The New York Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1864, Page 4

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New York, ©THE SITUATION. ‘Tbe War Department has made a successful raid upon the leading generals of the Army of the Potomac, sweeping thom off in large pumbera from the field where their services bave heretofore beon most valuable, for roasons which bave not been divulged; ‘but which, of course—juaging from the wisdom ‘ud capacity previously exercised by the govern- ment in the management of military affairs— ‘must be regarded as perfectly sound and bonest witbal. One of the most brilliant and splendid cavalry oMficera in the service, General Pleasanton, has ben relieved from ‘the command of bis cavalry corps, and is ordered to re port to General Rosecrans, away offin Missouri. Gen. Sykes, another brave and effective general, is removed to General Curtis’ command, in the Far West, Goneral Newton ts ordered to re- port to General Sherman. Genoral French is ordered to Philadelphia, General Meredith to Cairo, Illinois. Gonoral Caldwell is relieved from active duty to sit ona Court martial, and Genera! Spinola is ordered to the ame duty. So much for the fighting generals of the Potomac army. Generals Wadsworth, Ricketts and Gib- ‘bon are ordered to report to General Meade (or assign- ments to commands. From the Department of Western Virginia we learn Chat a whole company of our cavalry (Third Virginia) ‘were captured at Wingfield, in the Kanawha, by a body of rebels, and that the steamer Victress, with Major Rucker on board, carrying important despatches from Gevoral Sigel, narrowly escaped capture. It appears that Captain Cox, commanding the steamer, finding that the ‘wind was too bigh to go through ‘the Shoot,’ shot off to gee his wife, who resided in the neighborhood, and Major Rucker , on bis own responsibility, started the steamer, and thus saved himself and bis despatches. Othor statements of some interest come from the same quarter, to the effect that the wife of Senator Foote, the quarrelsome and noisy legislator, formerly of the United States, but recently of the Confederate Senate, arrived within our lines, expressed berself disgusted with rebel- dom, and wanted to take the oath of allegiance. But it appears that, from reasons not stated, her loyalty was doubted, and she was sont back. Afr. Faulkner, another earch rebel and formerly Minister to France, is also said to ave come as far as Winchester with s similar intention , ‘but backed out under the influence of a marplot brother- fo law. The Hoo. Pierre Soule ts likewise reported to bave passed through our lines towards the North, in com- pany with tho ‘beautiful relict’ of a Southern gentie- man, whom he bas just espoused. The lady is sald to bave taken the oath under Mr. Lincoln's amnesty procia- mation The San Jacinto bas captured anotber prize, with one Bondred and thirty-two bales of cotton on board, off the coast of Florida. Sne immediately pursued another biockade runper, which was supposed to heve four bun- dred bales of cotton on board. We give copious extracts from the Richmond papers Wo-day, which will be found very interesting, presenting 8 (bey do & perfect picture of the state of public opinion ip the South, and the prospects of the rebels for their future condition. Among other documents is the official roport of Geveral Joe Johnston, detailing the events of (he campaign in Mississipp! and Louisiana last year, in- cluding the capture of Vicksburg—a rebel story of these affairs which bas now appeared for the first time. CONGRESS. To tho Senate yesterday a communication was received from the President, enclosing a report from the Seorstary of State i relation to the establishment of a monarchical goveroment in South and Central America. It was refer. fed to the Committee ov Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed, A bill providing for the construction of a ebip canal from lake Michigan to the Mississippi was {n+ troduced and referred to the Naval Committee. A reso- lution calling om the President for the report of the Com tolss!omer of Emigration for 1863, and other information copcerning emigrants, was adopted. Bills to aid Indian Fotvgees to return to their homes; appropriativg proceeds of the sales of public lands for the benef of Kansas echools, and authorising a mail route from Atchison, Kani 0 Folsom, California, were introduced and re- ferred. Mr, Saulsbury thes contioued and concladed bis *pecoh on the bill to prevent military interference in elections. In the eourse of bis remarka Mr. Saulsbury @rraignod the Prosident as a usurper and accused Secre- tary Stanton of falsehood. The report of the conference Committee on the Military Academy bill was agreed to, ‘and the Senate adjourned till Monday. “ To the House of Representatives a bill to punish frauds 00 (he travelling public, by freshly painting worthless Old sleamers and placing new Bames on the paddie bones, while the registered name of the vessel is painted 1p email letters on the stern, was passed. The Seoate ‘DIN extending the time for the acceptance by States of (ands for agricultural colleges, and tnciuding West Vir- @inia to the provisions of the act, was discussed and laid aside for two weeks. The Senate dill authorizing an issue of duplicate bonds for originals tost in the steamship Golden Gate was passed. The dill amendatory of the Natioow Booking act waa (bed token up, and a motion made to postpome it tii Monday, ia order w allow the representatives of the New York Clearing House an op. portunity to be heard en the subject Some discussion eneved, e0d Boally a motion to go into Committes of the ‘Whote on the bill was carried. Mr, Hooper offered an eerrodmont providing that banks with @ capital of not NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARUH 26, 1864.