The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1864, Page 4

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A Serious loss was incurred im theaction of Thursday. No official report has reached the government, but the Medi- cal Director bas notified the Surgeon General at Washing- ton that between six and eight thousand wounded were being seat en there. These include, of course, the wounded of both sides, They will probably reach there this morning, as many of them got wo Rappahan- Bock Station yesterday. About three thousand slightly ‘wounded will be cared for at the scene of the battle. Up to a iste bour last night no detailed accounts of Friday's fight had been received. It was @ heavy con- flict, and lasted all day. General Hays and General A. 8, Webb were killed, and Generals Hancock, Getty, Gregg, Owens, Wadsworth, Bartlett, Carroll and Colonel Hayes are reported among the wounded. Nothing is known of tbe operaticns on Saturday. Gevorai Grant has made @ requisition for seven days’ | grain for bis cavalry borses,and also for anumber of Fajiroad construction trains. This would indicate bis ex- pectation to keep advancing on the enemy. Our Wash. ington special despatches give all the details known of the action of Thursday. It bas been stated, though not officially, that on Friday General Grant not only repetied ‘the attack of Lee, but, bringing into the engagement the masses of the Army of the Potomac, compelled him to retire, leaving upon the fleld bie kilied and wounded. It is also stated that Lee's army is retreating rapidiy, but ‘tm good order, and that our army is pursuing as rapidiy &s possible. ‘The greatest cheerfulness prevails in Washington in all quarters with regard to the result of General Grant's campaign. ‘The greatest activity prevails to assist the wounded on their arrival in Wasbington. Surgeom General Quacken- bush, of sh State, has received a request for volunteer Surgeons to go to the scene of hostilities, equipped for ten days’ service, He sent forward the requisite number last evening. Governor Curtin, also, uccompanied by Sargeon General King, bas gone to the battle field to provide for the com- fort ef wounded Pennsylvanians, The Volunteer Aid Corps of surgeons have been ordered by the Surgeon Gen- ‘eral to report to him at the Pennsylvania State agency, in Washisgton, prepared for immediate sorvice. Wo have ine news from General Butler's forces on the James river by the Arago yesterday, and it indicates a mst successful operation. They had advanced eight miles (rom City Poimt. The South Side Railroad, be- twoon Petersburg an@ Richmond, bas been destroyed. Geaeral Butior fought e sharp battle, in whiob the rebel Gencrels Jouce and Jeakine were killed aud Gen. Pickett and Mr. Hooter severely wounded. The gunboat Commo- dore Joues was blows up by a rebel torpedo near Turmey Beed, aod several of ber officers and crew were killed or wounded. The repert yesterday that Petersburg was abandoned by the enemy was premature, General Butler bas soot « strong cavalry force Into North Carolina for the Perpose of cutting off the communications with the rebel ‘capital, whieh will B80 doubt soon render a good account of iteclf, We publish « fine map to-day, showmg all these lines of communication. ‘The comments and speculations of the rebel journals, which we give ip apother colamn, on the movements of Goderais Grant and Butler are bighiy interesting. They show bow seriously the operations of each are regarded, in wiew of the final issue which they may bring about. Jn tbe South west affairs are progressing equally favora- Die Gomerai Sherman is pressing closer upon Dalton. General Thomas has occupied Tunnel Hill, as admitted by the rebei journals, It was reported at Nashville yester Gay thet Jobnston had retreated from Dalton. Notwithstanding the threatening in the Shenandoah alley, the latest socounts up to yesterday evening report that n0 Agiing is going ov there yet We give to dag a series of interesting detail relative NEW YORK to the late Red river expedition tfom vat correspondesks on the epet, They include the affair at Cane rivor and Genera) Kirby Smith's despath to Genoral Magruder. ‘The rebels are doing eerlous damage to our gunboats ‘and transports on the Red river from their batteries, ‘The White Cloud, Admiral, Juliet and Meteor were fired into and badly damaged and many of their crows killed and wounded. The rebels made an attack on the town of Greenville, opposite Alexandria, and drove in our pickets at both places several times; but they wore ultimately beaten back by our gunboats. The news from the South ts particularly interesting, embodying the comments of the rebel press on Jeff. Davis’ message and the proceedings of the rebel Con- grees. Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, of Alabama, was accused of Gisloyalty to the confederacy, and the members of the rebel Congress had quite a time over it. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The Morning Star is in from Havana, whence she left on the 3d inst. There is no news from the Isiand of Cuba, Exchange on the North was drooping. Bilis on Bos. ton and: New York, sixty days’ sight, 50 discount; Parts, 434 do.; London improving, and firm at 8X a9 premium. The health of Havana was good. ‘The latest news {rom St. Domingo te to the 28th ult. ; Dut there is nothing reported beyond the success of the Attack on San Cristobal, which means that the insurgents Got out of the way, as usual, to return when the Spaniards turn their backs. The usual May series of anniversaries in this city was inaugurated Inst evening. A few of the many societies which assemble here once ® year held their annual meet- ings last night, and others will follow during this week. ‘The anniversary sermon of the American and Forcign Christian Union was delivered last evening by the Rev. Dr. Kells, in the Broadway Tabernacle, corner of Broad way and Thirty-fourth street, toa large audience. Ad ditional exercises of this association will take place ou Tuesday afternoon, in St. Paul's Methodist church, corner of Fourth avenue and twenty-second street. The twelfth anniversary of the Young Mou’s Christian Association was held in the Fifth avenue Dutch Reformed eburech (Rev. Dr. Rogers) last evening, in the presence of a vory large and fashionable congregation. The devo tional exercises were conducted by Rev. Dr. Hatfield, after which the report of the Treasurer was submitted, from which it appeared that the total roceipts of the year ‘were $1,523 21, the disbursements being $1,507 21. The President of the association read the aunual address, in which a succtact account of the operations of the society in promoting the moral cultare of the young men of New York was given. The jreport concluded with strong and earnest words of sympathy with the government in put- ting down the rebellion. The Rev. Dr. Storrs, of Brook- lyn, then preached the annual sermon, after which a col lection was taken up im aid of the association. The American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless celebrated its thirtieth anniversary last night in Rev. Dr. Spring’s church, corner of Fifth ave Bue and Thirty-seveoth street. After appropriate re- ligtous exercises the annual report was read, showing a Prosperous condition of the association. A meeting of the cartmen engaged io cleaning the city was held on Saturday evening, at which it was resolved by them to discontinue work uatil the past five months’ wages now due them are paid, and provision is made for their prompt payment in future. A committee was ap- pointed to inform she proper city officials of their deter- mination. if The Military 5! Our Successes Everywhere. All that is thus far known of the operations of our armies is full of encouragement, and it seems cafe to believe that we are successful everywhere. Though General Grant, with his usual reticence, has not transmitted any des- patches, it is at least certain that the Army of the Potomac has had a hard fight with the army under General Lee; for over six thousand wounded men are on their way to the rear. Six thousand wounded men that can be sent to the rear in railroad cars represent a battle in which at least ten thousand men fell— two thousand killed, and at least two thousand 60 badly wounded that it was impossible or useless to send them awsy. From what we know of this battle by our own despatches Gen. Lee was the assailant, and attempted to force our lines as soon as they were formed south of the Rapidan—just as he did the lines of Gen. Hooker, under somewhat similar cir- cumstances a year ago. His success against Hooker’s lines paralyzed the operations of that general, and the campaign ended two or three days later by the retreat of our army. It is clear enough that the result of General Lee’s attempt has been very different in the present case, and it is plain that the result of the fighting was greatly in our favor, since after so severe a battle our army was neither compelled te retreat nor to stand still, but went forward. Seeretary Stanton’s despateh informs us that General Grant has made a requisition for seven days’ grain and railroad construction trains. This significant requisition for construction trains tells that we are to use railroads that bave not been in our hands for many months, and the requisition for grain implies an extended movement in advance, and, as we may suppose, at the heels of the enemy. If we ex- cept the very questionable pursuit after Gettys- burg, the Army of the Potomac has not much troubled the heels of the enemy after a great battle since the battle of Williamsburg, two years ago. General Grant bas, therefore, changed the result of its battles in one great tespect. Upon General Grant’s first arrival in Washington to accept the position of Lieutenant General the military authorities, then very much troubled about the “military situatien,” asked the General's opinion of it. His answer was that there was “only one thing to do, and that was to whip Lee;” and he added, very quietly, that he “thought that could be done.” He bas now undoubtedly shown how it was to be done, and we may rely upon