The New York Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE N. W, CORNER OF FULTON AND NASGAU STS. TERMS cash in advance, Money sent by mail will be ot tbe risk of (he sendor, Nove but bank bills current ta ew York taken. TRE DAILY HERALD. ‘Tamme conte per copy, Ne. 101 Volume XXIX . =_ AMUSEMENTS THIS EF ACADEMY OF MUSIO, Irving Piace.—I7at/4x Oreta— RT LR VIABLE. XIBLO'S GABDEN, Lrosdway,—Foou's Revenge. WALLAOK'S TREAT 4, Broadway.—Fo.cits OF 4 Nigut—Skouxr. WINTER CARDEN, Broadway.—Jvoita. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Ovr Wira—Rowys- poy NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Sowery.—Cor.o Carre Pixs oF BpprsToNe-~O>. Be: BOWKRY THEATRE, owery Pour or Cvoso! Dowau Crrxtwa—Avicn May, OR BARNUM'S MUSEUM, Broadway. — $ Dwanrs, auvinos, Wuat Is Tt 80. an aN Rowe a ee Sia, om Srinrr or Beaury—At Be. Me i BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mecuanies’ Hall, wayKETvIOriAN BOKGS, DAXoRS, Bexious Fam ux. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.<Er Borcs, Dances, d0—Guina to hee inte AMERIOAN THEATRE, No. 444 Broad Bats ay Pawtouimas, Buasuaa &e--Oup GuasaT Gee HIPPOTHEATRON, — Fourteenth atrest.—Pauy owt: AND Mosxers. ' Afternooa and Evening, ER BOPR CHAPEL. 718 Froeaw: Mivnoxr or Univzssn, axv Twat: 4 472 Yroad. BuRLrsquas, Ao.—iux BreRRORCOPT CON OR WRNTR Sth eaT Cc NBW YORK MUSEUM OF AN. Cuniosinixs axp Lectuucs, from ATOMY, C18 Broadway. 94. M00 10PLM HOOLEY'’S OPERA HONSY Bones, Dancus, Buniusqves Brooklyn. —Erarorsas ATHENAUM, Brooklyn Pus or CoLeyay’s ScHoo:. LwvERTAINMENT BY tam Po y, April 11. 1862 =— THE sITr Active prenarations for the « @re going on ia the Arm Meade, Hum uroys, Patrick » with Gonoral Grant on Friday A TION. sing of the campaign : a ow vero storm of Batursay has swollen the rivers ost unprecedent- €4 bo. !it, doing oonsiderable « to public and private Proporsy. Bridges on the Orange Alexandria Rail- Foad wore swept away, 4 (revel bol ween Washington nc tho army was suspen ie! v:ctorday, It has proved ths most destructive si cm of the season ‘Tue bridge over Bull run, peas Union Mills, is entirely Gone. This structure was one hundred anil fifty feet long, sad some thirty-flyo feet above the bed of the stream Tho army will not be inconyenionoed by these damages, 4&5 sufll:fevt supplies are on hand at the front to subsite it wotil the rond can be repaired, which was expected would be accomplished yesterday. Tho arrival of the steamer Morning Star from New Orleans yesterday brings us news of the 24 inst. from our special correspondents, among which are details of the sivking of the rebel ram Teauessee and the burning Of tho steamer J. H. Russeil, The Country tn Congress « What is the present condition of the country? In the midst of @ gigsc'c civil war, draiong the loyal States of hundreds of thousands of | their most vigorous inen, and thousands of millions of money, we ore enjoying @ carnival | esta of unbounded prosperity. On every hand ex- trayagance, prodigality and epeculation pro- vail. Del among the ddy throngs of Broadway, and NEW YORK HERALD, 9 depart ‘ Co ommodate he business community and to eave much valuable time now wasted in the eciden queue. j Tue ConoressionaL Sxnsatioy,—In some ishments—foundries, furnaces and tho like--where a great deal of dirty work is done, in making and repairing boilers, m reigns in Wall street and | pipes, reservoirs, &c., all become so fouled in a short time that it is me to eus- amid the splendors and the surging multitudes | pend operations periodically and devote a at tue great Fair; in, word, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the madvess of unlimited treasures day to blowing out the flues, Congress is one of these establishments, and has devoted rules the hour, Glorious spectacle thia, and | Ssturday to the work of purifiestion, On that yet a most fearful dolasion, It is like the day, therefore, all the pent up accumulations of feast of Belshazzar, while ihe legions of our | bad gas that are made in the members’ minds irresistible enemy sre gathering under the city walls. + The country {s in danger, and the perils which menace it are great, and cannot be safely disregarded. We are gaily sailing now in smooth water; bnt we are borne along on the treacherous current of Niagara, which leads to the flashing rapids and the dreadful abyss be- | low. Strong arins and a skilful pilot can save us by pulling for the: shore; but in continuing to drift with the deceitful stream we shall be inevitably borne to destruction. We must bring this war to an end, and we must establish our fioaucia! systemon a solid foundation dur- ing the present year, and provide, too, the agents for the restoration of the Union in a con- way, or chaos, financial and politi- a), will come upon us. Our hopes of a rescue are now in Congress, stimtiona % | The adwintstratien of Abraham Lincoln has | failed to meet the just expectations of the coua- try. The last Congress, with a liberal hand, voted mon, money, means—everything neces- Savy, except a proper and comprehensive system of taxation, for a speedy suppression of the re- bellion; and yet, after three years of san- y war, the work is not yet accemplish- ed. Hence the tax bills of the last Congress have failed to keep within -hailing distance of the public expenditures. Greenbacks, in every shape and form, are multiplied; but as they are increased they diminish in value. Our old continental paper currency, the assignats of the first French republic and the worthless scrip of Jeff. Davis admonish us of what is to follow by the increase of paper money to meet the losses from its depreciation. The pre- sent Congress evidently comprehends, to a great extent, the dangers of the crisis and the remedies demanded. Several very important measures, already acted upon in the House or the Senate, show that neither branch is disposed to rely any longer upen the wisdom of President Lincoln. First, in the bill which has resulted in placing Gen. Grant in the active command of all the armies of the Union, the two houses have recognized the iacompetency of Mr. Lincoln’s | military Directory at Washington, and have | provided a capable and victorious soldier