The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1864, Page 4

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BROADWAY AMPHITHEATRE, 485 Broadway.—Gex- [ asp Bauasthlax PRRIOMMANOES, “Afterusom and HOPE CHAPEL. 718 Broadway.—Tam Srenmoscorn ae OF tay UNIVERSE, AND TWRETY-SEVENTH STuEEr NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANA’ a Oviosities Asp Laoroney from? & MMP a HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUS! Brooklyn.—Ernioriuan Soxas, Dances, Burimsques, ‘eo ee WITH SUPPLEMENT. New York, Wednesday, March 16, 1864. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advertisements for the Werkiy Heratp must be hand- Gin before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its Hculation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the pourftry is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- @erted in the Wxexty Heratp will thus be seen by a large Portion of the active and energetic people of the United | States. THE SITUATION. The order of the President relieving General Halleck €at his own request) from the position of Commander-in- Chief, and appointing Lieutenant General Grant to that important position, is published in our columns to-day, By the ‘same order General Halleck is assigned to the duty of “Chief of Staff,” under direction of the Secretary of War and the new Commander-in Chie(—a position in ‘which, no doubt, be will bave an opportunity of exercis- ing his miltary qualities in a very independent fashion. Major Geveral W. T. Sherman is assigned to the command ot the Military Division of the Mississippi, composed of the Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Ten- messee and the Arkansas; and Major General J. B. Mc- Phorgoa to the command of the Department and Army of the Teunessee, ‘The President bas issueda call for two hundred thou- sand more men for military service, to be supplied by Arait, alter the 15th of April, from such localitiesjasghavo not filled their quotas by voluntary enlistment. It js Stated by our correspondent at Norfolk that Gene- tal Kilpatrick posltiv@ly affirms that the tnstructions found on the person of the late Colonel Dahigren did not coutemplate’ the “assassination”. of Mr. Davis, or any member of bis Cabinet, ag stated in the Richmond papers; ‘bat only that he should kill, or cause to be killed, Mr. Davia, if, after capturing him, he should attempt to make his escape. “It is further alleged that it was only pablic property which was to have been destroyed in Richmond, Provided the Union troops got a chance to destroy any property there at all, which ft appears—owing to the lroachery of that unbappy negro guide whom Colonel babigren hu: g—they did not get for the present. We ioarn by despatehes from Fortress Monroe that, Jovording to the accounts of the Richmond papers, the Jio.on the city of Charleston and Fort Sumter contine-A very briskly, General Neal Dow, and the other prisonu,. who were 30 long held as hostages, with the threat of exo- over them—Captain Flynn and Captain wyer—uave arrived under a flag of truce at Fortress isonrve. “ CONGRESS. Ia the Senale yesterday the petition was presented of xe thousand persons of African descent, residing in or the privilege of the elective franchise. A priot five thousand copies of Captain Fisk’s port of his Rocky Mountain expedition was adopted. A Dill Lo repeet all acts making appropriations for the colo- uiration OL persous of African descent was presented and roferre’l to the Casamittoe on Territories. A resolution wes adopted requesting of -the President any correspond noe which be may think proper to make public in refer- ence to projceted monarchial governments on this oonti- neul. Dill to promote the officiency of the artillery arm of tho national service was in- troduced and reterred. A bill amendatory of the act for the collection of taxes in the insurrectionary districts was introduced and referred to the Judiciary Committes. The bill relating to the pay, privileges, &o., of chaplains was passed, Aftor the transaction of some District of Colambia business the Consular and Diplo- matic Appropriation Dill was taken up, Atmendments ‘were agreed to raising our reprosentative at Belgium to tue rauk of mioister plenipotentiary, without correspond- ing pay, and increasing the salaries of consuls at Shang- hue, Nassau, Lyons and Manchester, whon, without con- cluding uctioa on the bil, the Senate went into executive Session, and on the opening of the doors, adjourned. In the House of Representatives tho bill extending the franking privilege of the President aod Vice President was passed. The bill for the establisument of an assay office in Nevads Territory, and also one at Portinod, Oregon, was reported and referred to the Committes of tue Whole. A resolution to pay Mr. Sleeper, Of Massachusetts, over seven huadred dollars for expenses introduced and iaid on the table. ten thousand copics of General Rosecrans’ tue same number of General Meade’s report Of the battle of Gettysburg. The bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the surplus goverament gold, 48 amended and passed by the Senate, was then taken up, and the debate on it sopsumed the remainder Of tLé session without a vote being reached. It is ex-* pected that it will be passed to-day, THE LEGISLATURE. Governor Seymour yesterday Bigued the new Metropo- Litaw Poiice bill, and Messrs, Acton, Bosworth