The New York Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1864, Page 4

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Rumors, es usual, of important army movements dis- Curbed the quictude of Washington yesterday ; but reliable Peports fail to confirm aay of them. “ All is quiet ou the ‘Rapidan”’ was the most positive and conclusive news ap to last evening, Alexandria was also excited over flying Foports that the whole army was in motion, and that a Sight bad taken place south of the Rapidaa. The return Of sigk om wounfed from tha finld hasaltsle. nawenn= It in eaid that the troops who went to Madidon Court ‘House on Thursday, burned the town toashes, but it is Dot known whether they were acting under orders in 20 otng. General Burnside visited Goneral Meade and spent some hours ta tus quarters on Saturday night. ‘We learn (rom Newbers, N. ©, that the rebels have vacated that vicinity aud gone toward Richmond, the Greed converging point of the enemy, to which Beaure- Gerd, with his South Carolina troops, has already gone, (i Milmingtoa, Te French vessels which weat $0 City Point recently, {0 bring away tobdace: from Richmond, have all returned to Hampton Roads without the cargoes sougitt for. + By despatches from Camden, Arkansas (without date), ‘Via Sb. Louis, we bave information that the rebels were Griven trom Elkia’s Ferry by Gen. Steele's forces, and Giter making © stand at Prairie de Anna—where their rifle pita and defences extended a mile and a half—wore Ognin driven, by « flank movement, towards Washiogta Sieneral Steele made s diversion to Camden, and, after Close race between his forces, accompamied by heavy Skirmishing, and those of the rebels Marmaduke and Price, General Steele got there first and took possession. Bis lows was only two burdred. It will be remembered that our previous news, by way of Red river, aunounced tho capture of Shroveport, La. , by General Steele, which is within fifty miles of Camden. MISCELLANEOUS ‘NEWS. The steamship Europa, from Queenstown on tbe 17th of Apri, reached Hali'ax tast Saturday, on her voyage to Boston, where she was due at an early bour this morn. Of her news, which is tures days ney MORO Vo the Heraty and published ta our columns y moralng. A full telegraphic re- port is give in our columns to-day. ‘The Emperor and Empress of Mexico had sailed from Miramar for Rome and Mexico. It ts agreed by « con weation between France-and Mexico that the French army is to evacuate Mexico gradually, their services be Ang paid for to July next, and the sew empire paying an @unual subsidy to France. Garibaid) had a grand ovation @t tbe Crystal Palace, London. The foreign ambassadors fn London #8re absent from the Duchess of Sutherland's Denquet to Garibaldi, with the exception of the Ministers ‘Of the United States and Turkey. The siege of Duppel was ‘bein gearried on vigorously by the Allies. The Dano-Ger. gman Conference was about to organize in Loudon The Bwiss goverament hes withdrawn its territorial sheltor from Magsiel. Ite eet@ that France and England nad been completely resoactied by Lord Clarendon. Consols closed in London on the 16th of April at 9134 @ 01% for money. ‘The Bank of Kngland raised its rate of Aiscount to seven per cent on the 17th of April. The Liver. Jrool cotton market was quiet, with rates unchanged. Provisions were dull, and breadstulfe quict and easier. ‘The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Toonaytvania, which left Liverpool at eleven o’cloce on he morning of the 12th, and Quesastown on the 13th of April, arrived at thi port yesterday morning. Her mows has boon fully anticipated by the reports of the City of Baltimore and Ruropa. A @hooting sffray Oceurred inst evening in s drinking @xioon io Thirteenth strect, between avenues A and B, Dotween two mon gamed Jonn Burns and William Brod. @rick, in whioh the former received @ wound from the @lfects of which it ts thought he oannvt recovet. Brod. erick wes arrested and taken lo the Seventeenth precincy mtation bouse “ oe hae & ‘Tur Presents Factions at Wasuixcto. — Read our Washington despatch of this moru- fog. The contending factions are all in a stew; Hut, they all seem to be ap prehensive that Gen. Grant will turn their fat in the fire. They will oll have to walt the upshot of his plans and combinations before they can arrange their own. Prom “Old Abe” to the last of the Presi tential list, they are all in the hands of Aioweral Grant tog. eran ———————— The Humbug of Conventions. ‘There is now, at the very hour when the couniry is about to put forth its utmost strength for a final battle, the greatest possible NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY, MAY 2. 