©, Hatt, Senate Chamber, Columbus, Uhio. For several reasons we very greatly doubt the sincerity of this letter. In the first place, Mr. Chase’s friends in Congress and upon the press urge his claims more vehemently now than ever before. Senator Pomeroy did so in a speech in the Senate on Thursday last. The Trilune of yesterday came out for Chase qe- cidedly. This makes the letter look like a feint. In the second place, Secretary Chase is shrewd enough to know that the people are more apt to elect a Presidential candidate who seems to decline the honor modestly than a man who appears to seek for it ardently. His injudicious friends have recently placed him in the latter position, and now he.endéavors to escape from it and assume a nolo episcopari at- titude. Doubtless he was moved to this deci- sion by our article upon the magnanimity of General Grant in declining to rua after a no- mination. In the third place, Secretary Chase has a keen eye to the main chance. He knows that, if he now declares himself a candidate against Lincoln, he gust in honor retire from the Cabi- net. Todo this is to relinquish all chance of success. So long as he remains in the Cabinet he can use all the patronage of the Treasury Department to advance his fortunes, and con- sequently he clings to his portfolio; and while professing to withdraw from the field he’ is secretly stirring up his friends to demand the retraction of his withdrawal, thus developing his strength by a strategical retirement. For these reasons we must decline to take Secretary. Chase at his word and count him out of the contest. To us his letter reads more likea reproach to his Ohio followers for allowing the Legislature of that State to “indicate a prefer- ence” for Mr. Lincoln than like a final surrender of his claims upon the party. But, if Chase has withdrawn, {t becomes a question whether he will'ndw support Lincoln or Fremont. If the former, what was the pricé paid? If the latter, then we have the same irrepressible con- flict in a new form in the republican ranks. The salmon is a queer fish, very shy and very wary. Often it appears to avoid the bait just before galping it down; and evon after it is hooked it has to be allowed pleaty of line and must be “played” carefully before it can be safely landed. Some of the characteristics of the salmon also distinguish Mr. Salmon P. Chase. He first boldly approaches the Presi dential hook (in confidential conversations), then nibbles at it (in tho Pomeroy circular), then toys with it (in his correspondence with Lincoln), and now turns away from it with well feigned disgust (in the above letter) and swims off briskly. By and by, however, we shall see him leap at it (in the Baltimore Con- vention), and shall reel him in to the bank and put bim in our Presidential fish basket. Tux ConoressionaL Reronts or THe Asso cured Press.—We have had numerous com- plaints in regard to the idlenoss or inefficiency of the Associated Press reporters in Congress. They either do not know thoir duty or do not do it. They are a disgrace to the profession of the press. They give no ade- quate idea either of the sentiments or the words of the orators in Congress, They take pains to report uninteresting speeches in fall, and neglect everything important. Only yeaterday our special telegrapbic correspon- dents assured us that Senator Brown, of Mis- sourl, had delivered a most eloquent and scathing review of the administration, and had severely criticised President Lincoln and his blunders, We turned to the Congressional re- porta and found those portions of Senator Brown’s speech completely ignored. Was this negligence, or was it brought about by certain influences “which may be imagined, but can- not be described,” as the old phrase goes? This is not the first time we have had to object to these reports, and the reporters ought eithor to be changed or made to do their work in @ proper manner. This isa great and important crisis, and we ought to know whether or not the Senators and Congressmen do their duty. To know this it is necessary to have satisfac- tory condensed reports of what they say. Let the agents of the Associated Press take this mild hint and be more cnterprising and faith- ful hereaftes, + dred per cent. z 7 q . SUPPLEMENT. The War and Our National Finances— Rebel and Federal Paper Currency, When gold in Wall street, against the paper money of the government, stands as one dollar to one sixty-five, and is still tending upward from day to-day, the question, like aa unwel- come apparition, still