and Pergen were immediately sworn in as Police Commissioners, Mr. MuMurrey was-absent. Mr. Kennedy is to be continued ae Superinte’” dent, @he most harmonious feeling is said to prevail “thenew Board aod in regard to its forma. tion, Int State Senate yesterday bills were reported to inov" gorate tue Corn Exchange Warebouse and Security pany, Wo amend the charter of the United States Warehousing Company and to prevent encroachments upon ‘the harbor of New York. Notice was given of a bill to confirm tue eels of the Supervieors of this county rela- tive w the July riots. Bilis were introduced to legalize the voluvter bounty indebtedness of Kichmond county, Feiative to & record in our Police courts and the Court of Special Sessions, and to provide for the wettlomens of arrears of personal taxee in Now York, Bilis were passed to legutize the acta of the Brook!yn Common Council in reiation to providing boun. Hos (or volunteces, authorizing the Erie Ralitoad Compt By to increase their capital stock eight millions of dol- lars, making Washington's birtuday @ iegal holidar, amending the aet relative to the Department of Pu Charities and Corrvetion, for the on of drunkénvess in this Scamen's Temperavee Society o! Iv the Assewbiy the Annual Supp 'y id the bill for the so\tiement of arrears of taxes on personal property to Now York were ivtroduced, The evewing session was pyent considering the general orders, aud mvinly the by tho telegraphic report of Nhe Jura gives in the Harawp yesterday. Our files aro dated to the 8d of March, aod contain some interesting dotails, Le France, of Paris, of March 1, states that @ report, published by the Vigie de Oherbourg, of the iron clad squadron having been ordered to arm within a short time, is incorrect, Marebal Forey made bis entry to Lille as Commander-in.Chief of the Second corps d’armes of France. There wasa large array of troops, and tbe population turned out ia great mumbers and “loudly cheered the hero of Puebia.”” ‘The letter of our Panama correspondent, received yes- torday by the steamer Artel, contains vory interesting intelligence from Central and South America. A Con- gress of the whole of the South American republics has been proposed for the settlement of pending questions. An earthquake bad visited Panama, creating great con- sternation among the people. Our correspondent gives tull particulars of the news. Our correspondent in Nicaragua, dating at Managua on the 26th of February, states that the charter of the Cen- tfal American Trapait Company had been ratified by Oon- gress without alteration, Fifty thousand dollars in gold was paid into the Nicaraguan treasury, the largest sum of money which has been in it since the year 1472. President Martinez had again talked of resigning. ‘The city was startled yesterday morning with the report that tho Italian trigate Re d'Italia had foundered at sea; but when the news came to be announced and the date of departure of the vessel was taken into consideration it was found that the Re ditalia did not leave this port until two days after the time set down for the supposed calam!- ty. By the arrival of the emigrant ship Star of the West, yesterday morning the announcement was made of this Gisaster as an Italian man-of-war. It now appears that the ‘vessel in question was tho Italian frigate Ke Galantuomo, which sailed from this port on Marcy 3. Whethor or not sho foundered at sea still remains to be proved. From present appearances there are strong hopes that she did not, The statement of Captain Hamilton Perry, master of the Star of the West, who spoke the vessel on the 7th of March, will be found in another column, together with a list of officers and full description of the Re Galantuomo, ‘The steamer Saladin, from Kingston, Jamaica, and Port au Prince, Hayti, arrived at this port yesterday, She brings us full files of papers from the former place to the 5th instant, and from the latter to the 8th. The news is not of any particular importance. In politics, commerce and general business there prevailed a thorough stagnation. The Mercantile Intelligencer of the 6th instant says.—‘:We cannot report any marked im- provement in business for last week—the causes re- ferred to in our last as affecting trade being still in operation. Both pimento and coffee are scarce, and the latter has further advanced. We noticed in our last that the Montezuma was to be placed on the Hne between here and New York, but this steanfer having been sold out, it Is now stated that the fine fast steamer, the Crusader, will be the‘one to take the place of the Saladin, commencing at this end of the line on the 5th proximo,”” Beyond this there is nothing of interest. At the meeting of the Board of Supervisors yesterday, aveto was received from the Mayor of the resolution ‘abolishing a clerkship in the Surrogate’s office. This mes- sage contained a communication from the Surrogate to the Mayor, in which the Surrogate intimated that the Board desired to hamper the work ia his office because of a personal animosity. The stone cutters employed on the new Court House applied for higher wages. Referred. Adjurned to Tuesday next. The committee appointed by the Board of Supervisors of Westchester county fo examine jato the subject of the building of the new Harlem bridge have submitted their Teport, and they pronounce the whole thing from begin- ning to end « swindling job