1864. wlll etait ime official candidates may be decided, will no doubt receive consideration. At present we du | not see any prospeot of its Gading favor with Congress. We are afraid the Millennium will activity among the politicians, seeking their’ be upon us before this echemes goes into prac- own ascendancy and profit. Enough men to | tical operation. - decile the result of a great battle as clearly as Stonewall Jackson’s brigade decided the | T™* Way We Supply. the Rebois—The battle of Bull run are now most intensely busy upon the organization and arrangement of conveutions, by which they expect to seoure, not the safety of their country or the triumph of its cause, but the spoils, the goverament patronage and power, the vast contracts, and the countless profitable places. Even in the republican party there may be no less than three of these corrupt conclaves. One set of republicans have arranged to hold a conven- tion at Baltimore in June, They have all their arrangements made, cut and dried, to nomi- nate Mr: Lincoln at that time. Another set will hold a convention wt Cleveland, Ohio, in May, and will, perbaps, nominate General Fre- mont. And a third set, opposed particularly to the June convention, desire that it shall be held in September, as they think that, by that time they can effect @ change in the arrange-" ments that are now 0 decidedly ia favor of Mr. Lincoln. All these conventions in the now dominant party, as well as the Shent-per-shent Conven- tion to be held at Chicago, are humbugs, through and through. Not one of them has the least claim upon the intelligence or support of any portion of the people of this country. Not a man who takes his seat in any of these conventions will represent in any sense the peeple of the district that nomivally sent him there. The fact that a man is the member of a nominating convention is prima facie evidence that he is either a place holder or hunter, or a contractor, or that he expects to be bought by a place holder or hua- ter, or a contractor. Nothing in the world was ever better understood between men than it was understood between this member of the convention and his clique of barroom con- stituents that in making him a member of the convention they gave him a piece of property— a vote that he could sell. Either a vote that he could sell, or in virtue of which he could bargain for a good fat place in the event of the success of the candidate he voted for. Not only did they understand and consider that they were giving him a piece of property in this vote, but they would regard him as a fool and a flat—a “slouch”—if he did not use it to his personal advantage, or sell it for a good round Duty of Congress. We send armies into the field, and wits them supplies, not only for themeeives, but for those they seek to conquer. We capture cities and towns, garrison and hold them, yet seein to be careful to establish depots whence the rebels can draw the necessary articles to aid them in giving us battle. It is possible that this follows as @ natural consequence; but to the uninitiated the policy that permits the rebel to draw his support from the loyalist in the North appears a very singular one. On the opening of the ports of Beaufort, Port Royal and New Orleans, the Union lines around which are atthe present time only afew miles outside their respective town and city limits, a won- erful and extraorginary impetus was given to trade in those quarters, which still continues. The adventof a few thousand troops within their precincts seemed to have added to their wants, as compared with former periods, a hundredfold. The soldiers had the ague and fever, and we sent them quinine enough in one month to supply each officer, private and civiliamwithin the lines with at least a daily ration for a year. We sent them drags and medicines in unlimited quantities, and no sane man will for a moment believe that all of them found their way to geod and true loyal stomachs. Why should they? Rebels shake sometimes with ague as well as with fear, and when a semi-loyalist is in possession of quinine which cost him only two and « half dollars an ounce, and by sending it to his full fledged rebel friend just beyond the lines he can realize fifty or sixty dollars per ounce, his loyalty to his government wavers and finally succumbs to this very pressing claim from Mammon. This is our system of internal trade. Now let us glance at our indirect trade with the rebels, through neutral ports, by means of blockade rannera. The practice here, as every one is aware, is to ship goods to some point convenient for transshipment to the various ports in the South, among which may be prominently named Nassau, Havans and Matamoros. It is true we cannot claim to have furnished many of the supplies carried by blockade runners into Charleston, Savan- nab and Wilmington; for it is probable that at least nine-tenths of them came direct from price. So positively is this the case that acity | Great Britain, and therefore the honor belongs politician of any experience, though no arith- to-her; yet, as our trade with the British West metician, will tell to a nicety the value of such | tagies and Cuba has increased ove hundred a place. He compares a seat in the convention with a place in the Custom