—-WITH SUPPLEMENT. Of the Secretary of the Treasury, be organized to apy Place the population of which does not exceed six thou. sand inbabitaots Upon coming toa vole it was sscer- taiped that there was uot a quorum of members preseat, whereupon the committee rose, and tho remainder of the session was occupied to hearing the excuses Of ab- soles. THE LEGISLATURE. In the State Senate yesterday the Harlem Broadway Railroad bili received its full discharge from C rolis of that body. The adverse revert of Committee on the bill was called from the motion was made to refer it to the Com Whole House. This was defeated by twenty-six negative to four affirmative votes, after which @ motion to agree with Ube adverse report of the commitice was carried by twenty-seven yeas to two nays, A proposition to reconsider this latter decision was voted dowa. The official canvass of tho election on the 6th inst, om the constitutional amendment to permit soldiers to vote, was received {rom tho Secretary of State. The whole number of votes cast was 307,435, of which 258,795 were for the amendment, and 48,079 against it, the majority im favor of it being 210,716, Among the bills reported from committees were Uhose‘to amend the act for the new Court House in this city; authorizing the National Academy of Design to bold and dovise real estate; relativojto the depositing of seourt- ties by insurance companies, and for the settlement of ‘the arrears of taxes in this city. A petition for a rail- road to Fifty-ninth street was presented. A large amount of other business, interesting only to special localities or Particular individuals, was transscted. . ‘A great portion of the day in the Assombly was taken up in the consideration of the annual Supply bill, and the bill for rebuilding the looks om the Oneida Canal, botb of which, after debate, were laid over. Third readings were ordored of the bills to incorporate in this city (he assooia- tlon for the safe keeping of valuable articles, and relative to the Harlem and Budson Rivers Navigation Company. The Standing Committees reported a number of bills for the consideration of the House, including those for the incorporation of the Kuropoan Passenger Stoam- ship Company; authorizing the Third Avenue Rail- road to extend their track for a railroad in Whiteball and, other streets; directing scientific institutions to make reports to the State Department; making appropria- tions to the charitable institutions of the State; to repeal the Hudson River Bridgo act, and legalizing tho acts of our Common Council for the establishment of a metropoli- tan market. An advorse report was made on tho biil to ame d the Riot act in regard to compensation for proper- ty destroyed, and tbe report was agreed to by the House, A bill to prevent the telegraphing and publica tion of lottery numbers was introduced. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship Eagle, Captain Adams, from Havana 19th instant, via Fortress Monroe 24th, arrived at this “port yesterday. She brings po news of importance. The steamsbip Alpha arrived at Hatifax on tho 25tb instant, with dates from St. Thomas to the 14th and Ber- muda the 19tp instant Sbe bas no tidings of the Re Galantuomo, The blockado runuers City of Petersburg, Advance and Index arrived at Bermuda on the 17th, only hour previous to the arrival of the United States steamer Shenandoah, which arrived om the 17th and sailed on the 19th inst. for Norfolk. Io the divorce case of Jone B. Hinderiang vs. Mary Hinderlang, the referee, Mr. Henry H. Morange, denied the motion for alimony and counsel fee,on the ground that where the fact of adultery was clearly proven, it waa unfair to compel the plaintiff to advance money to the defendant to enable her to delay the suit. The conduct of the defendant showed a shameless disregard of the rules of propriety and morality,and as alimony was a matter in the discretion of the Court, the referee was of opinion that in this case it would be encouraging vice and immorality to grant the motion. The report of the referee was confirmed by Judge Ingraham, and an order ediered denying the motion for alimony and counsel fee. Une of the refining stills of the kerosene establishment of the New York Vil Company, at Hunter's Point, L.I , exploded on Thursday evening about nit ‘clock, set- ting fire to the building and burning one man to death. ‘The cxplosion forced the watchman, James Noonan, be tween an upright and a falling wall, pinning bim there, and before he could be reached bad burned to deatn, with hundreds looking on, unable to render bim any as- sistance. He is supposed to have gone into the room with a lighted candle or lamp, and thus the vapor from the still became ignited. E. G. Kelley, of No. 78 Maiden lane, agent of the company, estimates the loss at $10,000, The chemical works of Mr. Langman, next