of the rankest kind. The committee deciare that the commiasion’ is illegal, ita appointments void and nugatory, its contracts corrupt; ‘that payments to near the amount of four bundred thou- sand dollars bave been improperly and illegally made; that the Commissioners have unlawfully paid themselves for services they did not perform, and that for nonfea- sance, if not malfeasance in office, they should be removed by the Governor or the Legislature. We publish tho re- port on another page. Every tax payor should read it. An important opinion has been given by Mr. Justice Dutton, of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, in relation to the legal right of surgeons in charge of military hospi- tals to exercise military command, and even to punish by imprisonment in guard-house disobedient nurses’; serving under contract, and not regularly enlisted in the ordinary form of soldiers. A meeting of one of the branches of the Fenian Brother- of took place last evening in Williamsburg. There wero about twelve men present. The chairman age nounced that the secretary was absent, and that in bis absence no business of importance could be transacted. Mr. Deane, a young man of about twenty-five years of age. arose, and in a short speech declared It the inten- tion of the organization to place Ireland among the na tions of the earth by the help of Godand gunpowder, A few men then stepped up and signed the roll, and the meeting adjourned until Tuesday next. ‘An adjourned meeting of the New York County Modical Society was hold last evening, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, to consider a report favoring the passage by the Legisiature of the Metropolitan Health bill. After along and able discussion the report was laid on the table, some of the eminent medical gentlemen denouncing the bill in very severe terms. An array of statistical facts was presented by Dr. Ramsay to prove New York to be the healthiest city in the world, ‘The Protective Association of Barbers and Hairdressers have held a meeting for the purpose of securing an in- crease of wages, The larger establiehmente in this line were well represented at the meeting, and the reports of the eommittee were, with but one exception, favorable to the movement. In the United States Circuit Court, Judge Shipman presiding, Thomas Kerr pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with passing an altered one dollar Treasury note toaten, The accused stated that he had paid coun- gel to defend him, but he had failed to appear in his behalf. The Court directed the District Attorney to investigate the case and ascertain the truth of the alle- gation, so that action should be taken against the counsel referred to, The prisoner in extenuation said that be had been made the tool of a third party. The Court sentenced him to imprisonment at hard labor for tour years and to pay 8 fine. ‘< ‘The District Attorney bas filed a final decreo of distribu- tion in the case of the United States against the steamer Elizabeth—the net proceeds to be shared by the United States steamer Keystone State and James Adgor. In @ suit brought against the Camden and Amboy Rail- road Company by George C. White, for the destruction of a raft admitted to be-a public nuisance, the jury awarded $1/861 19 tobe platotitf, the fall amount of the damage caused by dostroying the raft. In the Court of Common Pleas an action was brought against the Corporation yesterday, by Josiah Porter, tor the recovery of the value of his house, corner of Sixty- first stroct and Fifth avenue, destroyed July 15th by rioters, ‘The Court agreed to award the damage, but re- ferred the various estimates to the jury to determine which was correct. ‘There was but intle doing in trade circles yesterday, and the markets were generally quiet. In some kinds of imported merchandise considerable was cone, but there ‘war no general movemont, Cotton was heavy. Groce™ Ties steady. Petroleum was irregular, and the prices paid varied materially, On ’Qhange the flour market opened heavy under the foreign news, but closed with a little more tone with the Tise in golé. Wheat was inactive, and the limited busi- ness transncted was on the basis of yeeterday’s prices, Other cereals were withowt decked change, Provisions were steudy, with @ fair business tn progress, Freights were steady but dull. Whiskey was beld frm, witha fair business. ‘The market for beef cattle this wock was depressed by heavy receipts, and prices wore nearly or quite one cout @ pound lower, ranging from 90. to 1fc.— both extreme pfices. The bulk of the sales were at 120, @ ise., and the average price was about 12\e. & 18c., or fally 1c. lower, The number of cattle on ale this week was about 1,300 head larger than last week, which ave wuts for the docitue, Mich cows wore dull nnd $3096 lower, Veale wore | heavy and !je, lower on Uo better grades, Sbeep avd lauibe were also dull under hoavy receipts, aod prices were 10, lower. #wive were also dull and lower, with swles at Taye @ 5 ‘The total receipts wore: 6,824 beer outuie, 264 cows, 608 veals, 14,072 sheep radeiambe, aud 0,000 swien the capital; but, as is Gencrat Grant as Priwctpei) Military ‘ Maneger. General Grant made a very short atay.at usual with him, he sc- complished a great deal in that sbort time. We hope it' is not “treason in a new form’ to say | 80. He was guarded very closely while in Washington—not