House or Post Office, and its value is found by comparison with the value of the place he compares it to. We believe that the whdle convention system should be killed at once. These conventions are not one of the good traditions of our poli- tical history, nor has their operation been such that the people should adhere to them with | jak into consideration the fact that any tenacity. our earlier Pyesidents were chosey @f2 sat in Siaieatn by coaches ot their party friends in Congress. Jackson was nominated by a great popular movement, and with the next President the convention system began. Nominating conventions then gave us Van Buren, Harrison and Tyler, Polk, Taylor and Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan. Compare these men with our earlier Presidents, and we Gad that gavelts ‘kreaethen—zhyd us, indeed, the men who built up and established the country—the other system has given us all the mea of contemptible intellect that have occu- pied the chief magistracy, and under whom the Power and greatness of the country has well nigh crumbled away. We believe that the country should therefore go back to the eld system, and relinquish a system that noto- riously puts aman at the head of the nation because he is not a great man, and because he is a man feeble enough to be bent to their pur- poses by the politicians and spoils hunters who designate him for the place. Let us relinquish atonce these corrupt conventions—atrocious pieces of thievery, by which the people are swindled of their suffrages, and give their birthright to pay for some sharper’s mess of pottage. Tae Revations Between France axp Exa- LanpD—Tae Narotwonic Dynasty.—The latest advices from Europe state that Lord Claren- don, who visited the Emperor Napoleon for the purpose of allaying the irritation feit by the latter at the alleged participation of Mr. Stans- feld, a member of the British Cabinet, in the recent conspiracy against his Majesty's life, has succeeded in bringing about a state of good feeling between the Eaglieb and Freach Courts, and that it is likely he will settie also the re- lations between these Powers and Russia upon a better footing. The fact that it was deemed necessary to deputize Lord Ciarendon ae a, peacemaker to the Emperor of the French proves bow great an ascendancy the latter has attained over the English government, aud. is an indication of the great decrease of its | power. England must indeed be lowored when she is forced to sue for the good will of a Napoleon, and one whom for years her aristoc- racy and her journals reviled as a usurper—an adventurer. If we are net mistaken, it was through fear of the first Napoleon that Engtand erased from her standard the fleur de lys. Cring- ing to Napoleon the Third, England has submit- ted to numberless slights and imeults, and has almost unconsciously taken ber position among the second rate Powers of Europe. in the House of Commons Lord Palmerston, the Pre- mier of Queen Victoria, acknowledged that the personal safety of Napoleon the Third and that of his dynasty were essential to the welfare of all Europe. This concession more than avenges Waterloo. ‘Tae Civi, Senvice.—Mr. Sumner’s resolution providing for the greater efficiency of tho civil service of the United States, by instituting a board of examination for candidates, would be an excellent measure if practicable. We fear, however, that it {ts considerably in ad- vance of public sentiment, or rather of present foasibility, It is difficult under & Fepublicaa government {9 institute torts of merit like this, It f especially so at a period when @ powerful and unscrupulous party have the control of everything. The time will no doubt come when the pressure of per cent since the breaking out of the rebel- lion, it is fair to presume that we can right- fully claim to share the honors with her Majesty’s government. Our principal glory, however, lies in another direction. By reference to our files we netice a new and extraordinary feature in our trade with our neighbors, the Mexicans. When we mG nx ders prior to | the 17th day of August, 1861, no clearahes 22 ever geaiited at this port for Matamoros, and that since that date of¢ hundred and. fifty-two vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of nearly thirty-five thousand tons, having on board large and valuable cargoes, have been cleared for that destination from this port alone, wo may boldly assert that there exists some reason other than the alleged increase of trade with quantities of agods sent there are intendéd for consumptio& within her borders. Large j BUMbers of vessels from other ports of the United States bave been sent there, while Havana and Nassau bave served as depots from which goods, shipped here osteusibly for @ West Indian market, have been transshipped to that destination; and it has not uafrequently happened that from eighty to one hundred ves- sels have been lying at the mouth of the Rio Grande at one and the same time. Again: the goods sent there are such as are particularly adapted to the wants of the South, and, as a general rule, of the same character as were shipped to Galveston, Matagorda and Point Isabel in former years. While we cannot with justice lay elaim to more than, perhaps, one-tenth of the trade with that point during the past two years, owr trade with Mexico has increased nearly ene thousand Percent. The return cargoes of vessels from this point are of the same eharacter aleo as these usually brough# from Texas in past years, consisting of cotton, woo! and hides; and there never has been any attempt at concealment of the fact that these cargoes were the productions of the States in rebellion. Yet for two years this trade has been regularly and systemati- cally conducted without hindrance. No ome could shut his eyes te the fact that we were directly siding the rebels in prolong: ing the war; yet the practice was continued, and Texas is now probably as well supplied with most of the necessaries of life as in former years. We have repeatedly called the atteation of government to the necessity of cutting off this source of supply; but, prior to the ocoupation of Brownsville by General Banks, we believe no action had been taken, except to station one old steamer, the Montgomery, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, whose office it was to watch and control the movements of a fleet consisting of one bLundred vessels from all parts ef the’ world. It is true that our customs authorities have complied with the requirements of the Jaw in taking bonds that the goods should be landed in Matamoros and consumed within Mexican territory. Yet all know that the goods were exchanged for cotton and other products of Texas. Certificates, duly verified by our consul, show that the goods were landed there, and the consignee swears, to the best of his knowledge snd belief, that they are intended for consumption in the market where they are first landed; and this evidence bas im many instances sufficed to relieve the shipper from further liability, and his bond has been cancelled. But who believes, that these goods were consumed on the western side of the Rio Grande, when it is cstimated that there have been enough taken to the mouth of the river within the last two years to fill every buflding fn the town of Matamoros? The system by which this trade is permitted is evidently wrong, and some means other then those hitherto pursued should be adopted. If the taxation will overpower the dislike of the | rebels were unable to obtain goods anywhere | moneyed classes to take part in political con- | tests, and when through the ballot box some beneficial measures of thie kind may possibly be carried. Them the desirability of estab- lishing some test, by a board of examination *, ty wh pialifigntions of else than at the North wo might possibly out off their supply by restrictions on trade with these suspected porte; but when we are in pow session of the fact that our trade with them, though Large, ia scarcély noticeable when com- L with their trade wi tain, it te par h Great Bri time that we adopt some other system by which we caa more speedily and effectually ‘conquer the peace we all eo much desire. If the blockade cannot be made effestive let us bave a revision of the Jaw regulating trade, and make the offe.ce of contraband traffic with the rebels punishable by death. Let Con- gress look care!ully into this matter, and invite the wisdom of the East te aid thom ia framing laws suited to the wants of the preseat orisis, and the evil may be remedied. Our New Yor Memsers or ‘Conaress on France.—We have had a variety of speeches lately in Congress, good, bad and indifferent, on the financial situation of the country; and the representatives of this city and suburbs have figured prominently im these dobates. Mr. Stebbins, for instance, has given us the views of an experienced and successful and e- loyal financier of Wall street. He is an in- structive speaker, profoundly learned. in, the mysteries of the Brokers’ Board, banking, and the fluctuations between paper money and spe- cio; but he contents himself with temporary expedients, like the Seoretary of the Treasury, and leaves us profoundly in doubt as ¢o the final liquidation of all these “greenback” liabilittes. Hon. James Brooks bas also given us bis views on the finances; but, like his paper, the Hvening Express, his Congressional speeches on finance, and everything else, gre a jumble of odds and ends, and shreds and patches, without head or tail, system or purpose, beginning or ending. In the language of John Randolpb, ‘The gen- tloman’s reasoning {9 perplexing, though cloar, sir—clear as the light of that window, which is not very clear, sir.” In fact the Hon. James Brooks is a diffusive, discursive and mis- collaneous sort of speaker, of the rigmarole order, “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” The Hon. Fernando Wood, strange as it may appear to the