adjoining, were also destroyed, with their conteats. Loss, $4,000. The victims of the would-be assassin at Flatbush, Mrs. Vanderbilt and Ann Walker, are slowly recovering from their injuries. Cutter is still at large; but a reward of three hundred dollars is offered in another column for bis arrest. ASt. Louis paper states that thirty-four soldiers of one detachment from a Northern regiment are at ope of the military barracks near that city suffering from secondary syphilis, inoculated into their systems by the criminal carelessness of the @argeon in charge. The soldiers were vaccinated for kinepox by the post or at- tendant surgeon of the barracks, not (as it aow appears) with kinepox virus, but actually with poisonous puss, taken from a syphilitic sore upon the person of a female Burse in one of the military hospitais, The rise in gold caused an active speculative movement {o several commodities yesterday—chiefly imported—in which the safes were heavy at advanced prices. Tho an- ticipated increase in the import duties renders holders very firm, and nearly all kinds of merchandise are tend- fog upward, if not actually higher. Petroleum was ac- tive for crude and higher. Groceries were welt up and On 'Change the market for all commodities Detter, owing to the rise in gold. Flour was Se. @ 10c. dearer. Wheat and corn advanced Ic. a 2. Oata were Ic. better, Pork was 260. a 60c. higher. Bacon, tallow and lard aleo ruled better, while whiskey went up Sc. Freights were firmer, but the advanced rates demanded checked business. War—The Maliga In- f the Party Press. The crisis of the war is upon us. The rebel leaders have staked the success or failure of their desperate cause upon the grand campaign which may now be opened at any moment. Between Virginia and Mississippi their aggre- gate forces, it is believed, will reach the figure of three hundred thousand men, and they are nearly all veteran or well disciplined troops. They are in the hands of their ablest and most experienced generals, and they are skilfully disposed, East and West, for defensive or ag- gressive operations. They will fight with the stubbornness of despair, and their subjugation, if they are subdued, will be achieved through a series of the most sanguinary battles of any campaign of modern or ancient times. In view of this terrible struggle of life or death, the people of the loyal States, from every consideration of patriotism and policy, are called upon to strengthen General Grant and his colleagues in command, and our gallant soldiers in the field, in every available way. We are called upon to devote ourselves to the paramount ob- ject of securing success to our arms against all possible contingencies as the first business now in order, and to suspend for a season, as under a general armistice, all the party squabbles, divisions and discords incidental to a Presiden- tial election. It is none the less a fact, how- ever, that our echeming and Insatiable poll- ticians on all sides are more intent upon the spoils and plunder of the succession than upon the defeat and dispersion of the rebel armies. As examples of this predominant party spirit of the party press, we cannot quietly pass over the editorial in yesterday's Tribune on General McClellan, and # Baltimore letter in yester- day’s World in reference to General Grant. The Tribune devotes # colamn of eccusations and abuse to show that General MoCiellen bas lost the confidence of the Army of the Potomac. We are well satiséed, however, if be were restored, through the in- strumentality of General Grant, to the com- mand of this brave army, that General Mo- Clellan would be welcomed back with enthusi- tam. How could it be otherwise with the chief who created and organized that army, and who, Capital from threatened capture and spoliation, and, with the odds and ends of several shattered armies and some new regiments of raw recruits, hastily consolidated, expelled the boastful vete ran legions of Lee from the soil of Maryland? But what has General McClellan now to do with the Army of the Potomac, that he should be as- sailed by the Tribune as a pretender and an impostor, who has lost its confidence? He has nothing todo with it whatever, except, as a pa- triotic citizen, to encourage its soldiers to fight on bravely to the end. He is assailed and de- nounced by Greeley because Greeley recog- nizes in General McClellan a dangerous con- servative candidate for the Présidency. And 80 the momentous struggle before us with the concentrated forces of the rebellion is a secon- dary question with the Zyibune, and first in importance becomes the political object of killing off General McClellan. The World, on the other hand, through its Baltimore correspondent, would have us be- lieve that the rebels are delighted with the promotion of General Grant to his present po- sition; that they are not afraid of his strategy, and that they regard him as belonging to the same class of generals as W. T. Sherman, Rose- crassa, Fits John Porter and General Wool. Of course, whatever may be the object, the only effect which such opinions are likely to pro- duce in our armies isa distrust of the abilitics of General Grant. But why should such alurs and insinuations be mow paraded before its readers by the World? Wecan only inter that “Billy Barlow” & Company have their fears that General Grant