thrusts itself upon us, where is all this to end? When, instead of re- ducing this volume of paper currency, we are constantly swelling it by new issues, the pub- lic confidence in the Treasury becomes unset- tled, holders of “greanbacks” and government securities becothe uneasy, doubts prevail, speculation rages and ageneral scramble fol- lows to esoape the threatened shipwreck of the publio credit. We are now rapidly drifting to this condi- tion of things. In round numbers, including “greenbacks,”’ fractional currency and interest bearing legal tenders, the government has a mass of paper money afloat amounting, we will say, to six hundred and fifty millions of dol- lars. Before the expiration of another year there will probably be added to this volume the other two hundfed and fifty millions of in- terest bearing legal tenders authorized, and per- haps a hundred millions of the issues of the new national banks, which will give us a federal paper money circulation of a thousand muil- lions of dollars. If, therefore, upon our present national paper money issues of six hundred and fifty millions, gold rules. at sixty-five per cent premium, will it not be more likely to rule above than under one hundred per cent premium upon @ government paper circulation of a thousand millions? And when the ten dollar “greenback,” bearing the portrait of “Honest Old Abe,” shall be reduced, upon the gold standard, to five dollars fo value, fs it not likely that at the end of another year it may be diminished to three or two dollars, or as low as one dollar, from the downward tendencies of public confidence, with the still increasing mountain of our national debt? And what then? Let the pauper money system of the first French republic and our old Continental cur- rency give the answer. Upon an estimated aggregate of three thou- sand millions of national debt in 1865, after July 1, there willbe a yearly interest to be paid of one hundred and twenty-five millions, more or less. This, with the extraordinary ex- penditures resulting from the war, even with the complete suppression of the rebellion in the interval, will be as much as the country can quietly bear; for it is probable that, with the return of peace, in settling the claims for the losses incurred by loyal men, corporations, &ec.,on account of this war, two, three, four or five hundred millions of dollars will be added te the immovable burden of tho Treasu- ry. Disappointed in King Cotton, foreign in- tervention, and in the assistance expected from the Northern peace democracy, the leaders of the rebellion now rest their hopes of success on the collapse of our national paper money system. They say, lot us hold out but for another year, and in the overthrow of the ricketty financial fabric of the Yankee govern- ment, from the ruin and confision which will follow throughout the North, we shall yet se- cure the recognition of the ‘ Confederate States.” Nor can we deny that in this matter lies our greatest danger. Nine hundred mil- lions of expenditures against two hundred millions of receipts cannot safely be ventured beyond the present year. The paper money system of Jeff. Davis has already coilapsed. But he learned in Missis- sippi—and much to the disgust of John Bull— the saving virtues of repudiation. There are now, or were lately, in circulation in the re- beltious States some seven hundred millions of rebel Treasury notes, or “bluebacks. The rebel -Congress has neatly provided for the “funding” of this trash after this fashion:—A new issue of four hundred millions of Treasury notes has been ordered, two dollars of which till April are to be equal to three dollars of the old issues, aud all of the old issues outstanding after December noxt are to be taxed one bun- Thus at least two hundred and thirty millions of Jeff's paper money is re- deemed at once; and by this law he will doubt- Jess.make five hundred millions clear profit be- fore December. Such are the fiscal beauties of the ‘‘confederacy;” and though at a respectful distance, we are, from the immutable laws of paper money gravitation, drifting in the same direction. Are we not, then, called upon to provide against such possible dangers as this funding system of Jeff. Davis? What are our safeguards against such base, demoralizing and ruinous “expedients? Congress might do much to uphold the national credit; but when Congress dallies with the gold gamblers, and joins hands with the whiskey speculators at the public expense, we must look elsewhere for relief. We are reduced to the alternative of depending upon our armies, under the direction of General Grant, to rescue the Treasury and the national currency and all the business affairs of the country from ruin and confusion. The country looks to General Grant for the extinguishment of the rebellion in the grand campaign which is soon to open. . Meantime let all concerned prepare for grand carnival of speculation, extravagance and high prices, unsurpassed, ex- cept in the dominions of Davis, where, even in his new Treasury notes, whiskey commands one hundred and twenty dollars a gallon, and a soldier’s three months’ pay will barely suffice to buy a pair of shoes, Maxmmiuyn wy Mexico.