The New York Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1864, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 10,063. The Legislative Aspirants for Governor. Their Efforts to Shirk Duties and Throw Upon Others the Responsibility of Deciding Measures. School Laws, Hoboken Ferry and Inspection of Buildings. Passenger Fare on tbe New York Central Railroad. Tho Soldiers’ Yoting Bill Passed in the Assembly. Pasage of the Bills Authorizing the Reck- jand and Cohoes Substitute and Com- mutation Bends and theg’henange Canal Ex! 1 Improvement of the Manhattan Square and Canal Repair Contracts in the Senate. Communication from Mayor Gunther to the Legislature. Remonstrance Against the Common Council Tax Bevies and Curtailment of the Execu tive Power of the City Government, ae, x. =. . ALBaNy, April 4, 1864. SENATORIAL CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR, Every sersion of the Legislature has some striking pe enliarity which furnishes a cognomen or title by which % js kuown from all others, Tbus the session of 180 was known ag the ‘Gridiron Lemislatare:”’ that, of 1863 as tho Duminy Session.”” The Legislature of 1864 has ts own characteristics, which bid fair to make it os famous as any of its predecessors, ini:—especially the Benate, or upyer branches known as the session of ‘weak kneed candidates for Governor, We bave a few Of the (inbernatorial candidites in the Assembly, who, taken in connection with the namerous aspiraute for the Gubernatorial chair now jo the Senate, bid fair to give this Legislature the title of fhe session of candidates for Governor.’’ These candid tes are so yemerous that they succeed in many imstanees in disposing of legisin« Hon solely upon its bearing upon their chunces in secur- tug the nomination, On this point the aspirations of ‘these gentiemen are open to criticism, and are subjects for the pen of him who records the events of the times Qn the democratic side in fhe Senate are jutenapt Goyerpor Jones and Heary ©. Murphy, | MEP To “Wixiously looking for and proying that the Gubernatorial mantle now worn by Governor Seymour will fatl upon the!r shoulders, ‘On the republi ean side we have James Conk, James C, Bell, A. H. Bailey and Cbiiries J. Folger in the samo predicament. It may de said, without stretching the truth, that some of these Senators (I will not say all) have the Governorsbip ou the brain, with groat danger of its striking in and bde- ®oming serious in its effects, When meu enter the arena ‘ap aspirants for important positions they meusure their ewn actions, holding before their yiew tho position that Qhey are looking for. Their votes are all gauged the accomplishment of that object. This rule lies with duuble force to gome of the Seastoria! candi- for Governor. Several instances bave travspired | ‘where measures have been or were about to be brougbt ‘ep for cousideration in the Senate over which those aspi- Pants have trembled like aspen leaves, not krowing ‘which side to tke to help them to secure their nomina. on, The result in the case of many a bill disposed of In that body would bave becn diferent had it not Deen for the tear that existed in the minds of some of the Senators of the effect that it would have on their nominations, Among these bills is the Harlem- Broadway project. Had there been 10 Governor to elect pext fall that Dill would not bave met wih so ®ummary a defeat as it did. It nas become the common ‘wik hero that certain Senators are a’raid of thoir sha dows this winter, and that they often vote against their ‘convictions, all for the sake of being nomi ervor, luring the past week those frightened can for Governor have been seriously troubled about other measures, We ail supposed that when the Harlem-Broad- ‘way Dill was disposed of they could sleep o' nights, and ‘Bhat their nerves would no longer be troubled with bug- that threatened to defeat them at the nominating Convention. But there is an old saying—There is no Fest for thefwicked”"—which appears to apply io cortatn ters with fall force at this time. ithin the ten days three of the Senators who are known @ candidates for Governor included in the foregoing list (and in this three I “do not take all {rom one party) have Sppea'et to friends to kill certain bills now befere the Assembly, and not permit them to reach the ‘enate, ‘Why this avxiety’ 1 will let the worde of the anxio Senators answer. ‘Some of our friends,’’ say the Sen ators, ‘ead hae ery oo those ‘ad We cannot vote against them without incurring their opposition; and if ‘we vote for the bills we are afraid that it will injure @ur chances for the nom/tation, by a misconstruc- ton of our motives.” Here we hive the great @ecret—the loadstone that controls legislation, the scale fa which questions of public importance are weighed. ‘The nation tor Governor ts placed in one side of the soale, wad in the opposite the measures to be considered , ‘end just as the effect 1s iu balancing the scaie eo is it de- eided, You can weil immagine how Senators placed in such & position are seriously affected by every current of air that strikes them. Unstrung nerves, frightful visions end night sweats must foliow as a natural uence, ‘With rattling of the knee jotute equal to the “rattling of the dry bones of the valley” spoken of in the oy in the Bible Imagine, for instance, convention in session, and four or five candid: climbing © hiil to reach the hall where it is sitting, upon their countenances & nervous fear, their Knees shaking and trembling at every si fluttering Iiike aspen leaves, tantly appealing to rome removing all obstacies out of their path, so that they will pot stub their toes and fall,and you havea faint ‘of the condition of at least three candidates for Governor now occupying Feats in the Senate of this e If the public desire weakkneed men ta the Gubernato rial chair they aro different from what they have been, ‘The day for meu who are afraid of their shadows is past. ‘The public wont men who know their duty and are Teady to take the responsibilty though the heavens may fall, Wo want no men who are afraid to vote upon pote questions and desire to shirk their responsibility Govornor in times like these. Sueh persons are a lis- @race Co the name of mun, a curse to their race and sex. end hed better at once put on the petticonts aud their be filled by men who do not see Guberna Fial ghosts and hobgoblivs in every-bill presented to the wire. The next session will be a diferent affair; those aevirants for Governor will ‘nil to gct the nomina Gion, avd will como back next yoar much simmered own, avd the measures that they ure alraid of now will de the ticst seized™upon. Such is politics ju thie age SOLDIERS’ VOTING. ‘The bill providing for the mode and manvor of receiv: ing the soldiers’ vote was considered in Committee of the Whole this morning in the Assembly, It was