by formal fellows in uni form, with muskets and bayonets, but in that civil and polite way in which accomplished politicians can always guard men from the dangerous conversation of other men whose opinions the said accomplished politicians may not like. He was attended “up stairs and down stairs and out of doors” by special friends of the administration. We are glad that ho was thus attended, and wo hope it is not “treason ip a new form” to speak of it. We are glad of it because, though he may thus have lost much agreeable conversation, he had more time to talk to the Presidtnt, and it is the President that the country most requires that he should talk te. We hope that this is not “treason in a new form.” He seems to have talked earnestly, and has, in fact, initiated @ reconstruction of our military affairs. He “is assigned to the command of the armies of the United States,” and General Halleck is relieved from the same command “at his own request,” and assigned to an indefinite and newly created position in the War Office, where he will always’ be handy to point out to the Secretary anything that he may suppose to be a weak point in the plans of the man who has “pushed him from his stool.” We hope that this is not ‘treason in a new form.” By this most satisfactory change, and by tke adoption of the changes in the Western army that were recommended by Grant, he is, as far as the public can see, ac- cepted by the government as the real head of our armies. We hope that it is not “treagon in anew form” to have heard this or to consider it good news. 4 Grant is now in the position occupied by General Scott at the commencement of the war, and later, for some time, by General McClel- lan, and is to conduct the active operations of the war for the future. That is as it should be; for no one else can do it with any hope of success. We hope that this is not “treason in a new* form.” Mr. Lincoln has given his own abilities a fair trial, and even he must be sickened and disgusted at the “impo- tent conclusion” that every one of his attempts has ended in. We hope that this is not “treason in anew form.” Within two years the Presi- dent has checked the forward career of a great people determined to put down a wicked re- bellion. He has: dampened and well nigh de- stroyed that noble ardor with which the people were animated to sustain the laws. He has brought the war to a standstill. He has drained almost to exhaustion the resources of ‘a rich and populous country and the spirit of a brave and proud people. He has done all this, not in legitimate pursuit of the objects of the war, but to foster a miserable faction and to put the objects of the war farther from the reach of the people than they were when the war began. We hope that this is not “treason: in a new form.” And now, without even the virtue of choice, compelled by the expressed wish of the people—by the utterance of the popular will—the President places the whole direction of the war in the hands of the man in whose abilities to take us through the wilderness the people have entire faith. We hope this is not “treason in a new form.” From this trust there must be noreservation. Grant must be sustained to the utmost. When General Scott was Commander-in-Chief the ad® ministration eagerly sought his counsel, lis- tened attentively to it, and then followed the counsel of some one else—some radical mad. man who wanted to go to Richmond by “the shortest way.” Scott’s plans were heard and those of the radicals pursued. There must be none of this with Grant; nor must there be any of those mean manceuvres by which the admin- istration, while it pretended to assent to Gene- ral McClellan’s plans, defeated them all. We hope that this is not “treason in a new form.” Upon the consideration of General McClellan’s plans the President approved thent heartily and fully; but when General McClellan had left the capital the President withdrew a step at one place, inflmenced by the radicals on his right—a step in another, drawn by the radi- cals on his left—and so, step by step, until hardly a vestige was left of the origi- nal plans, and the General was left utter- ly without the support of his government, and so hampered that he could do nothing. Then he was removed in the face of the enemy. We hope that this is not “tredson in a new form.” But we warn the administration that if it attempts these tacties with General Grant it will soon exhaust the small modicum of pa- tience that the people have left, and that it inust sink into the deepest disgrace as the most contemptible government ever known. Let the hero of Fort Donelson, of Shiloh, Vicksburg and Chattanooga have a fair chance for the exercise of his abilities; let the Presi- dent listen no longer to the timorous and baneful counsel of those who, throngh him, have ruined so many plans, and the country may fow fairly hope for a satisfactory prosecu- tion of this great struggle. Tax Last Great Acuigvement or THR Secre- TARY OF THE Navy.