general reader accustomed to measure him by the average degree of states- manship peculiar to Mozart Hall, has given us the broadest, most consistent and comprehen- sive exposition of the dangers of an excessive paper money circulation that we have had from any member of the present Congress. He has not confined himself to Wall street, but has brought forward the valuable lessons of expe- rience of other nations in this busiaess, to warn us ‘from the shoals and quicksands towards which we are drifting. But he has omitted the most striking examples of a worthless paper in- flation which the world has ever exhibited in omitting the financial system of Jeff. Davis. This omission we must call upon Mr. Wood to supply. It will need no laborious efforts to show that Jeff.’s paper money i on its last legs, when five hundred dollars of it are required to buy a pair of boots next door to his Treasury Department. The simplest exposure of this so- called Confederate Treasury, as it now stands, would overtop all other illustrations as a warn- ing toSecretary Chase. We must bave a speech, at all events, from Mr. Wood on the financial 1 glories of the lovely kingdom of Jeff. Davis be- fore his arguments against ot system will be accepted as having any botter object than a Northern politics! convulsion upon the ruins of the Natjonal Treasty- a aeery Maxonisax’s Prosrrcrs 0% Micxtco.—There is © good deal of similarity Ketween the cir- cumstances under which Maxim.lian goes to Mexico and those under which Jo’eph Bona- parte went to Spain. He is foXsted on .* Popu- lation hostile to him, with nothin;< bat fo."eign antecedents to create confidence in his bility. There is this difference: that he is furt.er re- moved from foreign assistance than was K.'0g Joseph. Another element of d ir for him lies in the fact that thefiMericans do not com- prehend the necessity of stability in govern- ments, and will not have it at any price. They love change, and unless permanency of inatitu- tions be forced upon them by 2 foreign stand- ing army, which is scarcely possible, they will get rid of their new Emperor as quickly as they got rid of Iturbide. Besides, how are the European Powers to control. the filibustering tendencies of our own population. Once the rebellion is put down we shall have on our bande a host of retired veterans, who will want a fresh field for their energics, and who will nathrally turn their eyes to Mexico-as & prize worth contending for. They will fock there, with or wighout the,consent of our gov- ernment, and wilt speedily enable the Mexicans to rid themselves of their foreign’ encum- brances. The Archduke will soon discover that he bas-made great mistake in exchang- ing the safe and pleasant halls of Miramer for the uncertain amd troubled atmosphere of the Halls of the Montezamas. Have We 4 Brockapixa Sqvapron?—The | blockade rummers are doing a thriving business while Mr. Welles is taking a comfortable nap. They are running freely, it appears, to and-fro- upon the ocean, carrying rebel produsts- to: Europe, and brioging back rebel supplies from the sympathizers on the other side of the At- lantic, We hear of twelve vessels arriving-at liverpool in two days, laden with cotton from the rebel States. We also learn by our: files from Bermuda that the steamer Minnie has just | brought in there seven bundred and thirty-two | tons of cotton and three hundred ané thirty. boxes of tobacco from Wilmington, and’ that | quite a flect of steamers.had reached thatisland leden with merchandise for the uso of tho:| rebels, These facts suggest: the question have we a blockading squadron .on- our coast at all? The port of Wilmington cer- tainly might as well be innocent of the pre- sence of any such portion of the navabservice, | A Goos Onvar ov rum Crrv Insrecron.— Ma. Boole, the City Inspector, gives notice in. our advertising colamus to-day to all beat captains, ferry masters, railroad conductors, and others connected with transportation from. the city, that they must rigidly observe the law which. forbids them from taking out of: the city: the body of any deceased person whatever withous a written permit from him. The. penalty for a violation of this rule will be. enforeed:honee- | forth in every case. Thero is no. doabt much abuse arising out of carelessaess in this regard. The viger which the City Inspector manifests. in this, as in other matters connested with the duties of bis department, furnishes. additianal: ovidence of the wisdom of putting cempeten’t | men into important pwdlic offices. } Tan Tax Mvonx.