somo what amusing to see the action of different parties over this question. It was bandied very gingerly all around, , in fact, even the lican members acted as though Shey nad an elephant on their bands and did not know what to do with it. The democrats, as a general thing, Femained quiet, and let the other’ wide fx it up. The Amount of it is, thero has been a great noise made about the oldiers voting, for the purpose of making rty capital, aud now that they have come down tue real poiut neithor side knows what todo, The re. publicans would sbirk it if they dared to do Ro: and t am sot wide of the when i state that the foaders af the republicans w will ii the G.vernor would ‘the bill, e the party capital and ery agaimet the and t the coldiors’ vote go. In fact, that admission bas been spade to mo within the last forty-eight hours. — The bill, ‘Dawe on voting By proxy, and sending the vote by mail & the juspsctors Of election in the district where the golder resyied before lo joined the army, was gone through, Several slight amoudments were made to the dovalle of the bill, but none to the principal or leading provieions, Jé was finally ordered to @ third reading without any particular opposition. HOPOKRN FERRY, The bill extendivg @ up one side of Hoboken street, whioh, it Is au dosired to be done for the bene- 61 of an unimportant line of steamers, came ap for third reed! Mr. Curtis moved to recommit it to the Com smitten of the Whole, haldiny Wigt if the right to extend afis gree Tue upper branch of the Legiiasuro. ged upper branc was enge; the morning in Committee of the Whole, there wi Darely aquorum Several bills were ordered toa thir rt revding, Dut on y ove of any apertance to the city of New York, and that was the bil smanting Se act pro- viding for the inspection of build; and prevention of fires in New York, It provides and tn what man. Ber ali suits shall be uted and provides for the appointment of a suitable person to act and to be known as tho attorney tor that department, to whou all notices of violation shall be returned for prose. cution, and who shall be entitled to receive an annual outof the mo- attorney 1s called upon to execute a bond of tw thousand dollars. ‘THR CANALS TO OPEN ON THR 3OTH INET. At & meeting of the Canal Commissioners to-day it was resolved to open the canals on the 30th inst. THE NEW MILITIA BILL. The Assembly, among other things, had under conside- ration the amended Militia bill. Quite a discussion aroBe ‘ever the appropriation for uniforms and arms. The com- Mittee rose on a eS S report progress before a vote tken, When in House amotion was mado to recommit to the Miltary Committee, with instructions to cut the appropriation down from about eight Dundred thousand to tbreo hundred and fifty thousand, This, after a spicy debate, was lost by a small vote, and the friends of the bill secured the ape- cial order for to-morrow afternoon. Barly in the session the republicans of the House assuiled John A, Green's brigade and other military organizations, on the ground that they had been manipu- lated for party purposes. The appropriations io this bill are intended more jially for the New York and Brooklyn mititia, who have several times turned out to the reacue of the government; and now we find them assailmg thi with equal vindictiveness, These wise legislators should be pressed into active service, and forced to serve a short time, and furnish their own unt forms, and see how good it is. They would then be able to eppre jiate the services of the men who, 00 @ moment’s call, have left their business and gone to the defenco of their country. w York militia will no doubt Appreciate the ingratitude of the State and of the men who thus early turn against them a(ter rendering valu: able services. ALpany, Apri) 6, 1864. PASSENGER FARE ON THR CENTRAL RAILROAD. A large amount of routine business was gone through with by both houses to-day, Only a small portion, how- ever, was of any public importance, A bill containing one section was introduced in the Senate this morning, which means more than ite curface would indicate, It repeals the seventh section of the bill to consolidate cer tain railroads passed in 1853. The section that it re- peals is that which probivits the New York Central Rail road charging more than two cents por mile for way passengers. SOLDIERS Yor Thied reding of bills was the order of the day in the Aesemoly this morning. Ameng the firet taken np was the bill regulating or providing a mdéde for the soldiers to cast their votes. A motion was made to recommit it, with instructions to so amend that the soldier could send his vote by mail to any friend at home instead of to the tus ectors of elections This motion was voted down, and the bill read the third time and passed. There were some fourteen votes in the negative. This transfers the question from the Assembly to the Seuate, TMB RUPPLY WEL, or rathor the bill making appropriations for the deficien cy in the regular Appropriation bill, was also taken up and will now be sent to the Senate for the action of tbat branch of the Legislature. KOCKLAND AND COHOES SURSTITUTE BONDE, The biil coufirming the bonds issued by the village of Cohoes to raise money for substitutes, commutation, and to aid families, and the Rockland county bill f F the fame object and purposes, which were jost on their final Jussage a week ag). were this morning reconsidered and passed. A slight change hae come over the dreams of the members. ‘There apycars to be an nnwillingness to stand on record ‘or repudiation, cus r ‘ EXTENSION. The Dill providing for the extension of the Chenango Canal tot insyivania State line, to connect with the canals 0” that State, came up for fina! action. A motion was made to recommit, with instructions (0 insert pp amendment submitting the qnestion to the people. his was voted down, and be pasegd, and it vow goes to the venate, It pri vides for a fax of three-sixteenths of a mill to accomp ish the wor! ar ee MANITATTAN SQUARE. The bill which has been a long time before the Senate relative to the improvement of Manhattan square, and to lace it under the charge of the Park Commiasioners, was reported favorably by a majority of the committee this morning. Mr. Fields made a minority report, in the shape of a bill, closing the square and selling the ground. UN a fie rare e fol ing ar the err is pabsed tho enkte his morn ng the ‘ew York Guar tee and Indemnity Company, the Columbian I’leasure Jub Company, amending the charter of the United States Warehousing ‘Company, giving the German Savings Bank of New York the power to receive over three miihons on deposit; also the bill relating to the prose cution of suits for the recovery of penalties aud fines by the Inspectors 0° Buildings in New York. CANAL CONTRACTS. mt considerable time in Committee of the Whole on tho Reform Contract