may yet step in and upset all their nice little schemes and caloulations tovch- ing the spoils and plunder of the next Presi- dency. Under this impression, opposed as we are and ever have been to lettres de cachel and arbitrary arrests, we cannot resist the conclu- sion that if a batch of such mischiefmakers as Greele> & Company and “Billy Barlow” & Company were all bundled off together into Fort Lafayette the act would cause no moro public distress than the banishment of Vallan- digham to Canada. OF all of the political evils that have ever affected this country, the greatest and the most fruitiul of broils, dissensions and troubles has been the newspaper party press. It is the pol- luted fountain to which we may trace the bit- ter waters of this rebellion. From the begin- ning of the Union to this day, atill sinking from bad to worse, our partisan journalism has been a public disgrace and a public oui- sance. The only remedy against it at this crisis lies with the patriotic masses of the peo- ple. Let them give no countenance to the mis- chievous political party newspaper agitators of the day in any quarter; and we may expect soon to witness the beginning of a wholesome reform. Lrrerary InTeLiiggnoz—Tas Amenpe Blon- orapLE—A Cor anp a Porr.—Some month ago & good deal of excitement was created in this city by the murder committed on Colonel Kim- ball by General Corcoran. The feeling was increased by a letter which we published from Mrs. Helen Kimball, the widow of the unfortu- nate officer who lost his life in this collision, and in which some strong reflections were made on the conduct of Mr. John H. More, It now turns out that the letter in question owed its authorship, not to Mrs. Kimball, but to the er- ratio, eccentric and bighly imaginative indi- vidual whose communications to the London Herald, attacking everybody and everything here, have obtained for him such widespread notoriety. We need sgarcely add that the im- putations against Mr. More had no other foundation than that suggested by the inven- tive brain of the writer. Poor Mrs. Kimball, in her affliction, attached her name to the docu- ment without taking care to ascertain the cor- reotness of its statements, and thus injury was done to a respectable individual under the au- thority of her signature. Whilst making this amende, we may as well state that the proof sheets of a m by the same prolific and imaginative genius that penned the letter in question have just been seat to us fer notice. He calls his story “Vigor,” disguises his identity under the pseudonyme of “Walter Barrett, Clerk,” and dedicates the book to us. Now, this is a style of composition in which he is quite at home; for his inventive faculties can take the widest flight in it, whilst at the same time he can indulge his taste of having a fling at everyone. A cursory glance at the story shows that it is as much of an autobiography anda record of personal experiences as a ro- mance. Scarcely a character that has figured prominently in this community for the last thirty years, whether politician, lawyer, jour- nalist, artist, actor, singer or ballet dancer, that does not come in for his or her share of notice in it. Graphically and pungently sketched, they will all be recognized under their fictitious titles. The book will revive many an old sore, and dim the brightoess of many a newly found family escutcheon. In this age of shoddy pre- tension and aristocratic yearnings, its revela tions will disturb the equanimity of numbers who fancy themselves strong in possession of the riches which they have wrung from the misfortunes and miseries of the country. The author has made but one mistake in the man- ner in which he has presented this spicy vol- ume to the public. He should have called it “The New York Decameron, by a Knicker- bocker Bocaccio.” Queen Vicrorta Aversk To a War with Genmany.—It is asserted that Queen Victoria, making use of hor royal prerogative for declar- ing war or peace, has informed ber ministry that nothing should induce her to allow Eng- land to go to war with Germany, where her children are to rule, Should this rumor be well founded, the great popularity of the Queen will be lessened among her subjects, all of whom, up to the present time, have greatly re- spected and esteemed her, and evinced on all occasions the utmost devotion and loyalty. Now, however, the Queen’s sentiments are at variance with those of the people, who evident- ly sympathize with Donmark, all the more as, in attacking ber, Germany has gone against the advice and expressed wishes of the English gov- ernment. It must also be borne in mind that, if the Queen’s daughter has married the heir to the throne of Prussia, her son—the Prince of Weles—the future King of Great Britain, has espoused the King of Denmark; to that the fl 4 be attracted here alse. The whole affair, if as stated, may well lead to the abdication of Vic- toria, whe should, as « measure of prudence, retire, while old and experienced ministers could guide and assist the pelicy of the young King. To render the abdication of the Queen all the more acceptable te the people is the fect that ber mind has been weakened by the a fy trusted loner, twiced pared the notional Looe of ber The Practical Progress of Miscegemation in South Carolina, The new doctrine—or, as Greeley, Beecher, Tilton and