—We see it asserted that Prince Maximilinu hesitates as to going to Mexico; but that in onse he should do #0, he will recognize the Davis government, and that this will amount ts as much as though France had done the same—in fact, will be an equivalent. We cannot see it in that light, and neither Davis nor Maximilian will be considered by us more than intruders, to be sbuflled aside as soon as possible. The one is a traitor, and we shall soon punish him; the othet we consider ® poor tool in the hands of a more powerful enemy, and we shall get rid of him as soon as we have settled the first. His recognition of Davis we shall look upon asa farce. Prince Maximilian is in debt, we hear. He cannot get his imperial brothor to pay the eight millions of francs he owes, which fact may foree his acceptance of Napo- leon’s proposition. This fs a new way to pay old debts, and a very bad one, as the new Em- peror will find ete long to his cost. Tus Battin ov Gerryssero.—In another column we give a communication in relation to this important event in our history, which is of peculiar interest in view of the investigations now in progress before the Committee on the Conduct of the War. This communication dis- @loges gome startling facts in relation to the battle that were hitherto quite unknown, and which must seriously affect public opinion as to the exact share of honor for the victory that General Meade is entitled to. The letter is eminently worthy the perusal of all who take an interest in the history of the war. Tas Rapioats Arrai or GensraL Gaant.— The Evening Post is as startled at the appear- ance of General Grant in Washington as Mac- beth was at the appearance of the ghost of Banquo. “It was with a feeling of apprehen- sion, if not dismay,” says the Post, ‘that the (radical portion of) public heard of the with- drawal of Gonoral Grant from active service in the Southwest in order that he might repair to Washington.” “Apprehension” of what? “Dismay” at what? Are the radicals afraid that the rebellion is going to be suppressed too soon? Are they apprehensive that Grant will win new laurels and establish new claims to the Presidential succession? Aro they dis- mayed at the thought that he, and not some politioal tool, may be the chosen candidate of the people? if “A political’ capital,” says the Pobt, “is generally the centre of political intrigues, and the self-seeking and squabbles for personal ascendancy, the strifes, jealousies and factions which gather around the Presidential candi- dacy, are apt to dull the nicest good sense and dim the finest gold of integrity. Under these circumstances it is a relief,” saya the Post, “to be told that General Grant bas been summoned to Washington to consult with others on the military position, and that he will not be taken out of the field.” This tells the whole story. The Post is alarmed at General Grant’s “po- liticai capitai.” it is afraid that some of “the factions” may “gather around him.” It is dis- mayed at the idea that he may win in the Pre- sidential field the same victories that he hag won on the field of battle. “Our trust. is, thorefore,” adds the Post, “that General Grant will not be detained at Washington longer than is necessary to a full understanding of the part which each army is to play in the grand drama, and that the poli- ticians, after they shall have shaken his hand and hurrahed once or twice, will allow him to go away to the discharge of his military dutios without having whispered anything wrong in his ear.” The Post should put its “trust” neither in princes nor politicians. The Post people ought to know the Washington politi- cians better than to imagine they will let Gene- ral Grant go with a mere shake of the hand and a hurrah. There may be no “whispers of anything wrong’—for General Grant would not listen to anything wrong—but there will be—nay, there is—much talk about doing the right thing and giving General Grant the honors he has fairly earned. No doubt the Post would like to have Grant sent to the field, or put under tho field, or turned out of the field, as General McClellan was; but the radical fae- tion is not strong enough for Grant, although it was too strong for patient Little Mac. Very naturally the Post objects strongly to baving Grant “detained in Washington ;” but the peo- ple all hope to have him detained there—in the. White House—for about four years after March 4, 1865, . Tue Wuits Sovrnern Rervorss ar Carro— A Dreaprct Picrure.