bill. This mea- ‘¢ has been up in all manner of forms this winter. It was presented at first with provisions for the present coptractors to give up their comtracts, and providing for the return t» the old system under the management of superintendents, which was characterized by sich enommous corruption «nd wholesale swindling for party Purposes that it, even to the present time, throws suspi- cion upon any person, it matters not how well he may have stood heretofore, who advocates a return to that system. The plan of itemizing the work has been talged of ; Dat under that system the politiciagg do not sve any modo for plundering, Therefore it meets with no particular favor. When the bill came up this morning Senator Beli otfered an additional section, providing for resuming the work by the superintendent system alter the contracts are given up, Senator Cozans epposed this amendment, as did also Senator Andrus. The latter said that, while he recognized evils in the present contract vystem, be was not prepared to go back to the old system under former administrations, which had been the cause of so much cur- ruption. The bill was finally progressed. ‘oF some reason or other it seems a hard matter for ‘The Senate s} our jawmakers to take hold of a question in a practical, business way. This question is oue of the most simple that has come before tho Legislature. Yet the law. makers are befogged, bewildered , and pretend to have Great dealof trouble in coming to any conclusion on the subject, And why? Simply because, like all politicians, they desire to put on the appearance of honesty, and yet atthe same time they desire to so leave the matter of canal repairs that a large party fund can be secured in some way, and afew be enriched. How to do this and make the people believe they are honest is now the a question under consideration on the repair contract il, If wm individual owned the canals, and he desired to repair them, he would be sure to have all the work done measured, and pay for it accordingly. There would be no gt ork about it. Why should not the State adopt the same rule? A STATEMENT OF CITY GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BY MAYOR GUNTHKR, ‘The following communication from Mayor Gunther was Presented to the Logisiuture to-day:— Tor jONORASLE THE LaecisLaToRe OF THE Stare or Naw Yor It is certainly un: ind it may be entirely without g nt, for the Mayor of this er any other ci ‘tate 10 appeal to your honorable commuolty whose interests tt is his. du usual that carry out the objeats of their formation of the representatives of the locality, and tl ald of the members sent therefrom.” I would not trespasy Four patience the elty of New York was represented fn my judgment her ulation and interests demand. These reiiarks inay displéve those who claim to legislate aad those who jon for the eity; but they are it amayority of office, receive ive positions under yor has no con. iat Common Connei! have passed firate bills, embract various items of munjcifal et: diture, both of which ute now be ‘our rable ody. Through the faiture of the Bo ther designed or mherwise, t unite, the appropri Hil for city ex mars was never submitted, that Emight « Of retreuchiyent or reform, ' These two projects only differ ina few trifling dewtis, and a im requiring the enor. mous sum Of Nearly Hfteen taillion® to be levied by tax. f believe that tie ty id connty guvernments can ‘be ad. oc interest on 4 weve mia Public debts paid, after t able body Will empower and Supervisors of the couniy of Row York to levy a tue for the sum of tweive millions of dollars in gross, and ay int a com Tujssion, consisting of the Mayor, Recorder and Compiroiier, who s! sociale with themeélves and appoint three of the heaviest property holders, mad that their duty shail be balance left of the twelve miilious, the debt, amos (he various \dHearem, af in their judgment reat reform will be elected, Thave learned with great ‘satisfaction that the Citize Association of the city of New York to your hotorable body praying bor the city charter, whieh meet my cordial approbation of these 1s intended to guard the (rust reposed in the M 40 check improvideut or Anproy the Common Connell at ome DIAN Iified, to the Hed, 10 m reat invury of th designed festore to the Mayor contral ov ive depart which are now entirely inslepeadent and irresponst- any munictpal authority, This condition in at variance QUE political theory, and productive ln practice of extra. corruption, Ny present the above memorial, and. ra in dut; dounds will ever pray, den G, GODFREY GUNTHER. Mayor of the City of New York. New Yorn, April 4, 1864, ‘THE CONTHATRD SRAT IN THE SENATE. The argament beiore the Senate Committee on Privi- lozes Elections on the contested election case of Nevin and Low, was continued this afternoon. Mr. Tro- an continued in con me se be nay but, did not con. From preven tens jueation will not bo netted bofore the very lant hours of the seseion, ‘THE CITY TAX LRVY. ‘There was another Jively time before the Assembly Fommitian on CHise avaesha tay levy thie afternoon, Jhe . die to with YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1864.WITH SUPPLEMENT. crowded with those who desired a voice Jo Edmonds appeared oo be- reduce tuerralary of ul oficial im controversy formed Jadge Famonds (Judge Edmonds) bad obtained on behalf of 1 sioners of duced 18, exbibited such an ii iby thas they have rao weakened their causo , and, from present indications, will fall back the passage of Bryant's Ret ly mm ithe ‘session, with some ‘THE LEBANON SPRINGS RAILROAD. The Lebanon Springs Raitroad bili was referred beck to the Railroad Committee in the Assembly to-night, with power to report complete. CONSIDERATION OF THE MILITIA BILL. The entire afternoon session of the Assombly wae taken up in the consideration of the appropriation in the Militia Dill. ‘The great opposition to the item comes from the ber from St, Lawrence. A desperate eiort war-made ready for any emergency, this to include those armed and equipped. A portion of the appropriation ap- pites especially to the New York city militia, who bave, alrendy rendered valuable service to their country; but some of the economists do not appear to be willing that they shall be rewarded. RVENING FESSION OF THB ARCEMDLY, ‘The evening session was’ taken up ip third reading of Dilla. The bill levying a tax of one-tenth of a mill for the improvement ef the Champlain Canal was ‘Tho bill regulating a wharf in the city of New York for the and jtan Railroad Company was lost. Amboy Company was either too strong here, or a stroke'of the lobby brought about the A mction was made to reconsider, but that was the tabie, E 8 ‘THE EVENING SESSION OF THE SENATE. The Senate spent tire evening in Committee of the Whole. The bills tosmend the Broeklyn Park act, and to incorporate the Erie Basin im Brooklyn, or Dry Dock Company, were ordered to a third reading. The Court of Appeals. ‘ALHANy, April 5, 1864. ‘The following is the calendar of the Court of Ap} for WeduesJay, April 6, 1864:—Nos. 9 (special calendar. 