Phillips call it, the “sublime theo- ry”—of miscegenation is hardly a year old, and yet it is becoming exceedingly popular among the abolitionists. All of their papers have endorsed and advocated it. All of their orators have approved and advised it. All of the copies of a pampblet about it, said’ to have beea written by Miss Ann Dickinson or Mr. Theodore Tilton, have been quickly sold. All the members of the Union League Club and their families have taken itup, and have seat off a regiment of darkeys, to be transformed frst into heroes, and then into husbands, and then into misce- genators. So the “sublime theory” is getting along finely, and we were not at all surprised to learn from the New Hampshire Patriot that the lovely and philanthropio daughters of New England, who went to Port Royal to teach the freed slaves there, had begun to put the misce- genation theory into practice, and bad recently brought forth the first fraiis of the new aboli: tion gospel in the shape of sixty-four handsome mulatto babies. “At the above report, we sag, we were not surprised; but judge-of our astonishment when we read in several abotition journals, and es- | pecially in thé Tribune, the moat violent de- munciations of the editor of the New Hampshire Patriot, who told the story, and of all the pa- pers that had printed the story. The Tribune fairly frothed with rage about it, and pro- nounced the whole thing “‘a horrible slander,’’ “an absurd and wicked falsehood,” “a lie,” “an infamous slander, without a shadow of founda- tion or excuse.” “The women,” says the Tri- dune, “are grossly libelled.” “The libel,” says the Tribune, ‘ia transparently false and ma- licious.” “Consider,” says the Tribune, “the cruel wrong done to these innocent, pure, Christian women.” Hoity toity! What is all this fuss about? Is poor Greeley turning tail | upon bis “sublime theory?” Is be backing down from his miacegenation doctrine? Why, the women teachers in South Carolina are only doing what he has pronounced perfectly just and proper, They are trying to improve the breed of mankind precisely as Greeley ad- vised. They are mingling white blood and black blood exactly as poor Greeley thinks beneficent. They are endeavoring to save the nation by miscegenation, and Tilton lately de- clared that this was the only way to do it. They are only practising what Beecher, King and Tyng preach. Why, then, should they be abused for it, or the Patriot for telling of it? Come, Master Greeley, let us understand each other. Wherein is ‘‘the horrible slander,” “the gross libel,” “the cruel wrong?” You have uo right to rebuke anybody for lies, and libels and slanders, since you perpetrate them daily in regard to McClellan; but we will let that pass for the present. Who, then, has libel- led or alandered these lovely women? Nobody but yourself. None Of the other papers said that the mulattoes were illegitimate. You were the first to hint that. For all we know or have read, the mothers of the miscegens may have been married to the fathers of the miscegens, and married legally and religiously, too, and not in the sacrilegious atyle of the Rev. Theo- dore Poundtext Cuyler, the mock minister of the Brooklyn Fair. You are the only person who has ever insinuated the contrary, and your statements are usually unworthy of belief. Now, if sixty-four, or “forty-six,” white women from New England choose to marry sixty-four, or forty-six, South Carolina gentlemen of Airi- can descent, in order to illustrate the ‘‘subtime theory” of miscegenation, and impictre the races, where is “the cruel wrong if the fact be published in ‘ie (a Where is the “infamous falsehood” Wuere is the “horrible slander” Whére is tae “gross libel?” It really seemx tc us taut they are to be laid at poor Greeley’s door; for he abuses the women for doing what he advised them to do, and he insults them by supposing that they were not married when they did it. About the Ist of January, as we are in- formed by the Anglo-African, a colored man, named Joseph H. Card, was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony to “a white lady from London,” whose name is not given. Now, if this couple ever have children, will it be a libel and slander to publish the fact? If not, how is it libellous and slanderous to report the recent accessions to the mulatto population of Port Royal? Again we direct poor Greeley’s attention to this point, and also tothe fact that the real slander consists in his vile insinuation that the practical miscogenators are not mar- ried. It is said, indeed, that some of our New England soldiers, yielding to the temptations of the Zribune and the Devil, have formed tem- porary and illicit. alliances with colored ladies—those miscegenetic “ideals of beau- ty”’—either forgetting or neglecting to secure a marriage certificate beforehand. These sad instances of human depravity we re- gard as some of the evil results of the Tribune's existence and teachings, and we presume that they will continue to occur so long as the Tri- bune livea to corrupt maakind with its social- istic theories. But, on the other hand, these white women are more particular about such miscegenetie matters. By the Tribune's own admission, they are “innocent, pure and Chris- tian.” They are the pupils of Puritans. They were born at the centre of civilization. They have received a