—We have received from the Cairo (Illinois) Relief Association a copy of a circular concerning the Southern white refu- gees in the care of the Association—their con- dition, numbers and wants—which presents a dreadful picture of the inside horrors of the rebellion. These unfortunate refugees, we are thus informed, are landed by government transports at Cairo “at ail hours of the night and day. They are left shelterless and penni- less—their future an aimless blank.” Two hun- dred have thus been landed from a single steamer, and “the average number per month exceeds two thousand, with the prospect of an increase rather than a diminution of arrivals.” Some few come with teams, some few have a little money, but in general these exiles from rebeldom are utterly destitute, and “nine- tenths of all are women and children, four-fifths of whom are. children of tender years.” And they are all whites, They are refugees from the rebel reign of terror which has made a pandemonium of all the country bordering on the lower Mississippi They say that their able bodied men have been conscripted into the rebel service; or, in at- tempting to fly, have been hunted by blood- hounds and shot down like wild beasts; that their crops have been destroyed, their lands laid waste, their cattle and teams driven off, their granaries robbed, their cotton burned, their houses sacked and razed, their women and children stripped of ‘their clothing, and turned naked upon the world; that their men, charged with disloyalty to the rebellion, have been hangod in front of their own dwel- lings; that their children, interoeding, have been shot; that mothers, imploring mercy, have had their infants stabbed at‘their breasts; and that the rich and the poor alike are progjrate, smitten and suppliant from their very destitu- tioa.” Such are the horrors which have driven and are driving these distressed white refugees to Cairo by hundreds and by thousands. They are suffering from exposare, from want of food and clothing and from sickness, and the num- ber of their sick is rapidly increasing. The government supplies them “rations of flour and bacon, with fuel and the occupancy of one small barrack,” but furnishes them neither stoves, medical attendance nor transportation beyond the post. Private contributions have done much to lighton the labors of the “Relief Association,” but the work is iacreasing upon ir hands beyond their moans. Assooiation, therefore, calls for relief. We submit their appeal to the attention of Congress; for Congress, we think, should do something for these most unfortunate of ail our suffering people, these utterly homeless and destitute Southern white exiles at Cairo. Meantime, as this circular informs us, money for their relief may be remitted in drafts to A. B. Safford, Treasurer, Cairo Relief Associa- tion; and goods through the Sanitary Commis. sion, marked “White Refugees, Cairo, Illinois.” We oall upon Congress and upon our abolition philanthropists to turn their attention for a moment to these “white refugees,” and to give them, as well as their black brethren, a helping hand. Dewwark Reseors ran Peace Conrerunce.— The peace conference proposed hy the English ‘government, and accepted conditionally by Austria and Prussia, has been, as appears from the latest European advices, rejected by Den- mark. It stands to reason that the government coild not agree to a conference unless her ene- wies granted an armiatice. Te have the fight- a BL APE ORR er eee SOc 8s ie ot: acaaquea I Pe ec a ee OE RLS AAS cna, U ing continue while the conference was being discussed were simply absurd, and Denmark will secure the sympathy of Europe by ber bold resolve. The Danes at Alsen are in gach ® position as to be able to make @ stand which must insure delay. The German allies, who are already vastly jealous of each other, during this delay may become divided, and those who are endeavoring to secure