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 and 109. CRINOLINE ON POLITICS. Mies Webb in Reply to Mise Dickinson. Last evening the talented lecturer, Miss fmma Webb, delivered a secture at the Cooper Institute before a pretty Dumerous audience, her subject being “The Present Ad. ministration and the Affairs of the Country,’’ Sbe was well received, and at once proceeded with her subject: — Roger Aschem, the quaint old schoolmaster of Queen Elizabeth, in describing the studious habits of the young Lady Jane Gray, says:—'‘At the time that the rest of the company were gono out abenting or to their other amuse- ments, { found, O Jupiter ad ail the gods! the young lady reading the Phindo of Fiato in Greck with 4 most con- eummatediligence.”? Altnough I have hot attempted to read the Phado in Greek, | have studied politics, or rather politics have been pressed upon me. Sne had friends en- gazed on each wide of this most wicked strife. and she had contemplated tho argument witb which each strove to justify this uonatoral dloodshed, She had weighed all arguments with a tender regard for justice to ali parties; but the conclusion shetcame to was that, whatever party was successfnl, the wail of the widow ayd the crv of the orphan would be heard in heaven above the dreadful din of battle. ‘The question then is whether this struggle will not end in the overthrow of civil government In the civil wars of the Romans the prevailing party used to throw into tho Tiber the works of art reared by their predecessors and were we to throw dowo and trample under foot the very government that our fathers redeemed from the despotism of the old world” Applause.) These remarks were elicited by her retlectiong on the lectures of Migs Dickinson , whose great talent was directed ty showing that war was holy. But ehe (the lecturer) thought thia @ moet unwomanly feol- ing, the more especially as the poor private soldier was thejsutferer and the innocent victim Applause.) If the butcheries of war were confined to those who caured them, an abhorrence of the blood of battie feids would lose itself in the knowledge that they who caused the war were the only sufferers (Applause) Ye lords of creation, hear what Abe Tincoin says:— The na. tion must have a now birth of freedom.” Was this necezeary? Was the country so dead that it needed reyonora Toll ap this time , when some of those who bad wituessed ite birth hia ,ot yet been gathered to their fathers? I slavery was the G88 M Lhe war, she could, from ber own experience, say that th8 sisype emance rated in the West Indies had not been benented BY the change. (Applause) The negro in Africa wag whbat gieenbacks wore in the United§ States—a | tender— (applanse)—‘or the revson that their tasters could part witb themat any tinie for a consideration, and they were never intended for anything e’se. The war was started upoe an idea, but that was concealed; other- wise no American army could have been raised to fight, {Mies Dickiveon’s idea of liberty was moro African than American. (Applause.) While the national compact kept the national life was-glorious, and everybody was happy; even the negro himself was hap- py That was before ‘the day that Seward fulminated his irrepressible conflict. Miss Dickinson sxid that slavery was the cause of the war, just as money was the e of theft, (Applause.) Aud further, Miss Dickin- alluding to General McCiellan—(great cheering) — speaks of him as the genoral who shail be nameless for evermore. But he ehall pot be ni Ness; for the very pains which Miss Dickinson takes to malign him show that he isnot nameless; but, on the coutrary, that his is a name which faction and fanaticism dread and fear There were othor great men in the country, and one at all events who, for his loyalty to the country, had been exiled from it. in the first category witness Seymour, of Conuecticut. (Cheers) Im the other was the glorious and patriotic Yaliandiham. (Long continued applause.) All Biss Dickinson's sympathy was for the negro. She says that the war must not cense till the biack man sits on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United Sjates with thé white judge. She bas not a word of sympathy for the poor white'man. This was poor sympathy, indeed, when the Angel of Peath sits at évér¥ door, thtfe is a corpse in y i spot of happiness that ts not bapti-ed m blood. If these fanatics are #0 full of pity Jet them turn their sympathy to the millions of white men and women who are throwing their lives away in hopeless struggle with poverty more appalling than death itself. If you have tears shed them over the poor white sister, who looks trom her dimly lighted chamber up to the midnight stare, to find there the only bright spots in her path of Iite—all else is darknece and sorrow to her. The lecturer concluded by reciting a pertion of Hood’s “Song of the Shirt.” She was warmly applauded on re- tiring. | Italian Opera. Faust. After twenty-seven performances of Faust it bas lost none of its attractious for the frequenters of the Academy. It was as warmly received last night as heretofore, and in all respects as well produced, It is unnecessary to say more than we have already written as to the merits of the opera or the excellent cast, which is the original one, with the exception of Biacbi, whose role of Mephis topholes was filled for the fifth time last night, and very admirably, by Mr. Hermanus. Mazzoleni rang the aria, Salve dimora, excellently. Miss Kellogg was warmly ap- plauded throughout. e Soldiers’ Chorus received a merited encore. It was very finely rendered, the orcbes- tration, under Maretzek’s direction, being perfect, Al- though the house was not as large as on the previous night, it was nevertheless respectably filled. night Lucrezia will be produced, with a erful cast, including Medor!, Sulzer, Mazzolens and Bellini. American Theatre, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Wasnixcton, March 30, 1864. Please insert the enclosed advertisemert in your theatrical column, and send bill for payment to the treasurer's office of this theatre. PETER FUNK BLAIR, Sr. , Stage Manager. For A. Lincouy, Manager. American theatre, AMERICAN THEATRE. Now being performed before admiring audiences, com- posed of the elite of the aristocracy of bug! and the rest of the world, the national ‘THE ROAD 90 RUIN, with the following capable east of characters:— Abraham, the Joker, a merry monarch gern vew jokes anda soloon the fidd juring the conflagration in the last act)..A. Lincoln, Sir Hombastes de Backdown, bis Prime Mimster... seeeeee We Seward, Sir Shovelvut Green! the proprietor of a hondred hard worked printing preese:.8, Chase, Sir Meddiesome Muddieit, a troublesome fellow, who can’t mind his own business.Stanton, Old Uncle Gideon (who will be asleep di ing the entire periormance). General Blunderin (evernally #0) .. Whipped Cream, a frothy, miik and sugar .C. Sumner. Rey. Rant p W. H.Reeever. Rev. Dismal Howls, Politicians... . | Cheever. Bottom, the We (with a bray) <W. Phillips. Touchstone. . ve Keeper of the King’s A Clown (with tricks)... Ponto (smelling about the royal kitehen for stray bones and broken wittlee) W. Forney Amalgamations, Shoddyites, Congressmen, Contractors, ir, H. Greeley Loyal Leaguers, Politicians, Pimps, ke. During tho performance, Grand Autics by the entire compan y. Music by Gideon's Rand. N. B.