moral New England education. They demand a parson, a wedding ring, a cer- tifloate and a blessing as indispensable prelimi- naries. If we are not mistaken, these New England teachers took two or three parsons along with them, so as to be prepared for such emergencies. Did poor Greeley forget this fact when he indulged in that slanderous insinuation of illegitimacy? It has been pretty clearly proven that New Englanders have man- aged, during this war, to fill their houses with choice books, and ailver, and pletures, and furniture, and even planofortes, from the private dwellings of Soith Carolinians; and this, by the laws of war, is equivalent to stealing; but, in spite of this, we do not believe, and we cannot believe, and not- withstanding all poor Greoley says we will not believe, that sixty-four, or forty-six, pure, iano- cont and Obristian daughters of New England could so far ferget their education aod their Boston morality, and the dictates of decency, as to become the mothers of little miscegons with- out being previously married to the sable fathers thereof. Consequentiy we deimrnd of poor Greeley a prompt and explfelt apo'og,y for and retraction of this base slander vipou the philanthropic and philosophic daughtors of the East, who have devoted themselves to the aub- Lime labor of mixing the breeds, To wantonly make such ® obarge against New Kogland wo- gaon—te civa it the mpbilalts a€ tha Thibuna’a circulation—is a new revelation of the base- | try euch iroa-clad monsters as the Dunderbarg ness of buman natare and the brutality of such anprincipled and wamanly slanderers. Tax Arrroacawa Rervsricaw Stare Con- vention.— Already delegates are being chosen from cities and towns im this State to attend the Republicaa State Convention, which will beheld ip Syracuse on the 25th of May next. Thurlow Weed is bard at work to secure the election of delegates friendly to Lincoln, in order to secure the delegation’ in his favor at the Baltimore Convention. Woed is striving to make this State Convention unanimous on this point. But in this Weed will fail. He has a’- ready meta stumbling blook in his way, inter- posed by the Frement and other radical repub- licans, who, although Chase has set himself aside, ave not willing to swallow Lincoln in: any shape, Fremont will stand the fire. His feiends are the most energetic and restless of political electioneerers. Many of them, espe- cially the German radicals, revel in the excite: ments of @ heated canvass, and are nothing un- less they are excited. They are now enthusiastic in favor of Fremont. Does Thur- |, 2 low Weed suppose that these lively and chival- ric and sauey friends of Fremont will suffer the Republican State Convention and the choice of delegates te the National Convention to pass without the interpolation of a caveat in behalf of their favorite? The contests among the re- publigans of the smutty and other tribes, here- tofore had, will amount to nothing when com- pared with the one now commencing between the friends of Fremont and the friends of Lin- colon. In this connection we may soon expect developments of a startling character. On tho one side are Lincoln’s friends and his grand army of shoddy aristocrats, and large and small contractors, and other public plunderers; on the other are the naturalized citizens and the strong, impassioned, effective, and, when fully aroused, the irresistible class, known as the indomitables of American slashing society. Also opposed to Lincoln will be found the great mass that condemn his war policy, bis manifold blunders as the chief executive officer of the nation, and are disgusted with bis trans- parent unfitness for the responsible position he holds. Watch with care the meetings which are now being held for the selection of dele- gates to the Republican State Convention to be held in Syracuse on the 25th of May next. Waar Saatt We Do wira Tuzm?—There are many rebel soldiers in our city, and most of them are entirely dostitute. Some of them were taken prisoners, others deserted from the rebel army, and all have taken the oath of al- legiance. Some of these re-enlist in our army; others decline. While such are determined not to fight against the North, many of them bave a natural repugnance to fighting and slaying their own kith and kin, knowing full well, too, that if taken prisoners a hempen rope is their certain fate. Hence most ‘of these men are seeking some kind of employment. What can be done for them? Their labor— which is now the most scarce article we have— is wanted everywhere; and if some committee was appointed whose duty it should be to re- ceive all of this class and forward them to the farmers of the country, where they are really wanted, it would be one of the highest and most commendable acts of charity that’ could be performed. Landing here strangers, with- out money, they know not what todo. Many of them stray into thé headquarters of Super- visor Blunt’s county bounty paying committee for information and advice, and are always found willing and ready to labor if only put inthe way of it, Although this is no part of the legitimate duty of the committee, yet Mr. Blunt bas, we learn, taken their several cases in band, and from his own private purse paid their way into the interior, where they soon find employment. Only last week he sent off four or five, and learns that they have all found work and are faithful and useful leborers. Yesterday he sent off seven more, who will doubtless soon find employment also. But it ia too much to ask or expect that any single individual will take this matter into bis own hands, and pay out for any great length of time his own money for the purpose of transporting rebel regiments into the interior. There ought to be some regular and concerted action in re- gard to it. The men are generally hardy and strong looking fellows, giving little evidence of the starving condition they have been so often represented to be in. Who will move in this matter? A Svssecr Demanpiva Tae Seniovs Arrey- tion or Conaress.