a peace may find their opportunities thus increased. Be that as it may, Denmark, in rejecting England’s absurd offer, throws upon the latter the choice of im- mediate action or a disgraceful backing out from the position she has assumed in the Hel- stein question. We await with interest Eng- land’s further action in this matter. France, it is evident, will keep out of the melee until she can with profit take a part in it. GENERAL B:UN.’S DEPARTMENT. Interesting from the Indian Country— Rebel Designs in the Far Southwess, &e. Fort Sarma, Ark., Maroh 10, 1864. A citizen of Santa Fe, who reached here to-day via the Choctaw nation, says the people of New Mexico are im great fear of a rebel raid through their country in comse quence of the federal occupation of the entire southwest ‘and the neoossity of the rebols finding an outlet in thas Territory, General Herron having blockaded all the routes to Mexico or the Rio Grande, A convention of the Choctaws has beon called, to meet in tho middie of April. It will embrace all the loading men of the tribe, The revel General Maxey has failed to induco the Choctaws to continue their relations with the rebel government, Tho convention wilt propose the old torms of allegiance to the Daited States, ‘Tho chiof, Jack McCurtain, circulated over four thousand copies of the President's amsesty prociamation, which was received with real favor by the Seminoles, but the Chickasaws are still obdurate, owing mainly to the infu- ‘ence of Genoral Cooper, their cid Indian agent. General Blunt arrived yesterday. Goneral Kimmel, tho suporintendent of enrolling voters, also arrived. General Magruder, it fy sald, aoormpaniod General Price on his return to Camden, and spent two weeks @& his headquarters, Kit Carson’s Indian Campaign. San Francisco, March 11, 1664 Letters from J. Ross Brown, dated Tuchan, Arizona, “February 6, state that Kit Carson arrived as Santa Fe after a very successful campaign against the Navaje Indians, He brought over two hundred and eighty prisoners, leaving over five hundred with Colonel Canby, to be removed as soon ag their familios could be gathered. ‘The Navajoes are virtually subjected, and their prim- cipal chief killed. Governor Goodman bad temporarily established bis headquarters near the confluence of the Salmas and Rio Verde, where he was engaged in estab lishing a civil government for Arizona. Nearly every white man in the Torritory was a candidate for Congress. Sixteen Mexicans were recently killed by tho Apaches, News from tho gold placers was favorable, ‘A large emigration from California is expected. Italtanm Opera, ‘There was another Faust house at the Academy ef Music last evening=that is, there were thousands amd thousandw crowded foto the building. Ladies were standivg around the baicony seats, while behind them wore rows of gontiomen, all evidently content to stand throughout the performance rather than miss it. The scene in Irving place, before the commencement of the opera, was animated to % degree, Policemen were, we are sorry to say, using vory loud and profane language te the hundreds of carriage drivers who were traatically em deavoring to get up to the pavemont and let out thelr precious loads of finely dressed ladies. ‘The drivers were ingotent to the policemen, and thus the confusion grew groater and greater. This lasted for an hour at least, Inside the Academy of Music the sight pre sented was unusually brilliant. © The performanes passed off admirably. Miss Kollogg was in fine voles and was deservedly applauded, Mazzotent sang and agi ed with all bis accustomed grace and spirit. - Mile, Sulzer and Bellini were also in fino voice On this occasion Tiere Hermanns undertook the role of Mephist owing to the indisposition of Bilochi. Ho was Mey dd cosaful, moeting with several oncot His voice is of a most pleasing quality and ho acts weil. The grand Sele diers’ Chorus was sung by the Arions, and was of course ‘an immense success. It was encored amid storms @f apvlause. The performauce was throughout unusually brilliant. ‘To day thore will be a Faust matinee, and then we shall have no more opera until the 28th, Easter Monday, BRIGNOLI. Signor Brignoli has preceded the Maretzok troupe (te which ho belongs) to Boston, Thero have boon so maay founded rumors in regard to this artist that we deom & mattor of justice to him to set theaftair in ite true light. Baignoli had just reoovered from a severe indts- position when he made his first appearance this season at the Acadomy of Music, Urged by his friends, he