him to make the most of his victory. General Butler’s operations south of Rich- mond go on admirably. His force that went up the Peninsula drove the enemy’s outposts into the rebel capital, and his column of eavalry sent into North Carolina is kikely to achieve magnificent results against the enemy's communications. But the success of bis main body is definite. He has seized the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond, accom- plished the object of his movement, and fought & ‘battle, in which the rebel Generals Jones and Jenkins were killed and Pickett badly wounded. Pickett lately commanded in North CeroMna, Jenkins was with Beauregard at | Charleston, and Jones was in Western Virginia; and the presence of these men at the battle be- tween Petersburg and Richmond shows the ex- tent to whioh the onemy heve concentrated their HERALD, MONDAY, foroés for the fihal struggle. Ia our opers- tions on the James river we have bad but one mishap—a boat blown up by @ torpedo. But for two years past the enemy have been lining the river with torpedoes, and the destruction of one boat is a small result for so much labor. We give in this paper a map of the country and the railroads south ef Richmond—which are likely te become very soon the important points of the war. Our news from General Sherman’s depart- ment is also good. General Thomas had occu- pied Tunnel Hill; and this doubtless some- what surprised the enemy, for they had made up their minds that we did not intend aoy movement in that direction at present, and were reinforcing Lee’s army from that under Jobn- ston. It is not probable that Johnston's thirty thousand men will be able to make a very stubboro stand before the Army of the Cumber- land, and we may expect stirring news from that direction at any moment. f Reforming the System of Building the Machimery of Govern- ment Vessels. It is a beautiful provision of Providgnce that out of their very disasters mankind learn les- sons of wisdom. Many a great evil has been overcome, many a giant wrong made right, many an habitual error corrected, through the influence of those accidents and misfortunes which every day overtake the human race, and for a time overwhelm them with gloom and sorrow. This result has been realized in the in- vestigation instituted to ascertain the causes of the late frightful disaster on board the United States gunboat Chenango, an event which occa- sioned unspeakable anguish in many families. Through this investigation a very extraordinary light bas been thrown upon the manger in which the boilers and machinery of many of the government vessels are constructed, and by the aid of this exposure it is to be hoped and expected that a radical reform will be imme- diately commenced in the entire system of con- structing these important portions of our steam vessela-of-war. It appears from the very elaborate charge of the Coroner who carried on this inquisition that when the Chenango’s machinery was un- dergoing a test at the dock the danger of an explosion from low water was so great that one of the engineers refused to open the throttle valve when requested to do so by the United States engineers on board, who represented that the contract required the engine to be run wide open. The engineer said be considered his own safety endangered, and should act on hisown judgment. It.also appears there was no difference of opinion among the engineers examined on the subject that a boiler in the condition of the Chenango’s was unsafe, and required extraordinary skill to avert an acci- dent. Other facts in this connection are ad- duced which the Coroner says cannot be con- cealed. This boller had been the subject of an official examination and report by engineers of the United States Navy, and inspected by other persons, including the one whose arrangement of it is charged as the cause of the explo- sion, and yet, it appears, no witnesses attempt to explain certain phenomena which attended the accident, such as the melting of the lead and solder by the hot steam, &c.; and the inventor or patentee of the boiler himself remarked that the only evidence of low water he had seen was in the fact of the burnt hair felt covering the top of the boiler, samples of which he had picked up. The Coroner states that “unfortu- nately there are other facts which point out very clearly the existence of an organic disease in these vessels, requiring the utmost vigilance to guard against,” and particular instances are specified showing where other vessels precisely like the Chenango have been near meeting a similar calamity. Briefly, it seems to be the opinion of the Coroner that the boilers and ma- chinery of these government ships are defective to a dangerous degree, and, “according to the opinion of both scientific and practical men, a repetition of the Chenango disaster may be expected any time to occur, so long as the cowbination which existed in the Chenango is used.”” Now, what should be done in a matter of sach vital consequence to the safety of human life and the preservation of government