to direct the movements of our armies in the ap- proaching campaign. This act alone has done minar ‘The Red river expedition is still more fully commented | wonders in reviving the confidence of the loyal 0, the battle, or skirminh, at the mouth of Cane river, and the reported occupation of Shreveport, La., being the maio features ‘The rebel privateer Florida was reported to be at the Cavary Islazds on tho 4ch of March, where « for one day , and took in coal and provision: ‘The movements in the Southwest indicate the approach Of active proceedings there. Ail the recruits ia Missourt @re ordered to the feld, and veterans who are on furlough @re to proceed at once to the front. The regiments of the Arosy of the Cumberiaud are to go to Nashville, and those of the Army of Tennessee to Cairo. ba remained The rebels, under Colonel NeCroa, are said tobe concen- trating #t Augusta, on White river, in great force, one bundred miles above Ball's Biull. They drove out the Sinall garrison holding (hat placo, and forced them to re- 41ro to the gun eats. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. We have uews from Havana and St, Domingo by the ‘Steam ships Restoke and Morniog Star, which arrived at this port yeate: Vur advices are dated to the Sth fostant erable excitement bad been caused in Bavana by the (ransactions of ove of the Cuban officials, ‘who, it is eaid,cap'ured from the slave traders on the ‘eonst two bundred nezros=, whom he sold into slavery, Putting the proceeds in his pocket and leaving for New York. Skirm:<hing between the Spanish troops and the Datives in St. Domag4 still continued; but nothing dect Yous! States in the complete success of their glorious cause. Secondly, in its late unanimous decla- ration against the Napoleonic monarchy of | that way is better than none. Mexico the Housg of Representatives has ad- during the five business days are let off and blown off, amidst dreadful screeching snd many bad smells. We regard this as a most convenient and praiseworthy usage, It saves the country many alarms and the mombers much vexetion of spirit. On that day members can fal! jato a fine frenzy at their leisure, and utter dreadful sentences, and the country knows thet all that is said is said in a Pick- wickian sense, and means nothing, or less than nothing, except to those earnest admirers of buncombe, the personal friends agd constitu- ents of the member who may happen to speak. No member, of course, would bring forward any practical business subject on. that day of gas, since every member knows that for all the business purposes of Congress it is a diss non. And thus it is a day ruled out of the business calendar of Congress. On the last occurrence of this day a motion was made in Congress to expel Mr. Long, of Ohio, for treasonable words spoken on the day before, and the opening of this flue let leose @ vast aecumulation of bad tem- per, particularly from Mr. Harris, of Mary- land, who endorsed what Mr. Long had said, and much more. Congress then cen- sured the speech of Mr. Harris, by a vote of ninety-two yeas to eighteen nays. From the fact that these proceedings took place on Satur- day, and that Mr. Harris made his violent speech on that day, it is evident that the whole business of these expressions of sympathy for the South is clearly understood. Only eighteen votes were cast against censuring Mr. Harris, and even that small number of votes was not cast by men who are his adberents or admirers. Some of them were from opponents of that gea- tleman, who are disposed, however, to allow the largest liberty and even license to speech in the House. Neither Mr. Harris, Mr. Wood nor Mr. Long, therefore, can have the least hope of a vote in favor of their views. Nor do they speak in the expectation that thoir words can have any effect to stay the inevitable progress of this great war. They speak only out of a morbid desire for notoriety and a sensation. They want to be martyrs, and to be dreadfully injured in some cause or another—no matter what—and then to go about the world ex- posing their sores and exciting sympathy; or they have heard that The youth who fired the Ephesian domo Outiives ic fame the pious fool who reared it, and they emulate his fame, since, as it fs necessary for them to be famous in some way, No importance whatever should be attached to these speeches. ministered a timely rebuke against the timid | They are th» mere morbid expressions of a and temporizing foreign policy of the adminis- tration, and has thus taken another important mania, and the severest thing that Congress can do against them is to leave them alone. step to repair its blunders and short comings. | When William the Third was told that a certain The Senate, next, in its brief but broad and | man in England wanted to be a martyr, William comprehensive resolution, providing for the | determined to disappoint him ; and tbat is the abolition of slavery throngh an amendment of | course for Congress to pursue with such men the constitution, has emphatically repudiated | as Long and Wood and Harris. the absurd emancipation projects and experi- ments of the administration, and has boldly eee it atatedthat and bravely struck out in the right path for the hewn conbibetan absolute and permanent settlement of the slavery question. Thus while Congress, be tween the two houses, has satisfactorily inter- posed its legislative authority to secure a vigor- ous prosecution of the war, in the promotion of General Grant, and has properly instructed the administration and warned Louis Napoleon in reference to Mexico, we have also the first practical step taken towards the correction of the ricketty emancipation schemes of Mr. Lin- coln, and towards a legitimate and speedy re- moval of this trouble of slavery from every Bive in tho war ‘bere had occurred. There is nothing | State and Territory of the Union. tater from Mex oo by these arrivais. Yesterday was the eigh'oon!