—The State of New York, with extraordinary unanimity, has decided to give its soldiers in the field the right of exer- cising the elective franchise. This is all right and very proper. Other States have done the same. But what guarantees have we that the private soldier will be allowed to vote as he pleases, unawed or uninfluenced by his com- manding officers? And what guarantees have we that the subordinate officers—the officers of the linewill not be influenced improperly in the same way by their superiors? The soldiers have a right to vote, and a further and a higher right to vote according to the dictates of their own consciences. Without this liberty the privilege is a mockery and an imposture. Therefore Congress should pass an act meeting the case, and inflicting penalties of an effective | character upon those generals or line officers who shall in any way attempt to interfere improperly with the soldiers’ liberty of opinion, or the free and unrestricted exercise of their right to vote while in the field. New Jersey ww Repettion.—The railroad mo- nopoly in the Statéof New Jersey is attempting to swerve that State from its allegiance to the federal government by interposing objections to the effort to secure the military right of way over its territory for United States troops. The government need pay no attention to such non sensical attempts at corporate usurpation, much less to those emanating from such an insolent concern as the Camden apd Amboy Railroad corporation. The power to make post roads and establish pest routes gives the United States government the right to build a railroad or any other road that the necessities of the public service demand; and the sooner this right is exercised in the case of the New Jersey railway monopoly, the better it will be for the government, as well as for the travelling and tradiag community generally. eee Bion Price ron Inon-C:..03.—We see it slated that a project is before the Naval Com- mittee of the House of Roprosentatives for the construction of half a dozen iron-olads, at an expense of from Sve to seven millions of dol- lars each. This is paying high for the whistle; ent tt mav be all sight. Yet hed wo got better and Dictator, and prove their utility, before we enter upon any such expensive luxuries in the shape of iron-clads a3 are now hinted at? . NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS, Mr. Wm. Young's D: teh, New Onieans, March 16—6P. 4. This despatch will be gout by tne river route, owthe ‘new and fase steamer Paulioe Carroll, which bis « full passenger avd freight Mist. It wilt be speedily trans mitted from 8%, Louis by the clerk of the Pauline Car: roll, Jobo P. Fitagerald, who is especially interested i the success of H¥RALp correspondents. GENRESL ORDERS 7O QUARTERMASTERS. A gonoral order fromthe Quartermaster's Depariment @ Washington tas been promulgated im the Quarter. meaater’s Department hore to-day, instructing officers ta charge of river transportation to guard agrinet the om- ployment of disloyal persons, to arms aH transports, and to establish a guard over all warehouses ovata’ fm ed ‘Btores, in order that incendtarioas ton of army stores may be prevented. Tete. Doarty & week sitoe, there baa been ao arrival from Tranoperts NEWS FROM KEY WEST. Amother Valuable Prise Captured by the San Jacinto—She Goes. im Chase of Another—Hard Oase of a Colored Pliet— British Colonial Justice—The Attach on Mobile, » So. OUR KSY WEST CORRESPONDENCE, Kar Weer, Fis,, Mareb 15, 1664. ‘Tho flagship Ban Jacinto bas captured another valuable prize, namely, the schooner Lealtad, with one bundred and thirty-two bales of cotton om board. The capture ‘was @ vory easy one, according to the information Ihave received. The schooner was first seen at noon, upee which chase was given by the San Jacinto, The olinse held ber way vory woll Blittle before two P.M, whee hor main throat balyards gars way, and:she hed no alternative but tosurrender. She was then off Tortu- G45, ip latitude 24 deg. 64 min,, longitude 83 deg. 20 min, At the time of the capture the wind was from the south, with a heavy sea on. On boarding her she was found to be the Lealted, Edward Norville, master, bound for Havana. She bad on board neither papers nor arms; but the captain as- knowledged having thrown both overboard. He also gays ho ran through the blockading vessels off Mobile om tho 2d instant. No other United states vessel was in sight at the time Of the capture, Consequently the Lealtad is tho prize of tho San Jacinto-alone, At the time-of the capture of the schooner a larger vessel, of the same rig, supposed te have upwards of four nundred bales of cotton on