property? Tn the first place a thorough and radical reform should be promptly instituted in the mode of giving out government contracts for naval machinery. The gross and iniquitous system of favoritism and jobbery which prevails in the Navy Department must be abolished by some means or ether. If corruption must exist in say department of the government, in the name of humanity let it be kept from imperilling the lives of perbaps thousands of our brave and gallant seamen. Is it any wonder that men-of- war lie idle in our navy yards for the want of men to man them, when the insecurity of life on shipboard is so apparent? Good sailors will never knowingly ship,on board floating coffins, nor upon vessels known to be little better than gunpowder magazines, liable to explo- sion almost at any moment. There are seme twenty or thirty vessels of the same clase and imperfections as the Chenango now ready for sea, and, as soon as they cam get their complements of men, they will be on the briny deep. These ships are of course liable to simi- lar aecidents, and unless firm and decided steps are taken to remedy the defects now so fortu- nately and epportunely exposed we may soon have to record a deplorable sacrifice of life and heavy losses to the government. We have had too much of this recklessness in navy matters, involving sacrifices of men and money, losses of government ships, and defeat and dis- aster to naval expeditions, and it is time a stop wore put to ft. The whole system of supply- ing government steamers with particular kinds of fancy boilers is fraught with evil and danger, and, like all our other navy fall- ures and mishaps, is traceable to the corrupt method of awarding contracts to special favor- ites and unscrapulous jobbers. Let the admin- istration at once change ite blundering and mischievous poliey in naval contracts, set about instituting ® radical reform, especially in the cases of vessels of the Chonango class—or, what is better, let Congress step in and overhaul the whole system of naval mismanagement—and we will see that by this one lamentable disaster and the exposures attending it many others havé been averted,and the navy supplied with safe, substantial and serviceable vessels, that will be tho admiration of the world Srtums op tran benefits of clean streets, and congratulating themselves upon the superior efficiency of the Street Inspector, little consideration has been given to the employes of the department, their pay having been withheld during the five months past, This retention of pay is a pro- ceeding especially cruel towards the cartmen and laborers, who, with ‘scarcely an exception, it may be supposed, are men without means, requiring their earnings from week to week’for the subsistence of themselves and families. On Saturday morning, their patience exhausted, and unable to obtain any satisfactory informa- tion a8 to when they might hope for the pay due them, a strike was resolved upor, and street cleaning entirely ceased. This atate of things at the present period of the year—the weather as warm as in midsummer, and the typhoid fever prevailing, with the fat-trying and bone-boiling nuisances unabated—is truly alarming. One week’s neglect of the streets would send up a reeking miasma destructive to the health of thousands. The strike will probably be of short dura- tion. The supposition is that, through the en- deavors of Inspector Boole and the hoped for kindness of the City Chamberlain, the men will receive the whole amount of their back pay by the middle of the present week. This heartless indifference betrayed to the necessities of the laboring poor, as above mentioned, it is proper to state, is in no way applicable to the City Inspector— much commendation, on the contrary, is due him for his address in keeping the men at work so long a period under circumstances 80 embarrassing—but is entirely attributable to the protracted tampering of the Legislature with the tax levy and the clog placed upon it, preventing its passage, by the so-called Citi- zens’ Reform Association. The public are pretty well acquainted with the result so far of the attempted reform; but it is not known what disastrous consequences may yet follow. Pub- lic opinion will presently require that the Legislature and the Reform Association be themselves “reformed altogether.” Grant’s Buccess—Tue Excitement IN THE Crry.