—LPhe performance will probably continue until ao hotice, unless summarily broken up by policeman Gran The Battic of Gettysburg. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GENSRAL BOTTERPIRUD AND GENBRAL MEADB. Civeawnatt, April 5, 1864. Major General Butterfleld parsed through hero to-day, en rowe to the Army of the Cumberland In conversation ‘with an officer here, alluding to despatches from Wash- ington stating that he had issued orders at Gettysburg Without authority § heg said the statement was folse, and that be could not believe that General Meade had ever mado guab a starment, THE FAIR. Tho Fourteenth Street Build- ing Yesterday. About Thirtoon Thousand Five Hundred Visitors. wee THE FIRST SALES DAY. ABrisk Business and Crowded House. Abraham’s Bosom. CONCERT LAST EVENING. THB POLICB AND WHAT THEY Fifty Cente Admission To-day. FOUND. BVBRYBODY Is Gorna. The (reat Sanitary Fair of the metropotitan city of the Union is feirly, safely and prosperously under way. Yesterday the price of dmigsion to the Fair was one dollar, and upwards of thirteen thousand people visited it. Among this number the holders of season tickets must be included. The doors were opened at ten o'clock, and for many hours the building was but moderately filled. This proved a great boon to those who bad visited the Fair undeterred by the impending storm, It also benefited the Fair ina pecuniary point of view, giving everybody a chance to select at their leisure such goods as they wished to purchase. Yester- day being the time for sales to commence, the ladies in atiendance on the different stands bad quite @ busy time in attending to their numerous customers, THE SALEB in every department of the Fair were very numerous, but no goods (with but # few slight exceptions) wilt be taken away until this morning. No estimate could be formed of the amount taken at the different stands, end, from what we learned on applying in the office of the Exceutive Committee, no person afpeared to have charge of the matter, A tour around the building developed many fresh facts which our readers will find interesting. THE FLORAL TEMPLE was the first place visited by almost every person on entering the building. Tha floral treasures und beau" jes_have received many additions, apd tho at” ior Gre now of & high order, The ladies in attendance did a brisk business during the day io bouquets and baskets of fruit and flowers, ranging in price from one to fifty dollars and upwards. THE ART GALLERY, with ite magnificent collection of oil paintings and other works of art, is a favorite resort with every one. An additional charge of twenty-five cents is made for admission, but the gallery was tbronged during the whole day. {n the centre of the room three flags were placed yesterday, one of which is to be, presented to Major General Dix. It is of blue silk, and was presented by Mrs, Blodgett. In the centre is a patriotic device, designed by Leutze, around which is embroidered General Dix’s celebrated order, ‘If any man dares to haul down the flag shoot bim on the spot.” At atable in front of the stand Mrs. General de Trobri- and is seated, and has in charge a small book, which contains the autographs of President Lincoln, the Vice President, Cabinet Ministers, Secretaries, members of Congress, Generals McClellan, Fremont, Burvside, and of almost every taan of note in the country, Anybody wishing to add his name to that of this illustrious company is allowed to doso on paying one dollar. The book will be presented to General Dix, and the money to the Sanitary Commission, The other flags are interest ing relics of an episode in the life of General Dix, one of them being the flag which formerly flonted on board the revenue cutter McClelland, in reference to which General Dix issued Lis celebrated order qnoted above. The otu is the secesh flag which was found on board the MCiel- jand when she was recaptured by Admiral Farragut at New Orieaus. THE PHOTOGRAPHS are ina small upper room. to which access ts had by a flight of stairs at the southwest end of the Art Gallery ‘The collection is a large and valuable one, aud mai les. were made in this department yesterday. The young ladies in attendance must bave suffered much incon venience from the defective ventilation, and visitors beat a hasty retreat for the same reason. ‘The Executive Com - — should attend to this matter, and have it reme ai THE HAIRY EAGLE is picking up @ few dollars, Among the names entered in the book appear those of Major General Dix; Governor Wright, of Indiana; Superintendent John A, Kennedy, Police Commissioner Acton, Simeon Jiraper, avd those of a few others not know to (ame. On the front page of the book is the following inscription: — The undersigned respectfully present to the President of toe United States the accompanying memento of the Metro. politan Fair, held for the benefit of the United States Sani tary Commission, New York, april 4, 1854. TME ROMAN DEPARTMENT still presents an array of empty cases aud shelves, cased by (De non-arrival of the donations from loyal Americans residit @. The articles are ail remarkable for their richness and beauty, and much disappointment is tek in consequence of the delay m their receipt, THE JEWELRY AND SILVER DEPARTMENT was well patronized yesterday. The contributions to this be Roy | at S180. Many of = most valu bl ex of yesterday. ihe pair of large vases rie: § glass wore sold tor $1,000. A set of wine glasses of the’same material, with silver stems, were aold for $250. Among other articles in ope of the priveipal cages is a large fruit stand, fac simile ef the one presemed to Miss Chase by her Ouio Irieads as ® wedding present — It js valued at $800. Tho assortinent of watches is very fine, Several of thera are valued at $1,000, and have already been sold. Of ladies’ fape there are upwards of one thousand, of all prices, styles ami patterns, In @ glass came at one @nd of the counter are three pairs of skates made Of plated silver. They are of elegant design, and nounted with solid silver, with ruby eyes ina dragon's head. They aro valued at $150 a pair. Another article worthy Of