> suceessive day that east winds have prevailed in tuis vicinity, and consequently the nrrival of vessels at this port has been much retard od, many being now overdue from European and South ern ports. Many Is bound to Easiern ports are now Anchored in Long Island Sound, and a number of those destined to this port from the southward have taken refuge tn the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. A heavy fain storm visited this city and vicinity yesterday. Michael Waters, alias Macgowan, an alleged bounty Jumper, was shot yesterday afternoon on the corner of Exchango pl: 1 Broad strect, while attempting to de seri frow a detachment of men who were en rout: for Washington. The shot was fired by Sergeant Townsend, of the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth regiment, who was afterwards arrested by tho First precinct police, and held to await the Coroner's investigation. Tux Anottrionists Opposinc ABoLtTios.— We have not yet seen in avy abolition paper a word of bearty congratulation upon the strong vote in the Senate in favor of amending the constitution so as to abolish slavery, or any effort to assist us in bringing this great movement to a triumphant conclusion. This fact conclusively demonstrates the hypocrisy of the abolition editors. They do not care to have slavery abolished. do away with the agitation about slave They want to keep up the excitement, in order to keep up their party. The; only wish to use the negro as a donkey upon which they may ride into power. They have always professed a deadly hostility to slavery; has arrived to abolish the institution in ® proper, legal and constitutional way, they have nothing to say about it. Tur Sovviers’ Hous.—We but now, when the proper time | P But still, looking to our financial affairs, and to the chances of the prosperity of this ad- ministration, the country is in danger. Rely- ing upon General Grant and the brave and mighty armies in his hands, and our powerful co-operating navy, we expect the defeat and dispersion of the rebel armies in the intérval to November next. With the fulfilment of this hope the task of strengthening our financial sys tem to positive security will be comparatively easy in proper hands; but Congress, in this work, should not wait upon General Grant. In any event taxation is the only remedy that will cure this paper money disease; but, in the event of any serious disaster to our armies, nothing but the safeguards of taxation will save us from swift financial destruction. Above all other things, however, it now devolves upon Congress to take the initiative fora new ad- ministration. In the hands of our present in- efficient Executive all that human wisdom may be able to provide in the way of legislative guides, supports, checks and balances will still be frittered away, and so, with the war ended, They do not desire to | bis blunders in the work of reconstructing the ry. Union may prove more disastrous to the coun- try than the war itself. Congress, then, we repeat, should at once in- Ar To Tne Sick anp Wounpep Sorprers.—We two or three of our large hotels towards the fund in aid of the sick and wounded soldiers. What have tho others done, and why do we not hear of con- tributions on the part of the omnibus and rail- road lines, which are benefited so greatly by the establishment of the Fair in our city? The public would doubtless be pleased to obtain information on this subject. Since writing the above we have found the following announcement :— The stage proprietors and owners of the following lines of stages, om account of the continued increase in the price ot labor, hay, grain, and all materials ugod in connection with their business, are compelled to advance their fare to ten cenis on and after Apri 11, 1864. Ten per cent of the gross receipts for the present week will be donated to the Sanitary Fawr. Madison Avenue Line—Murphy & Smith, Fifth Avenue Line—Andrews & NeDonald, Consolidated Stage Company, New York—J. A, Marshall, President. Twenty-third Street and Broadway—McLellands & Pek Avenue and Broadway—Marehall & Perry. It will be seen, from this, that our omnibus proprietors are a most liberal people. They increase their prices one hundred per cent, and give ten per cent of one week’s receipts to the soldiers’ fund! Five Tuovsanp Sattors Wantep—The New York County Volunteer Committee want five thousand recruits for the navy. They will pay every sailor one hundred dollars if he enlists for one year, ‘and two hundred dollars if he enlists for more than one year. They will also pay a premium of ten dollars to any person bringing a navy recruit to their headquarters in the Park. All that Jack has to do is to step up to Captain Blunt’s office and get his money, cash down. Hitherto this naval recruiting bas been shamefully mismanaged. Secretary Welles has driven at least twenty thousand sailors into the army, while good ships have been laid up for want of crews, and naval operations bave been greatly retarded for the same reason. His treatment of the New England sea cap- terpose its influence and its authority in bebalf | tains and fishermen lost the navy thousands of of a more acceptable candidate for the sion than Mr. Lincoln. In the way we bave republicans and war and Union democrats in succes- | the best and and most experienced seamen in the country. Now that the recruiting depart ointed out, the large anti-Lincoln majority of | ment has been placed in abler hands, we be- lieve that New York city alone will supply each house have the power in their hands to | the five thousand sailors required. nominate our next President. Let them exer- Fru Up tue Qvora.—Supervisor Blunt an- cise this power, or all their efforts to remedy | nounces that ten thousand volunteers are several communications upon the subject of | President Lincoln, and to save the country from establishing a soldiers’ home—a refuge for the | financial and political confusion, may be labor | seventy-seven te four hundred and seventy maimed heroes who have fought the battles of | thrown awa‘ their country. In France and England this idea bas been put into practice. The Hotel des In- Tar Gotven Quvevs.