—The utmost anxiety was evinced by all classes on Saturday in regard to the operations in Virginia. People could talk of nothing else. Business was comparatively suspended. A serious calm prevailed throughout the me- tropolis. The little news published during the day did not satisfy the public mind, because It was confessedly unreliable and unofficial. The news in Sunday morning’s Heratn, however, was reveived eagerly, and the announcement of Butler’s debarkation of troops above Bermuda Hundred, on the James river, and of the re- ported success of General Grant in the Wil- derness, were heartily cheered throughout the eity. But when we issued an extra Herat, at about one o’clock yesterday, the excitement was most intense. Crowds assembled around our office with the celerity of magic. A moment before the streets were almost de- serted—now they swarmed with men. Our extra contained the despatch from Secretary Stanton to General Dix, whieh we republish this morning. The despatch was carefully and diplomatically worded, but it evidently meant a victory. It claimed nothing, but it stated triumphant facts. That there were six or eight thousand of our wounded proved that a@ heavy battle had been fought; that the wounded were being sent to Washington proved that our rear was all right and the lines of communication perfect; that requisi- tions had been made for seven days’ grain rations, and for railread construction trains, proved that the army was advancing. Conse- quently, as there had been a battle, and as we were atill advancing, we must have won a victory. This was the people’s logic, and it was irre- futable. Our second extra, containing the news of General Butler’s occupation of Petersburg, clenched the argument. Clearly, everything was working well. The approach to the rebel capital was steady and sure, and the masterly plan ef the campaign became partially revealed to the public. As the good news spread there was great cheering, and people congratulated each other as upon some personal good fortune. Especial satisfaction was expressed at the promise of Secretary Stanton to withhold nothing from the public, and to issue accurate official statements of information received. This course was resolved upon in compliance with our repeated suggestions, and it at once disarmed Madame Rumor and inspired public confidence in the state of affairs at the front. Bad news loses half its terror when it is truly told. Good news is doubly welcome when it comes quickly. Nothing is so suspicious as that which is concealed. Ayorner Arctic Exriorinc Exrepitiox.— The already famous explorer of the Arctic region, Mr. C. F. Hall, announces his intention of starting upon another expedition about the middle of June next. He will sail first for King William’s Sound on a whaler, the Monticello, Captain Chapel, of New*Lendon, and will be accompanied by the Esquimaux whe are Mr. Hall’s companions here. The party will make their first winter quarters at Repulse Bay, the extreme northwest of Hudson’s Bay. Early in the year 1865 they will make a land journey by dogs and sledges te Boothia and King William’s8ound. The firm of Williams & Haven, of New London, are the owners of the Monti- cello, the ship placed at the disposal of Mr. Hall and his Esquimaux to perform the first part of their journey in. At a period when the world is agitated by the recent discoveries of Captain Speke and other determined explorers the proposed voyage of Mr. Hall will possess great interest for the public. This gentleman makes his discoveries through patient and diligent researches. Re- siding with the Esquimaux, whose language he has made himself thoroughly conversant with, Mr. Hall inquires into their traditions and legends, and traces, step by step, the indications thus obtained, with the determination to find out definitely the fate of those daring men who lost their lives in seeking out the wondors of the icy regions ef the North, and to obtain the records undoubtedly left by them. Mr. Hall is entitled to the admiration of all for his en- terprise in this cause. London Theatricats. Drury Lane is still nightly filled to overfowing with enthusiastic crowds, highty#delighted with the grand re- vival of Beary 1V.,00 daszling in ite eplendor and so off. lent in ite representation. Owing to the deplorabie cir. cumstances which have rendered Miss Lydia Thompson's adgonce necessary, her part in Messrs. Brough and allt. day's now farce of the April Foot hes been flied by Mian Lancto Willmore, After the Bbekaperenn play the farce of MAY 9, 1864.—-WITH SUPPLEMENT. —While the} public of New York bave boon enjoying the | VOERSHIP. MEETING OF THE REBEL CONGRESS. JEFF. DAVIS’ MESSAGE, ealled David Garrick, will be time. Next weex the performances wil! be of @ miscella- neous description. Mr. Burnand’s admirable burlesque Of Venus and Adonis increases in popularity. At the Adelphi Miss Bateman still reigns the queen, and the firm bold that Leab bas taken on the public favor ts not bit shaken. Bel Demonio still runs on at the Lycoum, and every one is more than anxious for Mr. Foohter’s W. B. W, Cobb, M. C. from Alabama, de cused of Disloyalty to the Confederasy. The. Union Prisoners with recovery. Direotly it 1s posatole for him to act Hamiet the Rebels. will be given. Mr. Westland Marston's exquisite comedy of Donna Diana bas been revived this week at the Prin- . i cess’, and has been played with the Comedy of Errors. | The Diplomatio Correspondence Betwees Mile, Stella Colas reappears as Juliet on Monday. and Next Thureday the Taming of the Shrew is to be per- Lord Lyons Jeff. Davia, formed, Mr. Vining appearing as Petrachio. The Tioket- bay, ae. ae of-Leave Man and Shakspere’s Taming of the Shrew have been given at the Olympic throughout the The Rebel President’s