begam to sing ere he had fully recovered his strength, and the consequence was that, feeliug unable to do full justice te his undeniable talent, he mate up his mind to sing ae more tatil be should have regained all his force lt may be mentioned to the credit of Signor Brignoli that be sent back to Mr. Maretzek the salary he had recelved ta advance, and that the latter, fa the same gentlemanly spirit, refused to accept the restitution. The tact is (me @0 rare 1 tho annals of impressarii and artists that we take pleasure in mentioning it. Brignoll, who is now i perfect health and voice, wi!l appear in Boston under fa vorable circumstances, and will doubtless be as success- ful ag has beon customary with him. He will make his rentree Lore next month Metropotitan Sanitary Fair, “THR SPOUT OF THE FAIR,’ THE STRERT NEWSPAPER. “The Spirit of the Fair’ is tho title of a mewspa- por which will bo published during the continuanee of the Metropolitan Sanitary Fair, Its contents will be miscellaneous in character and firat rate in quality, judg- ing (rom the many persons eminent alike in lit science and art who have promised to contribute to columns. No political questions are to be discussed; a it will doubtless be well supported by the large n of persens who haye become tired of the radical press and its absurdities. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ENGLAND. A mooting was held in Rogeut street, London, on the 20th of February last, for the purpose of organizing @ committee to obtatm subscriptions in money or goods for the gah a Sanitary Fair. The Hon. Preemas He pero gna as Spogal. tg 2 a see, sod ioc! Americans io were proceedings opened with ap eloquent aed Beem gg ing ae Bg gs of the Sanita: tion. Cyrus W. Field, Faq. , theu stated that Mr. of the firm of Giass & Rilfott, had offered one ‘tons of coal, raised from his own collieries, which would ‘be sent free of charge to any port for shipment, A subacription list was then 0; and a permanest committee appointed, with the Hon. Freemas H. Merse Dudley, Waited, States Consul at Li mated ,. jo . that Nene’ Bayon ‘& Co., of that city, had offered to er Ay thelr ships, free of charge, all goods inteaded I teh cat wen forwarded to Bina. wore , Indies in England aro also making great efforts te procure subscriptions for the same purpose, Carico BALL at THE BROOKLYN AcaDaMy oF Momc.—The Brooklyn and Island Sopisery Fair came to an one before Se this morning. It expired wm fast colored calico, white cravate,and patent loather boots. Im other words, the committeo, a @ grand wind up, gave @ caloo ball in the Academy of Music, About three sand tickote were disposed of at one dollar each, procosde are for the benefit of the wives and families of the Broowiya and Kinga county soldiers. Ladies were Gxpeoted io gd Sitired Im galice or othor dresses of @ similarly light and eboap matorlal, tout ove third dit 80, and the othors wore in full dress as if {6F tng Oper Gentiemon, for that night only, were expocted to di Gross suite aud white kids and chokers; but they did not de #0, On the contrary, nine-tonths wero clad in full evem- Ing costume en rigeur, At firet it was @ yory solemm tr, We thought the majority had gone to take a ong and sad farewell of the scoue whore piroushions other trifles had been disposed of at fabuiour prices, rofl.s Giscountonanced, subscriptions liberally patron- ived and mock marringes taughod over at rate OF three dollars a head. The upper circle, alle aod private boxes were filled, and — rematu filied, ‘The committee made great efforts to induce f occupants to go down stairs to join tho dam Fverybody wanted to sit still and soe every- @lee> dance. Aa A natura} conmequence for siderable time there was plenty of music, abundance of spre, and but vory fow dancots, The strains of Dot wortu’s and Sanger’s bands were, however, om, ane the number of dancers gradoally increased. ‘The house finally looked Kivaly, and the bali turned ont # very jolly atfatr, About Giteon hundved persons were present, of whom a minos dreasos, neat in patter tog Igo sinali calico aprons, & committee were Matinguiehablo. by riowna of calleo fossttes. The house hed been Ggostated oth a ergeane 4 0 tically draped, and red, n ber of fogs artistically ped pokey fave bang calico was fostoon night suppor was first tu reaching the ke bles wore to be found, after dtaponing of ‘whic was ‘On with the dance.” it went om autil the grammo was Tanced out and daylight fast ‘when all retired. inducemonts, the entreaties of the committee were «