—When people get into | apendthrift habity the task of retrenchment is | notan easy one, It is plain that if our munici- | pal taxation goes on increasing in the same | ratio that 1 has been progressing at for the last | tep yours it will soon swamp the entire rental of tha Gity, The difficulty is tg Gevise a correc. | reduced below $14,000,000. The Citzens’ As- sociation also furnished their echeme, and have come down from Albany, claiming to have saved the public $3,000,000. But what have they in reality acoomplished? After meeting night after night for weoks, and deluding the pubdlio into the notion that something might re- sult from their labors, all that these sbarp geniuses havo effected is to add from a quarter to half amillion tothe bighest estimates fur- nished by the city boards. No; we can expect no reliof from any of these sources. The real wemedy must come from the ballot box. Ac- cording!y as the burden of taxation increases ‘tho more responsible classes ef our citizens will: feel it necessary to take part in the elections of our olty officials, and by ¢hus securing honest public servants they will insure retrenchment and economy in all departments of the public service, “A Dot Axuivarsary Weee.—The anniver- Gary time is coming; but the scoustomed spirit and bustle, demonstrations of white cravats and 80 forth, do not seem to be coming with it. An- niversary week is likely tobe avery fiat timo this year; and yet it ought not to be so. Now is the hour for the abolitionists to take more special interest than everin the new theory of misce- genation. Practically the science is yet but an infant, and needs all the tender nursing which can be ed upon it. The Avti-Siavery So- ciety, which commences operations at Dr. Chee- ver’s church on the 10th inst., will no doubt take care of the question, and the Women’s National League, whose object is to carry northern charity, ministers, teachers, &c., into the Union portions of the South, must, from the nature of its mission, take a hand in the miscege- nationscbeme. But where are all the other abo- Nition societies? Ifthey would not perish en- tirely, and the funds reach a lower point than they have already oome to—and that is low enough—they must go in with miscegenation. Slavery being now virtually dead, anti-slavery becomes a paradox, and, as they must do some- thing for a living, the agitation of miscegenation is the only course left to them. Tax Reset, Forces 1x Vineis1a.—The strength of the rebel forces under the command of Gene- ral Lee is pretty much a matter of conjecture. The highest estimate places his army on the Rapidan at 95,000 men. We dare, say, how- ever, that it does net exceed 75,000, and that his forces on and near the Richmond Peninsula do not number above 25,000. We guess, on the other hand, that Geneval Grant has made the necessary arrangements to grapple success- Commodore Wibliom Dawié Perter, United Giod at balf-past eight o/clock yesterday morntog at i Luke's Hospital, after a painful and logering itleres of four months’ duration About three weeks ago be bysame em inmate of this hospital, witha view to receiyewech (treatment as was thought would conéace to bis speedy re Covery. His disexwe bad at times given hopes of his (pt tpg the better of tt, and again sep. ety dissolution me @pprehended. About five o’clock yesterday moroimg Se eat up and conversed freely. An uur later, however, ler failed #0 rapidly that it was appareut be could votive but a few moments, which proved true. His mothor, who was very conident of bw reeovery, left for her home (a Fennsyivanie oa Friday, Commodore Porter was @ B0@ of the ce'obrated Comme- Gore David Porter, of Fasex fame, and was born ia New Orieans at the time hie fether was commandant 0° that Gtation. Ho was a brother of Rear Admirai I. D Porter. Ho was appointed midshipman January 1, 1823, but bad served before the mast on the Frankia two years pre- ‘Vious to shat date. He sorved in the Brandy wine frigate from July 6, 1825, to July 30, 1827, under Commedores’ Morris.end Patterson, In 1828 he was ordeed to the Guerriere, bat in October his ordera were revoked. On the 10th: of Maret, 1830, be was ordered to tho Natohes. as acting master. He was detachod April 24, 1631. Ou the 2th of February, 1834, be was ordered to the Grampus, and subsequently trans‘er- red te the Kxperiment. He joined tho frigate Unites States Muy 1, 1836, and served in kor unt! May 11,1538. In Pecember, 1841, ‘be joined tho Missivsippi, an@ re- tasioed in her until March 1, 184%. . His next orders were to the Home squadron, On tho 17th of July, 1849, be was ordered to command the storeskip Frie, where he remained untit October 15, 1860. He joined the Water Witch, ap her commander, August 14, 1851, On the 25th of May, 1859, he was placed in command of the sloop St Marys, and on the 6th of September, 1861, he was ordered to St. Louis, Mo, flora be modcled bi famous iron-clad Fasex, and successfully commandod her untit August 12, 2862, whea he was detsched from hor. ‘He was at the Norfelk schoo! to 1627,.and on the 26th of January, 1628, he was furloughed fer eight months. June 13, 1829, he was ordered to the Washington Navy 8 ite was ited an ua Ath of October, 1658 was attached to the 8 Navy Yard. fn 1638 ne again on duty at the Co Board. In 1640 ‘was ordered to the receiving Navy Yard. In ip as Norfolk. ordered to the Wushingtoa Ni Yara. cn