mention, and which occup es a prominent po a OM the counter, is a fetewn-tle wet of bine china, in- with’ silver, ty of pattern and fineness of workmanship it will compare very favorably with any other article on the stand It is valued at $500, THE FIRST MONITOR, In the Lingere Depertment we wore shown an interest ing reli¢ of the Grst Monitor, it is a walking stick, mado out of the wood Of the capstan of the Monitor, aud the hindic, which t# beautifully carved, is made of wood Srom the Charter Unk, It was sold yesterday for fifty dot jars, 10 this department Ta als» exhibited the carving of the Charter Ouk as it appecred on the morning it foll, Tt was carved and douated to the Fair by a loyal Soothern lady, and ig vatued atone hundred dollars. A number of leaves from the Charter Usk, yellow end owhat decayed, ari zy tS ead iy @ also to be had for twenty-tive HB FIRE DEPARTMENT STAND, MOR elegant in the Fair, was also well patronized yesterday. Amoug the fresh expositions at ad pen owunden +e marvie bust of Martin Van ar c marble figure of Henry Clay. are valuable a8 works of art eit THE MACHINERY DEPARTMENT wae next visited, which wo found to bo in a very un- ‘inssbed state, Amidst rushing steam and whirring wheelt, @reasy mechanics wero Dandliog immense bars of iron aod preparing for the grand dieplay that is to be made here sometime berore he Fair closes. THE NAVAL DEPARTMENT came next in order, and is becoming a very attractive and interesting place, Mr. Webb, who has it ia charge, ope of the is fitth g it up M Meet rate style, ‘He nas wince Batarday a 4 fine model of the Russian frigate General Adm rol Its perfect in every detail, aud attracts mach at- tevtion, On «ne side i a section of the jron clad Duuder- berg, while io the centre, about six feet (rom the eround, PRICE THREE CENTS. Sathana eclectic tnd eee ia rea ct i ed at al ee oon ¢ EEE is a fine mode? of the North river steamboat Isaac New- toa, Many other inte esting 5) va} are. fecture are on exhibition here, will take anvther opportunity to describe, MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING ‘was ove of the liberally patronized departments yeater- day. It is situated in the second story, next door to the Cur Sb The dresemaking is under the direction Mi | agsisied by Mra. Donovan, They bave five coll ction of ready made dresses, of all materials ‘and for every seakon—sacaues, bas ues and Other articles of ladies’ apparel, including a tine assortment of hoop skirts and corsets, Mrs, Marshall 0, Roberts bas charge of the millinery department, assisted by Madam Ferrero. A point lace shawl, vaiued at $1,000, is one of the first things sco on entering the room. The assortment consists of handsome hats, ranging 0 price from twenty to fifty dollars each, fancy goods, flowers and featt ‘There je also an article which will prove a valuabie acqu| sition to somebody, It is a talking baby, We heard ib say “Pava’’ vy naturally, and left an old gentie- man admiring it Perbaps ne bought it. HAIRDRESSING DEPARTMENT. This is stocked with douvations from the tonrorial pro- fossors of this city, and contains a choice assurtment of bet combs, perfumery, brushes, curls, soaps, huir rest ves, and other articles of imilar character, One set of curls, forty-six inches in gth, is valued at one hundred dvilare, A braid, ifty-t inches long, is said to be the finest in the country. There is a pri room for ladtes’ onppew y J purposes, experienced per+ sons in attendance, and the department is No. 76, be- tween the Curiosity Shop and the Restaurant. CONCERT LAST BVBNING. About seven o'clock last evening the rooms began to fil ap very rapidiy, and soon presented aacene of beauty, fanhion and magnificence not often to be witnessed out: side the limits of our metropolitan city. The orchestra was eccupied about the eame time by Grafulla’s band, and during the evening, under the leadership of that weil known , performed a variety of airs, including se. Jections from the Enchantress, overture to William Toll, selectiona from Robert Le Diable snd Macbeth, together with other pieces of a national and patriotic character. THE POLICE ARRANGEMENTS, under the supervision hele Leonard and Sergeants Wilson and Garland, are admirable,and appear to give entire satisfaction to everybody. No arrests were made yesterday, ‘and,. strange to relate, no complaints lodged at adquarters. luring the day, however, about fitty ar- ticles, ranging ip value from a five cent stamp to fifty dollars, were found in different parts of the building and taken to headquarters, The owners in many instances, bad the thought to apply at the police headquarters, where tho articles were restored on being correctly de- scribed and receipted for. THE RESTAURANT was crowded during the whole day. Oysters wore in great demand, thirty thousand being consumed vetore two o’clock. The viands of every description were similar demand, At a moderate computation it is estt- mated that about eight thousand persons patronized this Dranch of the Fair. Major Stetson and Mr, Wim. H. Rad. ford bave got everything into good working order, and it is now in an admirably efficient condition, The ladies in attendance at the restaurant will feel obliged by all per gong patronizing it providing themselves before hand with small change in United States currency, of failing tbat to pay in city bills, This will save them much F trouble aud time, Liberal donations of coffee, flour and otber articles are now being received, and this depart- ment promises to be as profitable as any other of the Fair, Contributions of flowers, confectionery and other similar articles are solicited by the Ladies’ Committeo, THE TWO SWORDS which were donated by Messrs. Tiflauy & Co., to be pre- sented to the military and naval ollicer who shalt receive the largest number of votes, are very baudsome and costly specimens of armorers’ work Up to a late hour yesterday General Grant was first on the list for the military sword. Ho was rather closely fol lowed by General McClellan, while General Butler fol- lowed at a very respectiul distance: far in the rear some people would ‘call it. The competitors tor the naval sword are running pretty closely together, and are Com- mander Rowan, of the New Ironsides, and Admiral Far- ragut. Commander Kowan was a httle ahead; but the Old Salamander’s chance is still a very good o1 SALE OF TICKETS. Mr. Theodore A. Moss has charge of the ticket sellers, money takers, doorkeepers, and ail others who guard the different entrances to the Fair, fe has reduced every thing into first rate working order, and the committee have agr ed to do away with the absurd system of panel ing a hole In a season ticket every time the holder passes from one part of the building to another. This giv great satisfaction, Some tickets had twenty hoi punched in them yeste day, much to the holders’ ‘liggust