—Assistant Treasurer valides, in Puris, and the Chelsea Hospital, near | Cisco is selling gold certificates, receivable at ondun, are indeed homes for soldiers, who are eonbled, thanks to these institutions, to pass their days in peace, kindly cared for, meeting with the sympathy and respect of all classes. We should by all means carry out such a plan here. In the midst of all the Fair excite- ment there are still persons in our midst who find time to reflect upon the benefits to arise from « “Boldiers’ Home.” We have received the Custom House for dues, at 165, when the speculators’ price for gold is 169. Consequent- ly our merchants desire to purchase these cer- tificates, and a long queue--a golden queae— of merchants’ clerks may be seen every day at the Assistant Treasurer’s office. But there is only one clerk detailed to attend te this de- partment, and, as the necessary calculations are somewhat intricate, the result is that the the sum of ten dollars from a subscriber to | sale proceeds so slowly that merchants have to commence a fund for that purpose, and invite further contributions from the friends of the goldiers. We shall give our bearty support to ao cou:mendable an undertaking. days while they are awaiting their turns to purchase the certificates. We suggest to Mr. Cisco that three or four clerks should be detailed ave received | the mistakes and to supply the deficiencies of | wanted in this county. Three hundred dol- lars cash down, and from three hundred and seven dollars United States bounty are the pe cuniary inducements. This is, enough money to buy @ farm or start @ business, after the war is over. The draft is fixed for the 165th of April, and only a few more days are left for volunteers to make money by coming in out of the draft, The office is at the park, and the money is always ready. Now is the dime ‘> pocket seven bundred and seventy-seven doi lars and serve your country. Oxe Weex or tue Fatn.--The grand Metro- politan Fair has now been opened one week, and has produced in our city an excitement lose the services of their clerks for two or three | almost unparalleled. Ovo walf a million of dollars have been received, thus proving that onr original soi'mate of one million as the re- ceipts will be attained, if rot surpassed. The cat, in order to ac- | MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1864. iminense evccess of this great charitab'e under- taking is the best answer that the people can give to the silly speeches in Congress made by Harris and Long. ‘None other need be at- tempted. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. Measures of Generale Graut rman for Getingan tho Troops Into the Fleid—The Atarm at Mompnis Bubsiding—Tne Keveis Concentrating on White River, dec. Sr. Lous, April 10, 1664. A despatch from Provost Marshal General !ry to Pro- vost Marahal Alexandor, of this State, eaye | \eutenant General Grant directs activo measures to be inmediately taken to get into the field all recruits of the now organiza- tion and the old troops of Missouri, The troops will rend zvous at Louisville, General Sherman, in a despatch to the Governor of Mis- our op the game eubject, says the War Department has given him the control of all the voterans now absent, and requests him to have them sent to the front immediately upon the expiration of their furloughs, No excuse wii be taken for delay, commanders of rogiments will be hold to accountability for absence of a single day. General Sherman says uow is the time, if ever, when the soldier should be in his place, three huudrod nen on time being botter then a thousand too late. All regimenta belonging to the Armics of the Ohio and Cumberland go to Nashville, and those of the Army of ‘Tennessee go te Cairo, whore they will receive further orders, Carro, April 10, 1864. ‘The steamer Silver Moon has arrived, with one day’s later nows from Memphis. ‘The alarm lately experienced in that city was aub- siding. Preparations, however, were making to receive the enemy should he venturo. The rebels, under McCrea, are reported concentrating In force at Augusta, on White river, one hundred miles above Ball's Bluff. They had driven out the small gar- rigon on duty there, compelling them to retire to the gun- boats, Measures were immediately takeu to fortify Du- vall’s Bluff. Mr, DeB. Randolph Keim’'s Despatch. Camo, April 7, 1866. A BUSPIOOUS VESSEL STOPPED. The Mary E. Forsythe,one of the Memphi« packets, started out from hore last night, under suspicious circum. stances, General Brayman issued an order to have hor stopped. The commander of the fort at this place was ordered to bring her to, which he did after firing three shots across her bow. There seems to be good authority for the supposition that a number of trunks covtaining contraband articles are stowed away in her hold. An in- vestigation is now going on; but nothing has et boen discovered, THE PURSUIT OF FORRES?. We have no important news from Forrest. Ie seems to keep very quiet. He still continues his daily visits to Hickman. He bas sent a small force towards Memphis on a reconnoissance. General Veatch, with a considera- bie force of our treops, crossed the Tennessee river seve- ral days since. It is expected he will accomplish eome- thing. It is supposed that Forrest bas withcrawn the larger part of his force towards Corinth, and vill leave West Kentucky and Tennessee before long entirely by that route, Devication ov St. Micuam:’s Roman Cats0n¢ Ouvrci.— ‘The dedicatory services of St. Michael’s Romsn Catholic church—situated in West Thirty-second streei, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, end of which the !.ov. Arthur Donnelly is pastor—took place yestorday forenoon, and were witnessed by a crowded and intoresied congroga- tion. ‘The ceremony of dedication has bee 80 often de- scribed that it {8 unnecessary to dwell upon it in this con- nection, St. Michael's church will be among the hand- somest in this city. It is constructed iu the Gothic style, in all two hundred feet jong, though, strictly speak- ing, the proper length is only one hundéved fect, as the northern half, fronting on ‘Ihirty-second street, covers but one lot and is wholly ocoupied’ on the first story as a vestibule, Above this vestibule is an extension tothe gallery of thecborch. The front on Kigbty-second street is hence only twenty-five fect wide and civnty-five feet hivh, and it presents ope majestic, elaborately wrought door- way—the principal entrance—with one immense window above, This