the restored President a mander, to date from September 14, 1855. In was appointed lizhthouse inspector. On the 16th July , 1462, be was oommissi‘ned as 8 commodore for @nt and meritorious services. The Commodore has partictpated in the following en- \ts:—Mexican war, 1846-47: Panama riot, ‘engaged and disabled four rebel gunboats at Lucas Mississippi river, Jannary 21, 1462: at Fort Heary, ry 6, 1862; attacked the ram Arkansas and Corts. at Vicksburg, July 22, 1862; Raton Rouge, August 6, 1868) ram Arkangas. August 6, 1862; bombarded Natches, Septomber 2, 1802: attacked Vicksburg batteries Septem. ber 6, 18¢2; Port Hudson, Septeraber 7, 1863: He was appointed @ midshipman Janusry 1, 182% act ing master, March 10, 1830; paseed midshipman, March, 28, 1829: lieutenant, December 31, 1883; commander, January 6, 1859; commodore, August 4, 1962. He was wounded at Fort Heory im the attack on the 6ib-of Fob, ruary, 1862, Fm also - tegen EE ciaimed the founding of the presen! ay! ‘end was the designer of the tron-clads Fssex, Bort House and Choetaw, The Commodore was about Aity years of jog officor, and full of inventive trouliies, and Ci 4 tists ig 3 at May Term of the Law Courts. ‘The May term of the law courts commences to-day. fully with a rebel army of 100,000 on the Rapi- dan, and for more than 25,000 ‘on the Penin- sula ; and we guess that it isnot his intention to accommodate the enemy, as we have heretofore accommodated him in Virginia, by having fifty or sixty thousand men standing idle at the sides, while our main army is engaged on the centre of the field of combinations. Wo expect, there- fore, @ repetition in Virginia this time, not of Fredericksburg or, Changellongrille, but of Chattaneoge: 9g Cage TS Nor Mvca ro Boast op Arrer Att.—We would advise the friends of “human freedom” par excellence that the passage of the measure , Ba teh etch big foldiers is not much of a matter for boasting afte.” all. The late rebel Congress, in providing for twem,” thousand black laborers, yeamsters, &c., bond av ‘Tee, to the rebel army, fou..d no difficulty wharever in making their pay thd same as that of White soldiers. The rebe.'* could not afford to wiste their time upon such .-lles. Pevsenal Intelligence, Mrs. President S.imcoim did a considerable amowat of shopping in this wity last week. She arrived at the Metropolitan Hotes lat Wednesday, and was accomparted by her son, Master Ton:my Liveole Business being the odject of her visit, se svoted the whole of her time to M. Milliners, dressraakers, mwantue makers and other artistes versed io the mysterk of fomale attire were consulted with in reference to @ suitable outfit for the approaching faehionable campaigaywhen the dog star witt be in the ascendamt, aad at @ disconot. From an carly hour in the mero! anit late tx ¢he even: ing Mrs. Lincoln ransacked'the treasures of the Broad. way @ry goods stores, Theevenings wre spest it com- pany with a few private friests, who had’ Deon apprised ber arrival. Mrs. Lincol-returned to Washington about seven e’clock last evening; after having: vory satis- factorily accomplished the objec’ ‘of her visit. Among jnais, bishope- ackenetton whoo tervea the opie os bemsr ee lneney fa. 5 in the Bier bm gg gg Nd nN wae apron, placed the soup on the tabee.” General de Castelbaiac, senstor of France, har(/Aprit 3) died st Pau, where he hed been reajding Mring tte winter. General James Abmutz. the oldest officer tn thes \ngle- Indian army, died reosutly at Lahore, He entered the: Ben; 1 Artinery in 1790, when Tippoo Sultan wae to the Beight of bis power. He was at Sees te 1803, io the same morth im which Sir Arthur Weme-aley fought the battle of Assaye. Police Intelligence. Ronaree A SoLmee—Most oF Tam. Momey Recovtoan — Frederick Ecko, « soldier, wherecently returnedtrem the war, took lodgings at 100 Greeowich street, aed while asleep in his room en Saterday night, Charhs Brinkmam atealthily approached: the bed of Kckorsad Pifled bis pockets of legal tendermotes to the amouat ef four hunared sod fitty dollars. The theft was dia covered son afterwards, was arrested by officer Finke, of the Twenty.se Precinct, and o@ searching the prisoer three hun and Géty doliars of the money: claimed to bave beem cle from We senenes Bn se Be 1a Bie, posnession cman confessed . the money Justice Hogem committed him to the Pombs for trial, Dwnonaer Domesnio—sto.an Preeeety Recovers Elia Stuast, formerly a domestic. in the tamily of Mr. Aarom P. Wilson, of Mott Haven, Westchester county, was arrented by detestive Slowey, charged with having her former oni; x Some months waco» W. determined to itt 4 5. ta increase of salary , comseq' RL it is @ malicious attompt to sinnder the orchestra of the A nage ottt.t Loader of the Aeademy of Music, Musican Penman 8 PRILApELraiA—Me. 1, 7. Marrison bas been ongaged to gtve ® series of aporas in Philadel phia, in aid of the United States Sanitary Commission, and to give eciat to the opening of the Great Central Sami. vudge