boerd, was seen; and as soon as Captain Armstrong, of the Sam Jacinto, had completed his Httie job with the Lealtad, he woot in chase of her. The captain of this latter vessel tolls mo that the vess el Captain Armstrong wentafter was capable of stowing, and probably had on board, of four hundred bales of cotton; but he refused to give her name. The captain is a native of Maryland, aod his father is atillan old ship master, sailing from Baitimore to foroign ports, of which his son is not a little proud, coheeeee eae aot area board the San Jaciato, though abe bas ecoountered bed ‘weather since ber orvise. The Lealtad is a schooner of forty tons burthen, had on board a.orew of «1x mon, besides the owner of the cargo. At thethmeof ber capture Tortugas bore from her southeast by east thirty-one miles distant. While at the Admiral's to-day a decent black made his there. ‘been babit of United States vessels ma islands. Ho stated bo was not .a braach pilot, i £ jecen' A my suprise whon this man he bad isoned ft browch “of the. British for 8 ish navi we. He was arrested, too, under a bench were uae Rot through the quibbling of some astute lawyer, working on the mind of some stupid justice of the peace, but by & warrant issued by a legal judge, sitting on the benob, while administering what is supposed to 3 this respectable colored man is now under bonds to rand answer the charge of a breach of the navigation ws, under a penal bond of £200, divided between bimself and 8 surety, on the 11th of’ April next, while pilots, Diack or white, who take rebel vessels into British of the Pabamas snd other places receive aid and fostead of being prosecuted, 1am sorry to say that a negro soldier has been Dut under circumstances that seem one, his death, On Saturday ed sien ten seit awe Degro woman a) to the provost guar Protection against come oe soldiers and sailors, who, she eald, were stoning her Accordingly. the provost by a sergeant, w consisti six men, com to the cated, but found that the rowdiee had left. Pursuing their inquiries, however, that jo some negro shanties above, near the old jail, party of negroes were behaving in such riotous manner an to justify the arrest of eight of the number, a done. ‘he sergeant of the guard was now a similar scene was being onacted ia a neighboring house, whore he went, to sev what was the matter. On arriving there bo sent two men to the rear of the house, while te remained which he knocked He i are “fl i : Sine cer one of the gusrd the order was twice repeated; but, as thereto, be was shot dead. sari hl a oS ati or ALD bave better iafor- mation than Lee es the operations of the fleet; but i have from a rebel source, communicated te me in my own private apartments, something that, per- baps, could not have reached that inquisitive portion of the community by e our argus eyed a '—I claim to enroll myself, cortain things will anfold themselves to certaia who take (be trouble to look after them, Well, then, my informant moe.—On the 16th of Ans ood Admiral Farragut's feet took up its position two and three- quarters from Fort Powell, at the entrance to Mo . It bad nive mortar boats and three ganboate, appit riously , from eigt damage to the rebel works, Jar were much injured, and, as the rebels depended om these for their supplies of water, the injury done to them was of great importacce. The officers’ quarters wore alee rendered untenable. But such was the indomitable spirit — the ar ed spe ane done during the day was all repaired dur: fy On the folowing. Gay there was an extraordinarily low tide, and the Union fleet bad in consequence to baul off, But this respite was of short duration: for on the and third days of the bombardment tbe fort was from by ta Wil dark, killing two men and wouading several otbors. un the 19th of February, however, Admiral Farragut showed that he was realty in earnest, His shot and shell fell fast, and with deadly effect; but the enemy bimeeif played into the hands of the gallant Admiral in « maoner that neitber of them bad calculated on. On the rebel works was a guo of thirteen-inch calibre, which, during the fight, burst, killing twelve and wounding seven others, thus paralyzing the rebels for a time, in a manner that they never calculated on. on the Southern Const. Fortress Mownos, March 26, 2866. ‘The despatch steamer Fort Jackson arrived this mora- ing from the blockading fleet off Wilmington, and reports ‘@ great number of wrecks all along the const, from Hatte- rag to Cape Henry. Spars and pieces of wrecks floating im the water wore found. ‘The steamer Calypso sailed down the coast to-day. ux Indians. ‘Cmoa00, March 25, 1864. ASt Paul special says despatches to Gen. Sibley stare that Wasodoreye, a prominent Sissiton Indias, had come into Fort Abercrombie and accepted terms of peace. Be ‘tates that pearly all the Siesitons are in favor of pence, and. that others of their loadors will be in in a fow daye to follow his exampio; but the powerful tribe of Yankton- nals, while they wish peace, require that Uncle Sam evall ‘ot penetrate into their territory; that steamboats with ‘emigrants shail not navigate the Upper Missourl. Reta. gees, murderers of lower bands and the evil disposed of otber bands are joining thom, preparatory to ® epring campaign. The Body of & Mam Found Drowned. Saxpt Hoon, March 25, 1864. Partial Submiseto