front 1s wholly of cut brown Connecticut stone, The front, on Thirty first street. is eighty cet wile, with a massive tower on weat corner, ono hundred and five fect high. Thirty-frst street beiag about eleven fect lower in grade than Thirty second street, enabled the architect, with the little elevation on Thirty-second street, to give the church a lofty basement, Above it is a novel variety of bright col.red stones not to be found in apy other building in the city, aud set in something of a Mosaic order. The interior fs the sty!s known as *‘onan timber work.” Fourteen large end valnable oi! ) ntings, representing Scriptural subjects, fill the spaces |e: ween the winaows. Behind the altar there is @ majsicent piece of {res work, consisting of a representation of the Crucifixion, executed by Mr. Primo Boreiti, a you nd rising artist of this city. The work has the inerit of originality in many of ite details, but it would occupy to much space to de- scribe it. Under the gatleries are the Tweive Apostles, including Pau! and Barnabas. Above the gilleries are the four Evangolists. The window is embiematic of the ‘ubiversality of the Catholic Church, esouting the four = divisions of the world,each typified b; female igure worshiping the Blessed Sacrament, The ehurch will sent one thousand aix hundred persons; but in the manner in which Catholics Gil their churches it will boid nearer three thousand. The church is built in the moat substantial manner, the average thickness of the walls being nearly toree feet. The cost of the ground, includ- ing a plot of four lots for a schoolhouse, together with church building and pastor's house, amounts to vinety- two thousand dollars. Fire 1x West Twexty-sivra Street—Loss Anour Forty Trovsanp DoLars.—Adout oe o'clock yesterday after. noon a fire broke vut in the rear building of H. & C. P. Bucking’s extensive sheepskin dressing establishment, No. 147 West Twenty-ninth street. It originated on the third floor, used for drying wool, but from what cause is at present unknown. The two upper floors were totally destroyed. The dmage on the butiding and wool is esti- mated by Messrs. Bucking at about $40,000. The insur- ance is only about $5,000. The firemen fortunately ex- tinguished the fire before it @xteuded into tte front Duildings. Fine in East Firreesta Strert—Two Horses Borvep fo Deata.—-On Sunday morning, about one o’clock, a fire broke out in a frame stable, owned and occupied by An- drew McBride, at 203 and 205 Fast Fifteenth street. Two horses belonging to Mr. Livermore and Mr. Lesborger were burned to death ; loss on the horses about $500; no insurance. Mr. Mcfride lost one hearse and one sleigh, valued at $500; no insurance. [ose on buildings about $200: no ipsurance. From the sudden manner of the breaking ot of the fire it is believed to have been the act of an incendiary, Fire 1x Broapway.—About two o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in an unoccupied frame cottage on Broadway, near Fifty.fourth street, owned by Mr Fleet. It was totally destroyed ; loss $200, Coroners’ Inque: Fatat Jew ny a Soupier.—On Thursday last Thomas Geogban, a soldier, was placed under arrest as a deser- ter and detained in a room in the third story of the military beadquarters, corver of Broome and Elim streets. Geoghan at the time wan suffering from delirium tremens, and being left alone he leaped from an open window to the pavewent, sustaining a eompound fracture of the left thigh and other injuries, from the effects of which he subesquently died in the New York Hospital, Coroner Ranney held ‘an inquest on the body yesterday and a verdict in accordance with the facts wag by the jury. Googhan was forty-five years of aative of Ireland. Fatat Accipent a? rum Crnar Street Finr.—Honora Mshony, the youdg Irish woman, twenty years of age, who was go terribly injured at the fr No, 7 Cedar etreet on Saturday morning, subsequen’ New York Hospital. Coroner Ranney yestorday hi an inquest on the body, when it appeared that thi peared, who bad been employed on the fourth floor of the burning bullding , found it impossible to get down stairs,and toescape death by fire abe leaped from the fourth etory window to the sidewalk. In the fall her left arm was fractured, s/so the shoulder tbiade, and a deep cut wag inflicted on ber neck, caused by the sbarp edge of & stone op which 1; besides which®she sustained se. yore Intern «| The jury found that doceased came to her rom injuries received by jumping from the fourth story window of atore No. 7 Cedar street, Apeit 9, 1804, Docsosed lived in Sullivan street. Scproenp Sticios —Coroner Ranney yesterday held an Inquest on the boty of Joseph Hasslacher,a German, sixty yn fge, who was found drowned in tho dock foot of Kivington street, East river. Deceased. who was extromcly poor, left ‘his home in Rivington mreet on Saturday morning, and was not seen again by bie friend umil be was found in the water 4 the rociety of | tt@ond Follows,” Iked seriously of expelling bim | | f now pay nuc be very low spirited. deceased jumped overboard, with the view of terminating a miserable existence, Horne Case or Cond Murper.—The remains of a femalo iniant were found in the alleyway of premises No, 10 Pitt stroet, with a piece of tape wound tightiy twice about the neck, thereby causing strangulation, Coroner Ranney bold an inquest on the bod: De. Jo Reach made a post mortem examination, and found that the deceased bad been born alive body of the cbild bore aomistakable evitences of having won scalded before death, wud. to fvisp tho horribie deed, the wurderer had drawn the tape so lightly around tho babe's neck om to predoce strangntation, It was im. possible for the Coro” find evidence potgting to the mUrderor, neither could any clue to the parentage of the deceased be ontained. The jury found that docorsed came to ber death by strangulation at the bands of rome person to them unknown, Travian Orana,—To- b'e will be given at the Academy. This favorite opern bas never failed to draw & good house; and, despite the attractions of the Metropolitan Pair, we hope to see @ numerous audionce to welcome Meter! and Brignoli in roles which are ren- dered familiny w delichtfui by