—A great deal has been said about the activity of the Navy Department in blockading the rebel cruisers on the coast of France. What did it all amount to? But one vessel—tho Kearsarge—was essigned to the Guty of keeping the Georgia, the Rappaban- nock and the Florida in the Irench harbors; and they have slipped by her without giving her battle, as they might have done together successfully, to pursue their more devastating business of crippling and destroying American commerce on the high seas, In this Secretary Welles has exhibited another evidence of bis imbecility and utter unfitness for the manage- ment of the great naval concerns of the coun- try. These rebel sea plunderers and incendi- aries should never have been allowed to escape from the French coast, if it had required half our own navy to have blown them to pieces. Tae Weer Powr Miuirany Acapemy.—There are two academies in this country supported by the government, the military and the naval. The former is of more ancient date, and ite ap- propristions ‘have been so small as to inade- quately sustain the establishment, Some time since we called attention to this fact, and con- trasted the position of the West Point Academy with that of our more liberally endowed Naval Academy. Wesco that a bill granting larger appropriations to West Point has passed through the Senate, and we hope that by the action of Congress it may become alaw. The Military Academy should be amply supported. F—Whit Must be Dene to The proposed revolution in national politics and reformation of the old democratic’ party continue to be the leading subjects of disous- sion in the political circles of this city. Before long, if properly conducted, the movement will develop itself throughout the whole coua- try and sweep everything before it in an irre- sistible, popular, conservativé reaction against the shoddy and smutty republicans and the Jeff. Davis wing of the so-called democracy. ‘The republican organs are obviously afraid of this revolution, although they are almost cll candid enough to admit that it must be success- ful if it is vigorously followed up by the Tam- many leaders. The World, which is now owned, body and boots, by the Regenoy, tries to disguise its alarm by raising a forced laugh and pronouncing the whole thing ahoax. This is done upon the same principle that a hardened. sinner denies that there is such a fact as the future punishment of the wicked, and amiles superciliously at this retribution, the bare thought of which makes him tremble inwardly with the pangs of a guilty conscience. The News, which is fully committed to a Jeff. Davis peace, endorses that portion of jhe Tammany manifeste which attacks the Albany Regency, but opposes the war platform in toto. This opposition from the Regency and from the peace party was expected and predicted by us. Indeed it could not be avoided; ‘for if the Tammany revolution succeeds the Regency will be utterly destroyed and the peace faction will be annihilated. This consideration must make the proposed revolution all the more popular with the patriotic masses of the people; and consequently, instead of deprecating the hostility of the World and News, we most cordially and earnestly invite it. In an article published yesterday we stated that the Regency would attempt to bribe and frighten the Tammany leaders in order to crush this revolution in embryo, and we pointed out Messrs. Peter B. Sweeny and Charles G. Cornell as the most prominent of the doubtful brethren and the most likely to be assailed by the Regency influences. Mr. Sweeny has sent us a strong, bold and manly letter, which the reader will find in another column, in which he expressly commits him- self to the revolutionary movement, and an- nounces that he is willing to take his share of the responsibility. According to Mr. Sweeny’s account this share is a pretty large one. He says that he “anticipated the action of the Con- vention, and went to Albany to meet the issue;” that he was one of the first to propose the withdrawal of the Tammany delegation and the first man to quit the Convention; that he suggested a caucus of the Tammany General Committee, moved that an address be prepared, was appointed the chairman of the committee on the manifesto, wrote the address as printed and assumed the responsibility of its publica- tion; and that he knows that this movement is of great importance, and pledges himself to sustain it. This is the right kind’ of talk, certainly, and now we want to see it en- dorsed by final and decisive action. But, in the meantime, how stands Street Commissioner Cornell? Is he slone in his glory as a dissent- ing brother? ‘Is he afraid that Governor Sey- mour will remove him? Does he love his of- fice more than his country? Mr. Sweeny has faced the musie bravely, and now we want to hear from Street Commissioner Cornell. Mr. Sweeny says,that he is nota general lob- by agent, and refers us to Charles O’Conor, Judge Betts and Judge Ingraham: as a commis- sion of inquiry into his character: “That ques- tion does not interest us at present, except so far as it relates to the proposed revolution in the.democratic party. We expressed our fear that the Regency might control Tammany Hall through the lobby schemes of the Tammany leaders. Mr. Sweeny says that there need be no such ijear in his case, because he is not a lobbyist. This is satisfactory, and we hope that Mr. Cornell will give us an equally satisfactory response to our second statement, that the Re- gency will frighten weak minded and weak- kneed brethren by threatening to remove them from office, From Mr. Sweeny’s letter it appears that threats of this character have already been made, and we desire to be informed in regard to their effect upon Street Commissioner Cornell and City Inspeetor Boole and others. We