and the distgirement of the pasteboards. The ticket yesterday amounted to thirteen thou: hundred and eighty seven Of this number between six and seven thousand were season ticke's. THE RECEIPT: On making inquiry at the Treasurer's office last night we learned that the money taken at the door and at the different stands had not been counted, and would not be until today, No estimate could, therotore, possibly be made of the amount of receipts when the Fair closed, at about fifteen minutes to eleven last night. jens of which we Union Square Exhibition to be Ppened thin Afternoon. GRAND OPENING CONCERT-—ON# HUNDRED BRAUTIFUL YOUNG SINGBRS—TAE KNICKERBOCKER KITCUEN, BTC., ETC. It was confidently expected yesterday that the Union square division of the Sauitary Fulr would have been opened to the public, but as there was a great many im- portant things still left undone which ought to have beeu done, it was found necessary to give the carpenters and joiners more time to uccompligh all that was needed. § although everything actually required for the interir display on the opening of the building was in readfuess, the programme could not be carried into effect as origin ally tended, There need be no alarm, however, for the ladies are working earnestly, and this afternoon, at three o'clock, the Union Square Exhibition will be opened with a grand concert, in which a hundred bev tifal young singers will take part. ‘That this section is in afair way of prozression may be noted from the fact that the Knickerbocker Kitchen was open all yesterday and lastevening upto ten o'clock. Ihe gentle iadies, descendants of gallant and sturdy old Dutch burgo- masters, who govern this Teutonic culinary department (Koickerbocker kitchen), are types of neatnoss, taste sud good management, as well as excellent samptes of first class cooks. By their kind invitation the reporters who visited the cuisine were induced to try & cup of their “‘caudell,” or *kaudell,”’ a very good kind of compound, no doubt, for Kaickerbockers and plum puddings, but altogether unsuited to the palate of at least one of the reporters present, Some of the gentlemen finished up the contents of their tea cups; others merely tasted the s cy composition. Still? the Knickerbocker Indies evinced n desire to treat the representatives of the press with a proper attention, and we are giad to say that this bas beon the prevailing disposition of all the Indies who so plentifuliy grace aed adorn the Fair, and without whose invaluuble aid all the ‘head and tail’? committees would be like so many ropes of sand. We subloin the names of the ladies who form the Com mittee of the Knickerbocker Kitcheu:— Mrs. J. J. Roosevelt, Ch’n, Susan Pevson, Treas’t Alfred Schermerhorn, Mrs. James Reekman, The Mrs. A. 'T. Claytoa, Mrs, Leggett, Mrs. Dr. Brown, Mrs. Binns, Mre. Willis, Mrs. Garson, Miss Corvetl. Mrs. M. Mf Caleb, At the north end of the kitchen is a splendid fireplace, Mt alter the old style, expressely for the occasion, Here a number of large logs ure pilod up, and, with the oceasional stirring of a large poker, they throw out a ruddy and refreshing licht, mingled with a warmth that is peculiarly acceptable in these cold nights of April Of the decorations, both pictorial and artistic, with which the kitcben abounds, we will apeak more familiar ly avd at greater length when the building is fully open to the public. But, as we have a large number of Dutch readers, and thousands who are interested in that ancient revple and their expressive langage. we eubjoin n few of the inscriptions whieh visitors will bave the pleasure ‘of reading and discessing in theYoriginal, Over the main hal! of entrance 1 this quotation :— ere caSice teas fe Vlas "8 “Onze Geaegevheid is Voldven,”’ POLOLEOOLEDOLOLELOLELEDEDELEIPLODE DE DEDELELPDEDELE, Which, befog translated, meins:—‘'Our ‘desire is to satis fy’ v Then we have— POLEOOLODDLL EDIE DDLOLEDEDEDDOE LE LELOPPLEDEDDLE DOLE “Vriendsehap em gezelschap "” } DOG LE RBOL LL EE AELELE TELE POLL LEDELE MITE PEDEEE ROCCE), “Friendship and sociability.” Of doth of these harmonious virtues there will be no stint, Follow ing in tho regular course of good saying .we come toan old copy of Washingtou’s portrait, beneath which are inscribed the words: DAPAPeP ee POLE PLPLEDLELEIELEDELLIDLOLDDE LE BIRDGEHELELED) “Vader van oet Vaderiand.”’ PLOOOOPOLE LE LOLELI EEL LOLELEVELE TEEPE UPI ED “Father of his Country, Immediately in front of this, and over one of the on trances to the kitcben, if a couplet which shows tho wis dom of the early Lathers of the earliest Knickerboekers:— AOOELLLE LOPE OEELEOIETEDELE LEED LEDEDEDODEMOLEH TE ® “De waartfoid dic in duister ing’ Die kompt met kinnrheid aanden dag.” OPO OLLODELELELELE DY EL PE DELEOLDDED ODES HOO METED “The truth that inthe darkness lay Comes cut with clearness to the day.’ And another to tho leit of the fire yiace— POOLE OOEEPEOD LEE LLILOLOLORELOLE POOLE “Teort wat dan kent gy wat.” Qn eene Oe need TLELE LET APPELLEE POPE TLORE HEN ‘Learn something if you would know something.’ Thus it may be seen tho Knickerbockers “are around,” and as we shall have to say something moro abont their kitebon, and the winning graces Of the Indies presiding thore, we will bid them good night, promising to ‘call again.” Tne moelcal department ie in a very forward state Several fine pianos, harmoniame, violencelios and other instruments are already in place, and preparations are being made to locate others, A splendid organ rtwmds at the southern extremity of the building, a masterpiece of mechanical skill, only awaiting the magic fugers of & Decrerranee Borge or a Morgen to wake its chords into Ne and har- — That graud troat ts reserved for W-day and to- night. It is positively understood that this department wii! be ready this evening for pubic exbibition, It was antici pated thut tts operations would have beguo yesterday af. teruioon in a connected form, and with a degree of euthu- siasm equal to that of the inauguration of tue principal Fair buildings, Although the weather was rather wet and shivery, there were bundreds of persons on the ground, keeping themselves warm with patriotism, and with the hopes of dazzlings sights within this tributary oF the noble enterprise, But, lo! and behold, the ticket office was empty, and Moss—the irrepressibie and vigilant Moss, the lord of the box oflice and comptroller of admission tickets—was nom est in- rentus. This was certain evideaco that the open- ing had been postponed, and after long watchiog and waiting, our,ubiquitous reporters solemnly returned their pencils to their cases and their notebooks to their oock inwardly resolving to be on hand again to-day, and if Fair be not opened to take immediate steps to open ib themselves, Concerts for the Sanitary Fair. Tt will bo seen, by an advertisement in another colama, that a grand yocal and