Sutherland will preside im part one of the Supreme Court, white a jn@ge from the country will hold part two. Judges Levnard, Bareard and Clerke will bold gene- ral term, while a judge from the country will preside at special term. In the Superior Court Judges Monoriet and Monell will preside at the trial terms; Judges Rob- erteon, Barbour and McCuan at the general term, and Judgo Garvin at the special term. In the Court of Com. mon Pleas Judges Daly and Brady will hold the trial terms, while Judge Cardozo will preside atchsinbers. Jn the Marine Court Judge Alker bas been chosen presiding officer. Several cxges of interest are on the calendar. ‘The May term of the Court of General }, Res after preaiding, will comménse Mt eleven, o'clock this morning. A large amount of busivess bas to be transacted during the present term, and nineteen cases are on thepalendar for to-day. Of these four are for murder, two for manslaughter, three for fglovious soomus auu ‘ORUOry, seven for grand larceny, we remainder for minor offences. The murder cases were removed from the Oyer and Terminer to this court last week, and smongst them te that of Robert ©, Haines, who stands indicted for the murder of the somewhat notorious billsticker, William Williams, It is not probe bie that any trials will take place to-day, as alter em: panneling a Grand Jury the catendar will be called, and @ time assigned for the trial of the various cases. COURT CALENDAR—THI3 DAY. Court—Cincurr. The McCietian Sword. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HuRALD. Percapeirma, April 30, 1864, Enclosed please (nd five dollars, the contribution of five persons tw this city towards purchasing a sword for General McClean, the gallant soldier who twice saved the capital and the frizhteved government officials whe make their abodt there, and who would have defeated the onemy and saved the country # the said officials had not Bindered bim from doing so by their factioug oppo- nition to hie measures, and if the military who eee the eee aa had not Spe eed his bril- jant plana to those ‘general of ¢1 ‘So, let the real friends of “Little Mac’? unite po. 2H cure for him a sword, which, being the result of genuine enteon and ndmiration, will be of more value theo that which was secured to the other goneral by partisan influ- ounce, 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, New Yora, April 20, 1966. Pteace Gnd enclosed Ofty‘conts, from a working on Le c= rage of a sword for aay May eword tice to oar bleeding country, xi me OATENSON BOY, The Pack. The plessant weather of yesterday induced @ large aumber of persons to visit the Park, in which the advaa- tage of the recent rains was clearly perceptible: The hue © thesward was particularly fresh and beautifal, end ‘the richly eotored tulips and golden forsythia variegated the general landscape, ‘The large fountain at the Terrace was ia full play yee. Gerday, and threw a stream of water to a great height. "This new attraction drew a number of visitors in that direction during the afternoon. The masonry of the: foun- ‘tain bas not yet been completed, but when It ie thie Get dean wilt form one of the many beautiful. fosturee ‘whieh adorn the Park. ‘The Casino will be ready for operations on the first music day, 06 the little that ie new required to. finiob it can be completed m a very short time. Durtag the past week @ regimentof soldiers-entered the Park and commenced Grilling on the green between the ‘th and Eighth avenues, ait! jh warned that suck drocedure was a Wrench o ‘ive diferent by-lawa of the »ofs of the horses during the parade 40 anch an extent a8.to give To THE EDITOm OF THE HERALD. Allow an ok#reader of your valuable paper to ask why you Are #0 Rovere on cagtmen, You ask that they anal | be kepe strictly to the peice the aw allows them on May Vay, white all the rest of the yenr they are working {org moneh tess, oF established when tho cost of Iiv- ing was fity cent below (ho present rates, While pore beeee Diuckumithing have trebied, drivers’ wages doubled, and white al! claves of mechanics tad laborers have reeeived wn advance in wages, cart! fen hare kept stead'dy on at the od ratos, woating 00 titt@ on striker, thus ot seriously inconveolenciug thelr em- ‘but leave tw leave tt to the raegP anim- iy Of employ ars to increase thelr pay somewhat Yn pro- increase in their expenses ; butt! Pir faith. tary Fair, Mr Theodore Thomas will act as director, aud ion to t fn large and brilliant areny of vooa! and instrumental | fulness has been unrewarded. And now, T ‘tink It is trlent haw |, Which promises to meke the | quite time the carimen should have a hollde, or at loner foatival one of ‘musical troate that the citizens r-7 whioh thoy shall receive a just on ‘of Philedelphia for & long time past, Tho | tir Tabor ; and to oxpeot that Uney lil not take ao firwt 0 Of tho a6ciee will be given on Weduostay text, ) vantage of this day hg Svecsing too moh of tin aie tas, 4, bumaan nature, sVstic