do not see, however, how two or three city officials can be of much account in a great enterprise like this, no matier whether they be for or against it, provided that the rest of the Tammany brethren are in earnest and are unanifous. If these officials choose to stay out in the cold, rejected by Tammany Hall and despised by the Regency, let them adopt that course and accept the con- sequences, Tammany Hall should go ahead, with or without them, as it may happen. Let the General Committee mect immediately and adopt the address already published. Then let a State Convention be called to assemble in this city during the month of April. Then let a National Convention be held at Cincinnati during the latter part of May, and nominate Grant, MoClellan or some other patriotic gene- ral for the Presidency. This is the enly pro- gramme before the Tammany leaders. Let them do this aid the people will do all the rest. Swexine ror tax Niccer Aono THE Rurss oF Antiquitr.—Senator Davis, of Kentucky, has introduced into the United States Senate a pro- position to ascertain what implication Colonel Higginson, present commander of a nigger regi- ment, had in the Anthony Burns riot in Boston in 1854. Why not get up an investigation into the long neglected question of “Who struck Billy Patterson?” This is o striking age, and the solution of the last inquiry is as important as any that relates to a nigger riet that occur- red in Boston ten years ago, and the best record of which lives in the guilty consciences of the perpetrators of s foul murder then committed. Tae Portcr Commastonens.—The Police bill, prepared in accordance with our suggestions, has passed the Legislature and been signed by the Governor. The Commissioners were sworn in yesterday and the Commission was thorough- ly organized, The recent rumors that the Governor would veto the bill for this, that or the otber reason, have proved a nonsensical as we thought them. Now let the Commissioners go to work promptly and do their duty well, and all parties will be satisfied. Tae Reoncaxization oy tue Anvy Com- MANDS.—-The reorganization of the army com- mands under the reoent order of the President places the right men in the right places. The officers selected are well known for their gal- lentry and experience, and the country may of victory for the Union arms may now be con- Gunenat Suenuay’s Exreprrion ann Irs Ru- suLTs.—The interesting details which we pub- Uished yesterday of the operations and results Sohieved by General Sherman’s late expedition through . Mississippi to the Alabama borders will have satisfied the reader tbat this enter- prise, in a military light, was a great success. ‘The special object in view—Selma, Ala.—owing to the failure of General Smith, with his'caval- ry, to work his way down from Tennessee, was not reached; but’ the damages inflicted upon the enemy, notwithstanding, are equal to those of @ disastrous defeat in a great battle. Let us briefly explain. The State of Mississippi is three hundred and forty miles in length from north to south, with an average width of about one hundred and fifty miles from east to west. In addition to the water line of transportation furnished by the great river on its western border the State is traversed its entire length by two interior lines of railroads, north and south; but it has only one through railroad east and west—that which from Vicksburg, via Jackson, crosses the heart of the State to Meridian, néar the Alabama line. It follows that, with our occu- pation or destruction of this crossroad at Me- ridian, we cut off the whole railroad system of Mississippi from Alabama and the other States. tp the eastward. The Memphis and Charleston road, near the southern border of Tennessee, connects with these Mississippi roads; but the “Yankees” have possession of it. The Mississippi Sound connects Alabama with Mississippi on the south; but Admiral Farragut is ‘there. The only outlet, then, from Missis- sippi into Alabama and the other rebel States eastward is threugh this crossroad by way of Meridian; and the work of destruction effected by General Sherman at that juncture, therefore, practically detaches Mississippi from the rebellion for at least two months to come. At the end of that tine we expect Alabama and Georgia will be in the same position. Between the opposing armies in General Grant’s tremendous Vicksburg campaign last spring and summer most of the subsistence, including the growing crops of some of the richest districts of Mississippi, was consumed or destroyed. The fruitful counties along the northern border, by previous and subsequent raids from both sides, have also been pretty thoroughly exhausted. But there were still extensive districts remaining untouched in the eastern half of the State, in which, from their last year’s crops of corn and bacon, large sup- plies had been stored away for the use of the rebel armies. These supplies have been eaten, destroyed or cut off by General Sherman’s army in this late expedition, and the previously contracted field of subsistence to the armies of the rebellion is to this extent still further diminished. The scenes of fire and desolation which marked this expedition of General Sherman are painful to contemplate, in view of the human stffering which must follow; but, as the business of war is destruction, everything that contributes to weaken and exhaust the enemy is so much gained in behalf of peace. It isa terrible ordeal; but as Davis and his fellow conspirators would have it so, they must abide by this fearful issue of fire and sword. We hope that the end is not far off. PreswentiaL Tort Huxtinc.