the exeetionce of qe artiste, The arma, neck and | 1864. Wasumraton, April 10, ‘GE OURRENOY BILE. ‘The advocates ef the Currency bill, amendatory of the Naiioual Bauk act, notwithstanding tte defeat in the Hovse, «re com ddout of tts becoming & law before the termi. batlon of dhe session. It will in a few days be brought up ta the Bonate substantially as originally reported in the House The feature tn tho bill which met with the most strenuous opposition was the exomption of the national barks from Stato taxation, This foature ts regarded as essential to the security of those institutions, and it ts Claiaed to be only juss that the powe: ich creates and regulates them should alone exercise the prerogative of taxation, It'is pot intendod that they shall be exempt Crom tax, but that the taxes aball be assessed and col- fected by the gonoral government. The stock in tho hands of stockholders will, of Sourse, be subject to local taxation as personal property. Uader this law it is believed that tne State banks would find it to be for thetr interest to bocome @ part of the sytem, and thus tho ourrency could be better rogulated, and exocesive expansion be more effectually prevented, than undor existin, arrangements. THE SLAVELY PROMIBITION AMENDMENT. No doubt is now entertained of the passage by the ‘House of the bill mend the constitution, A mumber of Gomocrats have already siguified their intention to vere for it, The passage of thit bill is expected to facili- (ave greatly the travasotion of business in the Seuate, as \t will take away from certain Senators many of the pre- texts heretofore selz:d upon by them to ring tho changes Continually upon the inevitable aigger. CONTINUATION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BESSION. It is not now expected that the labors of the present session of Congress will be brought to a clore before tne first of July. Although the cppropriation bills have all been atteuded to the most important measures of the eession have yot to bo introduced. Among these are the Internal Eevenue, Tariff and Bank bille, either of which will ocoupy the attention of Congress from two to four weeks. Besides this legiti- mate business, all the campaign speeches are yet to be delivered. THE NAVY REGISTER FOR THE PRESENT YEAR. Tho Navy Rogister for 1864 has just beon issued. It is @ volume of about three hundred pages, and contains all necessary information as to vessels and officers in the Davy. The matter is more conveniently arranged than in previous registers, It reports the number of vessels, including thogo still building, to be 617; among them 72 iron-clads and two rams, the Avenger and Vindicator. From December 31, 1862, to March 6, 1864, the navy has lost thirty-nine vessels by capture, destruction, snagging, wreck, &., including six irop-clads and three rams. THE NIXB MONTHS SOLDIERS. ‘The report of Adjutant General Townsend relative to nine months men states that, under the act of July 17, 1862, there wore recetved into tho service, of this class. eighty thousand and eighty-nine men, of whom sixty-or thousand two kindred aad five were militia. Twenty-f rc thousand de!iars in bounty were paid to volunteers x¢ cepted under tho act. By mistake of mustering officers and paymasters, bounties were paid to three thou: nine hundred and thirty-four Vermont nine months militia, THE WHESTERN MIGRATION. Captain James L. Fisk, Unitea States Army, who has distinguished himself by commanding and conancting two emigrating parties (rom Minnosota, by way of the Northern route, to the great gold ficlds of Idaho, declines this year to accept a similar command. This is to be re- gretted, because hundreds of persons in the Northwest have incurred heavy expenses in preparing to go to Idaho or Montana, via St. Paul, and it would be almost ruinous to them to attempt now to change to another route. The government will certainly select and detail! some other officer for that duty, there being an appropriation of $10,000 for the purpose of assisting those who wish to emigrate by this route. DEATH OF JOHN C. RIVES. Jobn C, Rives, proprietor and publisher of the Congres- stonal Globe for the last thirty-five years, died at his resi- dence, near Bladensburg, this morning. THE GOODYEAR PATENT. Remonstrances from many of the leading railroad cor- porations of the country wore presented to the House of Representatives yesterday, against the extension of the Goodyear patent, WASHINGTON POLITICAL CLUBS, Various political clubs have been organized in Wash. ington, and among those most recently formed is the Obio Union Club, with Solicitor Jordan as President, The society is devoted to the support of the future nominees of the Baltimore Convention, THE WILKES COURT MARTIAL. ‘The Wilkes court martial has been directed by the Sec- retary of the Navy to re-assemble to-morrow. REFORM OF ABUSRS IN NAVAL CONTRACTS, Senator Grimes’ bill for reforming the abuses in naval supplies, which are shown to exist by the conviction of Stover, and the arrest of Scofield, Raymond and Savage, has been reported against by Senator Hale, the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affiirs. Thorefore the old naval agency system wil not probably be changed at present. THR PETITION OF THE BNGINERRS FOR AID. The greater number of the engineers who have built engines are here petitioning Congress for aid. Mr. Hale has not yet reported on the subject. Without interfering with the merits of the claims, itis only just to say that to grant the prayer will increase the naval expenditures far beyond the amount already considered by that Senator fs extravagant. CAPTAIN HALSTRAD. Captain Halstead, of the Military Examining Board, has been assigned to the staff of General Casey, as Assistant Adjutant General. This post entitles him to the rank of major, He served on the staff with distinction in all the engagements of the Army of the Potomac since Cedar Mountain, and has been frequently mentioned tm official reports to the War Department for galtantry in action. INSPECTION OF WESTERN MILITARY PRISONS. Lieut. Col, Marsh, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, has been rel'eved from duty on the Military Examining Board, and ordered