instrumental concert, in aid of the Sanitary Commission, will be given this evening in the Greene street Methodist Episcopal church, under the direction of Prof. T. J. Cook. A number of first clase artists have volunteered their services, and the con- cert will, no donbt, be a very succesaful affair. A grand vocal and instrumental concert and exhibition by the pupils of the public schools of the Seventeenth ward is to comeoff at Cooper Institute to-morrow even- ing. The proceeds are to bo devoted to the purposes of the United States Sanitary Commission, THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Imcessant Rain Storms—Danger that the Railroad Bridres Witt be Swept Away—Uperations of Rebels, dc. OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENC! Atexaxprta, Va., April 4, 1864, Rain has fallen incessantly for the past forty-eight hours. The etreams crossed by the Orange ana Alex~ andria Railroad have risen to an unprecedented height, and most superhuman exertions are belug made to pre- vont the bridges from being destroyed, but the task seems almost lopsiesa, Geveral Lee veoms to have taken it for gravted that the mid Virginia route to Ricbmond !s not to be absn- doned, Strong ‘ortiGications are being thrown up on the south side of the Rapidan, at a point opposite M itchell’s ‘Station, or what is known as Clark's Mountain, The new works are plaiuly in view from our signal statiens, NEWS FROM LOUISIANA. of General Frank! Arriv: 4» Forces w¢ Alexandria—General A, J. Smith's Columa in Motlon—General Banke Organiz ny 4 Civil Government, &e. oT Loum April 6. 1864. Advices from Alexandria to the 27: ) ult, say that the main body of Gener»! Franklin's army arrived there the day befor». meeting no opposition, ‘Ihe countey through which it passed was deserted by whites ant mile blacks, they having gone to Texi’, Tho mdications aro that General Bavk 8’ army will remain there some time. The gunboat Bragg had established a bieckade at the mouth of the Red ri , and none but government steam- ers were allowed to enter the stream. ‘The advance column of our forces, undor General A. J, Smith, left Alexandria on the 27th, fhe gunboats wilt probibly follow. Ceeral Mower bas captured seventeen cinnon since reagiving the Red river. General Binks was organizing a civil government. It was expected that Shreveort would full without re- sistance. ‘The rebels will be driven from the entire country east of the Red river. A military post has been established at Waterproof. The rebel General Harrison’s command ia reported moy- ing towards Shreveport. NEWS FROM MISSISSIPPI. The Rebels Again on the Bty Biack and Yaxoo Rivers, &e. St, Lous, April 5, 1864, A report is iu circulation thit the rebels are t king up their old lines on the Big Black and Yazo orivers. Vicksburg advices of the 28th ultimo say that the crew of the steamer Alf, Cutting bad arrived from Alex- andria. ofa For Arkansas, Sr, Loum, Aprit 5, 1864. A report has reached here that « forage train; sent ous from Batesville, Ark., under command of Captain Majora, Reported © ge rain in was captured lust week by Colonel Freeman's guerillas. Affairs on the M ippi. Cairo, April 5, 1864, The Forty-seventh Indiana and the Second Illinois cavalry (veterans) loft bere for New Orleans. Brigadier General Corse passed down for the sane place. The steamer Empire was arrested bodily and 4$100 for unwarrantably taking cottou from the Teo: nesaee river. ‘The officers of the steamer Ella have been arrested for landing the boat on the Kentucky sbore- coutrary to late orders. NEWS FROM KEY WEST. ‘The Empire City, Captain Maury, from Key West, ar. rived at this port last evening, bringing dates up to the 28th March. he Our Key West Corresponder,ep, > Kry Weer, Flas, Mar gh 99, gg4: Desertion of Men from the Govcrmyethit Yaachine shop~ Probable Reports ADU, Plow Fever in Key West—The Public Healt, Never Better in this Place, de. Tn thé frovalent dearth of news in this place my sole object in sending a letter to the Hxnaxp ts to counteract any possible stories that may be set on foot deprecatory of the Wealth of this place, for @ reason I am about to etate, Shortly after the United States supply steamer Union left, six men employed in the government machive shop were found missing. The inference is that they left on the Union as “stowaways” for New York, Letters hive been writton to the Admiral io command of the Brovkiyn Navy Yard, stating the fact of their desertion and re- questing that no employment be given them. Much inconvenience must result to the department to which these men are atiached from their desertion. But toat is not all, They will doubtless spread reports iw New York of the prevateuce of yellow fever in. this place, and thus shut us off from communication with the North, even by veesull Daring the b iner, such was tue dread o: yellow fever that pilots from this pioe were not allowed even to communicate with yossels running past, and if the story of these recreants are beleved, we may, without the least foundation, be placed i & sinular predicament, even before the Coraing summer, The reason why the men whose names 1 have men tioned Jeft is said to be the death of three of thew oumber from remittent fever, which their excited imagination construed into yeliow fever, It seems that on me death of the fret man his surviving comrades “waked” the body, tn conseq °@ of whieh most of them got drank on very vile whiskey, which settled the business of two more. The rest e seized with a Panic, and six of them left ia consequence, as already stated, Now, Ihave the auth: of Dr. Sweet, who attends the Marius here, and bas most of the yructice public health is excelient. ere has uot beea & solitary case Attempt was made today to 6) oad a report that a man bad died of yellew fever in unefot the hospitals. I waited on Dr, Sweet aod inquired into the particulars of the case, when the Doctor informed me that it was noth. ing woré tha: an oggravated form of bilious fever, with dysenter. anid ae the patient rofured to take any remedy ent of the whole case, and com- of voseei# ought not to be detorred by bug # boo characters ag deserters, um calling iD, or from travsmittiog such mais as may be entrusted to them, News from Fortress Monroe, COLLISION IN CHESAPRAKE BAY—DBATHS OF SOL* DIENS, ETC. Fortress Mownor, April 4, 1864 The schooner Borger, from Baltimore bound to New Haven, was run into by the propeller Virginia, ia Chesa- peake Bay, yesterday, and bad ber bowsprit carried away aud bows stove in, She arrived here to day. What damage the propeller received is not known, Private William Stotnof, of the Ove Hundred and Thirty-ninth New York regiment, died suddenly bere to day. Mott Norton, son of Augustus Norton, of Syracuse. N. Y., dled thie morning from injuries received a few days since by getting caught in the gearing of « hoisting mas chine