—Our Presiden- tial tuft hunters are now hot on the trail of General Grant. “Old Abe,” as it appoars, has run Secretary Chase completely off the track; but military eclat and public opinion may rule off “Qld Abe.” General Grant may be the rising sun, before whom all office seekers and spoils- men will be compelled to bow in 1865. Who knows? At all events the list of signers to the invitation extended to General Grant the other day to visit this metropolis shows that some of the leading Lincoln politicians, as well as those of the Chase clique, are anxious to beat to the windward of the hero of the West. Among the signatures to the invitation in ques- tion, mixed in with Moses Taylor, W. B. Astor, Shepherd Knapp and other deadheads, we find the names of Thomas McElnath, financial mana- ger of the Zrivune; Leonard W. Jerome and Henry J. Raymond, of the Daily Times, and W. C. Bryant, the venerable “Waterford” poet of the Post; and these men, we dare say, were the real contrivers of this aforesaid invitation. Their objects, we gueas, were, first, to get hold of General Grant and to manipulate him; ‘and secondly, to be right upon the record should the General prove not only too much for Jeff. Davis, but too strong among the people for “Honest Old Abe.” The Tribune, since the shelving of Chase, is all at sea; the Times, though devcted to Lin- coln, is always ready for a better bargain; the Post, though suspected of a weakness for Fre- mont, keeps a sharp eye upon the main chance, and beats about the bush with the discretion of an old campaigner, But Gen. Grant has dis- appointed them all. He has mo ides of being manipulated by these New York newspaper spoils politicians, and no disposition to figure as the puppet of a raree show. He has other fish to fry. The business of arranging the com- binations of the grand campdign about to open, East and West, is in his hands; and honest men, devoted to the great cause of the country, can- not but admire the way in which he goes about it. Our Presidential tuft hunters must be patient and bide their time; for we venture to say that they will not have the opportunity to worry General Grant with their committees and their dinners and their fulsome adulations for a considerable time to come. Tux Ross Pavewent.—The Board of Aldor- men have passed an order levying a tax of one hundred thousand dollars for the Russ pave- ment. We suppose this means that it will be taken up or grooved, so that horses shall not fall 90 constantly upon it. If this can be ao- complished the amount appropriated is small in comparison with the result to be achieved, hundreds of valuable horses being anaually fatally injured on the pavement as it now stands. Firs Ants.—Thore will be a sale of very fine paintings | this evening at the Derby Galleries, 625 Broadway, The catalogue comprises a valuable collection of choice works Of the Dusseldorf, French and Belgian schools, The alo ‘will doubtless be a most foteresting one, The lanho Gold Regions. Denvse Crrv, Colorado, March 15, 1864. Bankers direct trot Idaho, who wort thore for the dg ‘of buying gold, douy that thore are fifteen ——. neportation. They could onl; few . Snacoveries as yet Lave been «ul ed, Stocks of goods are lichi, but merchants are selling in atic! ation of large arrivals im the cpring. No min fog has beon dono during the wintor, im consequence of the severe weather. IMPORTANT FROM: ALBAZY, Tho Metropolitan Police BIN Signed by the Governer, THE COMMISSIONERS SWORK i, Kooy Re ae Auaamy, March 16, 1866, Mesars. Acton, Bergen and Bosworth, of the new Bear@ © Of Police Commissioners, were sworn in at two o'clogk Murray was absent. Mr. Acton will be chosen Presigens and Mr, McMurray Treasurer. ‘Tho best apparent good feeling aud harmony prevail im the new board and in regard tolt. J. A, Kennedy eom- taues Superintendent, ‘The Struggic Between the Cid Lobhy and w. Order of Things—Rumored ations to Defeat Legislation € The Strength of Law’s Lobby About to be Teatea—Biils Passed and Ordored te ® Third Reading—fhe Central Park . Hotel Company, &c., &o. Arpany, March 16, 1864, The air around the State Capitol is fragrant with a manner of rumgrs. Evory breege from the lobby brings stories of fabulous sums of money being raised for the Purpose of controling legislation. The old lobby, it # said, is @ivided. The largest portion, however, stiM clings to the Law & Company wing of that institution, and are working as they alone know how to use thoir tools. This crowd have ascertained that there too many men in the Logislature, and especially in the Senate, who cannot be approached by corrupt means to put through their own special measures and the iodividuat grants that have characterized their course heretofore, Owing to this state of affairs, and the fact that they cam- not pass their own schemes, they have turned boars f= legislative matters this winter, and are now in faver ef defeating overything here that does not’ suit their'taste; and there are numerous bills which do not, for the simple reason that a strong effort is being made to correct the legislative abuses committed at former sessions. Weare now told that thousands of dollars