to the West to inspect all prisons and depots for rebel prisoners. The Colonel bas been for many months entrusted with some of the most important duties of the Board, and is regarded ag @ serious loss to that Bureau. RECOVERY OF MR. FERNANDO WCOD, Mr. Fernando Wood yesterday resumed his seat in the House, after a severe attack of sickuess. OUR MINISTER TO GUATEMALA. Hon. William Kellogg, ex-momber of Congress, of Illi- nois, has been appointed minister to Guatemala, and with his family left Washington yesterday. Letter from Mr. Conw' 10 THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD. New York, April 10, 1864. My attention has just been calied to yesterday's pro- ceedings of the national House of Representatives, in which it appears that I am charged by the Hon. Mr. Cox, of Ohio, with having ‘‘offered’’ in the last Congress reso- lutions recognizing the Southern confederacy. I wish to add to this announcement one word of expla- nation. Loffered no such resolutions as the gentleman States; but I did express in{a speech my preference for such Fecogaition to @ prosecution of the war for a restoration of the Union on the old holding basis, I expressed desire that the South should be limited to its own seo- tion, if the alternative were ite su} im the North and over the continent. That was not only my position then. but it is my position now, and Iam ready to stand by it for all time. I have regarded this war as intended, in the order of Providence, to redeem this nation from the power of slavery ‘and reorganize it ou the principle of tho Jeffersonian ordinance of 1737. To the extent that it has been calculated to accomplish this I been for it; to the extent that it has not f have been againgt it, This ‘as, and always will be, my position—-nothing more, notbieg less. Mr. Cox knows perfeetly wont that the views expressed by mo wore based on two tions (which, if he bad not been willing to do me an Injustice, he would have stated), to wit:—Firat, That the war had been in 8 man her to dissatisfy the masses of the le; and, secondly, that this ‘ it probable that ye party of which he was a rhomber would come into power ana give the whole country back to the domination of the slaveholders. The result of the election in New York, which fad occurred just before, apd by which Goveroor Seymour was it bay with high Presidential pros) 68 fy which ans R i have eurtered ‘uch & Misfortune, I would have recognized the confederacy a thousand times over. Tne war Be suvaa wa aow vetyeen the Noth ond le N Sete aber On thie basis 1 am M. F. CONWaY. South, ia ite absolute character. for thé Union now and forever. lremain, very truly yours, United States Supreme Court. Wasnixatox, April 10, 1864. During the it woek the United States Supreme Court will take up the case of Charles Horder ot al. vs. Arthur W. Austin, from the Circuit Court of Massachu- aette. This case wilt be followed by that of Joseph Ja- 8041 Ct al., platotiffs in error, vs. James S Whitney, col- \ &c., from the same court. These cases will be st for argume@at during the present term, aa the will adjourn 9a Monday, tho 18¢n just. the oourt THE FAIR. Some Interesting Features Not Yet Noticed, The Baffling Question--~-A Slight Blunde of the Printers. The Harlem Stand, Roman Depart ment, Trophies, den bow ko As the Gear public cannot exist twenty-four bourr without learning something throug! the columns of the Heraty about the Fair, we take advantage of the Sabbat® quietude and the suspension of active operations al Palace Garden aod Union square, to ‘inde to some met. ters which in the excitedient of tho past week and the pressure of more interesting subject? upon our espace, were of necessity not overlooked, but crowded out. Firet ‘among these is THE HARLEM 8Ts) which contains many objects of intercs!, hut beg not re ceived the notice which it deserves, The apno: 't ovca- pies is not large, but its display ts in av joverse ravto, I fs located cloge by the Temole of Fiors, aod ts under the Girection of the Lidies’ Union Aidtoviety, Tho ertioles on it have been contributed by people of varios porsua- sions. The First Baptist church, in Brooms st and the Convent of the Sacre! Heart (Catholic), at Y.ob: tam ville, bave supplied the moat valuab's riticie. Ficvnmt card tables, photograph albums, betes’ dresses, now choir cases, costly shawis, crosses and splendid sen mens of needlework are among the co!lection. ‘TUX TREASURES OF A BPANEH NUN. A portion of the collection was the provorty wealthy Spanish senorita, who, beovmin” tired « world and {ts vanities, entered the convent ot th Heart, and brought with her al! her tress res 4 | these valuables were contributed by Madame Buperiorers of the convent, as an addiiien to th tion for the Hartem stand. We believe they av to two thousand five hundred dollars. Among them wer: @ sot of dismonde worth $400, bracslois valued .t $50, and other articles of jewelry to the amount of $1 THE RAFPLING QUSSTION—A BLIGHT MISTATE BY THE PRE In our aketoh of (he proceed Saturday (publisher in yesterday @ slight blunder in the “making up’ by the comnositors, The of important news was go great that som: the Fair news hot to be crowded out, an’ th in “cutting down,'’ accidental! marks about railling, leav! Of course the published balf, tion with the balf upeblished, must hyo been entirely incompretensible to our roaders. For their benefit, therofore, we now republish the part that appeared i resiorday’s issue, tomether with the omitted purtso, aa POON Bi (ROrnLeveM ALACM There are two albums in the Art gallery, excl Of whieh will contain fAfty-fiv Aroorican artiste, The the ekorches are of Black ec and mounted with gold. Raeh nd dollars, and is divided ve dollars cach. When the sToums will have become the property of he niiera, who, by open vote, will determine whet aisporition xball be made of. them, Fach shareholder wi!) be crtitied to avote. It wilkbe noticed we have tal 2 albums troublesome, be- cause they huve Lec s suarce of some talk and sosndal among visitors apa tnanagers of the Fair. This sab scription dodge is revardea as merely ANOTIES FORM OF RAFPLING. and hence n grow! har come up from parcondom againat the “unrighteous practice.” The