have been raised by this interest to operate on the bear side of the i ture; that this aud that committee ts owned by the bargain having been made and tho deed recorded, aad therefore that the fact that Dilla they do not wautare te be reported against is put down by them ascertain, Kx- gaged in this combination are those who have veen ar- rested for deods of last session, including some of those who found it necessary to hide their herds in Canadas during the summer to escape hands of justice- They claim vow to bave secured the Railroad aud one or two other committees in the Senate, and are gleefully “counting their chickens before they are hatohed."” Is re- mains yet to be seen whether any committee of the ap bravuch of the Legislature ie willing to place iwelf ima position which will prove to the public that thease asser- tions of the old lobby are correct. . Evontsare crowding thick and fast upon us. The sudden ‘ance of agents of this concern from the interior, thetr stertows journey to New York, and their great activity when here, indicate very decidedly that the grand struggle betweem the old fobby on the one side, and the question of act ing upon measures sofely as to thoir morits on the other, is soon to be decided. In the few preliminary skirmishes: that bave already taken place the old lobby combination have got thé worst of it, sud: have reti crestiailen. Another week will not pass without deciding another point in the struggle. . ‘Nearly forty bills were read the third timo and passed im the Senate this morning. Among the nurhber were the two bills ordered to a third reading last eveoing in regard to the Commission of Charities and Correction; the bil relative to the Bureau of Military Statistics, uthortring the extonsion of contracts and relieving the property soldiers from gale by execution while they are absent in the army; to amend, the charter of tho Phostx Insuarnce Company, and numerous other bills of more or less importance. » Several bills were introduced. This boing the last day which bills can be introduced and considered withoat aie consent, every one made a rush to present The Assembly were engaged in Committee of the Whole all the morning, A large number of bills were ordered toa third reading, ‘The business in both houses is progressing rapidly, and at this rate they will eacape all grinding committees, and get through with their business at an Reg day. ‘The bill incorporating the Central Park Hotel Company was considered im committee. Several amendments were made, but it was finully progressed. ‘1he Crom ‘Town Railroad bill was also considered, but was not read through before it was jressed. This bill was reached in ita regular order. Argument on the Harlem-Broadway Railroad Bill, &e. ALBANY, March 15, 1864. The argument before the Railroad Committee in the Senate for and against the Harlom-Brondway bili took place this afternoon in the Senate Chamber, and eces- sioned great interest. Ex-Judge Dean’ opencd the dis cussion, announcing that he came here on bebaif of the Madison avenue property holders, not to oppose the gen- eral features of the bill, but only that portion whigh pre- vides for a railroad through Madison avenue, He referred to the peculiarity of that avenue and the right which the residents have in the street, which does not apply to any other avehue, and held that it would be ruinous to the Property. . Mr. Horace F. Clark followed in bebalf of the bill, com> mencing by referring to the organization of the railroad. The time wes Pn aerate apy intertore with the question of constructing railroads in cities withous municipal consent; but since then, as in 1860, grants had been given to individuals. The Legislature prior te that time conferred these privileges and purchates upg corporations for a limited period, ‘bey came here not te ask a gift from the Legisiature, but to give the legisla ture an opportunity to make good their fuith to the Har- Jem Railroad 4 tho held that the Harlem Company had the right to their road, but was here for legislative ‘nic'o-obable thea to purchase the omnibus they not having the Ficht under the provisions of ther Gbarter vo set aside the ‘amount of capt munisipal of of York; com. ferred upon it by iw ra, and the different powers the municipality has in com- oven the y holders, would not perm! te be taken speech lengthy and a strong one, tide ie nde of municipal Fiche and in opposition to the invasion by the Legislature of e He re f il z3 d li at Hi i ‘ wl { ie | if li it i i ii ‘want of tact. Mr. Ofark replied briefly. Clone waxed warm and excecdin; = amusing, looking at one timo as though & collision would = Novo Boel is a Py the a:b will hai roaey. to report three thom. exciting as well will tako that thom to examine the documenta referred to News from Cairo. Camo, March 14, 1868. The stoamor Jewess, from Momphis, with no arly atx hundred bales of cotton for Cincimnatt, passed up to-night. Govern it Requirements for Loce= ™, motive Engines. Parmason, N. J., March 16, 1864. MoCal ounces that Colonel ume yout the locomotive builders of this piace that unlems they would proceed at ved to furtieh the government two hundred locomotives be should bave to sulse their shops and run them upon government, account. locomotive builders have promised to comply with demand made upon them. In two of \en operatives who bad been 08 « trike are to resume wort to morgaw. .