Exeextive Committes havo been somewhat exercised abont the subject, Twe meetings have been held, and another is to come of, to consider the asbums, the subscription apd the raffling. The committec, of course, intend to stand by thelr original anti-rafiiing resolution and thé parsons, In jus- tice to some members of the committee, it must be sald that they have stuck out uniformly for the raffing: but, having been beiten, they intend to carry out, the witl of the majority, like true democrats, Mr. George Griswold Gray, obairman, was one of the stoutest opponents of the parsons; but he assured our reporter yesterday that he intended to enforce, to the full extent of his power, the anti-rattiing resolution of his colleagues. In this resolve he is, perhaps, sirnply doing his duty, and should receive the entire supporto’ the commitiee. In various parte of the Fair yesterday the following notico was up:— Pronca:—RavoLorions ef aux. Exsvutvs Coxnjermn— Whereas, this coumittee lias determined, upon the request Of the Sagitary Commission, not to permit rating at te Fair, and bave made public announcement of auch detsral- nauon. therefore Resilved, That it Is due altke to the Commission and te the public ing shall not be a!owed, directly or ind rectly, in connection with and during ‘he time of the Fair. Renolved, ‘That th connected with the manage ure thelr in iuence to check all atte cles by lot or chance fn any form. We understand that at the next 1:weting of the commit. tee the album business will be ruled out of the pale of the church and the Fair unless the subscription dodge is abandoned. THE ROMAN DEPARTMENT—A LIKENESS OF THE LATE ARCHBISHOP HUGHES. The Roman department contains a scanty but valuable coliection of articles. @ not arrived from Italy as yet, but it is expected tl will reach this port in @ fewdays, Among other things which attract Bttention here is a photograph of the late Archbisl Flughes, from a daguerreotype taken about the year 1840, by order of the Hon, Vanbargh Livingston, thes. charge d’affrires to Ecuador, South America, In connes tion witb this department we may add that THR ITALIAN COMMUNITY ARE MOVING 1m behalf of the Fair. The Italian Benevolent Society have beld a meeting and resolved to solicit contributions from their countrymen in this city. Nor are the poor Italiang behind their more favored brethren in this metropoltm, We have before us 8 copy of the “Garibaldi Hymn,” two hundred copies of which have been printed at the expense table and — cont into ono thousand én shares are all diay ac of and sent asa contribution to the Fair by the cbildrem of the Italian evening school of the Five Points, ander charge of the Childrens’ Atd Society. The poor little things are indeed entitled to great credit, as po doubt the burtben of such a gift was for them greater than the large ‘ums contributed have been for our merchant princes. THE ARMS AND TROPHIES DEPARTMENT—ACTION RI SPRCTING THE DRATH OF MRS. KIRKLAND. The Committee on Arms and Trophies held @ meeting Ne get * bg! the = of | Res) ig: Opes and, Mr. . Blodgett, presiding and adopted the fol lowing resolutions: — : ‘Whereas, this committee has received the sad intell ofthe sudden death of Mrs, C. M. Kirkland, a member this committee, therefore, Resolved, That we most profoundly rearet the sudden de parinre from our migacof Mra C.M. Kirkland. our good riend and co-worker on this committee. After the exhaust- {ng iabors of the dav preceding her death, at midnight, te this building, she penned, in the cause of ‘that charity had so much at heart, the Inst sentences which were ever ‘ate from her benevolent mind, Ina few hours before the words had reached the eyes of those for whom they were intended the gond spirit, 60 full of genial benevolence; had passed on, and stood there to receive the promise, faithful unto denth and I wili give you tha crown of \ife Resolved, For ourselves, it ina sad yet pleasing satisfao tion to know that before her departure she was giadiened jh project to which she was #0 de ped oaree Pat time and energies, me a gratifying lendid success. That we tender her children and kindred, for their irreparable lows, our sincere commiseration and éym- pathy, and we pray them to accept our hearifelt condolenes, Resolved, That this committee attend her funeral, at the . jows’ church, on Sunday, the 10th inat., at one BOTHER THE FIRST. This is a bother as to which way you shall turn whem you enter, where you shall go and how you shall begin to see so many things. As you cannot expect to see everything, it does not make much difference; so you Ought to dive into the crowd and begin where you come up. if you ever do come up. Burke, was said, con- ceived his sentences before he spoke thom, but Fex threw himself into the middle or d trusted to God Almighty to get him out. Follow Fe example and be- gin anywhere, You will soon be very apt to turn up at that central point where it is ALWAVS HIGH TIDE. That is around the Floral Temple, a Christmas edifice, whence laaies’ eyes rain influence, and whence alsa ge fourth innumerable fragrant little packages made up of roses, pansies, a ge Violets dim That cor “he peoed ied Liens a take jarch with beauty. which of the damsels ; Trey bowels, andi wil be stare; they willask you to wi onsier to clave the ‘ard wood sami a leaf of the blue lotus than to resist them, and you'll spend all your money before you get 0 ed pee peg , av URE ST. PRTRR SAT fon ‘eleven fost from the groubd, and thischange, nie , will ly stimulate the efforts of these fair artiste, Then, a, Will only begin hi ore and go low enough, we shall see something worthy of ancients, Though the question is undecided, there ie at ‘a disposition in the pubtic mind to aan toward hatr, and this circumstance is a litte iw favor of the ultimate triumph of the dark bair, as thepublie is al- ‘ways wrong at fret. ARTICLES CONSUMED DURING THR LAST WERK AP ‘The following table of the consumption of some of the ‘incipal articles of food at the Metr pon te Abii | @ ir Fourteenth he first lays of ite existence wi fan idea of the vory fair appetites visitors to atroot acquired : Meat, ail kinds, Poultry, Ibe... Fish and lobster Loo Qroam, QUATI.. «yess