Message, week. ‘Thore has been no change whatover at the St. | | m che Richmond Whig, MAY 4) James’ this week; but two new farces are announced fr | congigoring Ff ding perpen pay ‘olnpeed sluce Monday next. Mr. Byron’s new burlesque was to bave | adjournment of the last }, is wot a very long dooe- been preduced to-night at the Strand; but we believe it has been put off till next Wednesday. The balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet and the fifth act of A Midsummer Night's Dream proved #o attractive on Monday that they were given again every night this week. A company has been organized to play Lewis Filmore’s splendid comedy, The@Winning Suit, in the provinces. None of our New York managers have yot secured this play, although it 13 in preparation at the Arch Street, Philadolpbia, and fo ‘Boston. WEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasmrncros, May 8, 1864. CONFIRMATION OF BRIGADIEB GENERALS. In addition to the other nominations of brigadier gop- erals, confirmed yesterday, arethose ef Colonel Augustus V. Kantz, of the Second Ohio cavalry, and Colone! Thomas ment, yet ehort as it is it will be found, we ‘to eam brace all the important topics which, it was to be <4 sumed, would be presented for ideration of gress. It is, likewise, marked by that a pier. ob ets energy of diction which characterize all the produoteas a ray gee tr ebber Bagn Europe Do nen fn I er clearly deli ; however PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OP THE UTAH INDIANS. A recently passed iaw makes provision for the perma- went settlement of the findians of Utah in the Vinte Valley, in that Territory. It appropriates thirty thou- gand dollars for agricultural improvements, to enable them to become self-sustaining. 4 by Fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteers. pendence; but evidence of a totally di t eharacter, B.A of aioe ‘They insist that we shall prove to their catisfaoction Leviton tinbpsigadloagr nibersboereieretpa that we are able to maintain our independence by foroe, ‘The suvscriptions to the ten-forty loan for the week | thus entirely setting aside the question of right. Yot there ai amount of wubacrip- | {s not @ second lass nation of which could mala» amount to $6,760,000, and the tots ip in ite place in the family of in the face of this tons to date is $44,606,100. test. Indeed, the doctrine of the balance of power, sap. INAGE FEES AT ST. JOHNS, N. F. ported Cpcecen vestinom for war wap ‘The hes vepireaeak has been officially informed that vented is maintained expressly in epson ou For if a nation may at any time be overrun horea(ter all vessels entering St. Johos, Newfoundiand, | subjugated by encther uation which happens 0 = are to pay a tonnage fee of five cents per ton, in addition roager, not one can say that it is absolu sale. tothe twenty-four cents vow charged for light dues, a lence of @ people is a simple question of fact at @ : particular moment, by means to be which, with the pilotage, will make the port charges | gecided by ita ‘ability to ai up right to fort, te. it. This amount to about thirty-cig! forty cents. fs pi Debaes Saas 7 eye - by ition was ified, not Greece maineala prdirnvment Hh fm which oase interferesce would not have been needed, but exactly because ame Fine Arts. Goupit & Co. are about to dispose by auction of their large stock of foreign and American pictures, Among them will be found Muller's foe work, “Maria Antoinette in Prison,” ‘A Halberdier,” by Morasonier, and a number of choice works by Ed: | (ntend them to cuttnat tancoeh ey ouard Frere, Schlessinger, Verboeckhoeven, Trayer, Cha- | enough for us to ‘every avenue of ton te vet, Landelle, Gude (the Norwegian), Peyrol, Bonheur, | closed against us; thee oe onomy is iaking repewen oe Lambinet, Gauerman, Fortin, &c. The sale takes place oa Geamee agg destruction, ‘me ron the 12th and 13th of this month. Im the meantime the | cause and holding our liberties to be more precious thea collection will be on exibition at the old Dusseldorf | al! other earthiy possessions, le Gallery. Carmiencke has just finished a capital view of Break Neck Hill, taken from the Bull’s Head, on the Hudson. The picture is boldly and effectively painted, and is one Of the best landscapes that we have seen by this artist. Cardinal Wiseman recently delivered a lecture “On the Prospects of Good Architecture in London,” before « large audience of artists, architects and others. It was a Picturesque discourse, being chiefly devoted to an ao- count of the way in which the ancient Romans would havg treated such difficulties as the railway bridge over Ludgate bill. At the last meeting of the Bri! ciation the Rev, C. H, Hartshorn iDited the sigaet ring of the celebrated Cesar Borgia, This remarkable object of Roman art is of gold, slightly enamelled, with the date 1503. Around the inside is the motto “Faye ceque doys avien que pourra.” A box drops into the front, having on it “Borgia” in letters reversed, and round it the words “Cor unum ut ” As the back is a slide, within which, it is related, he carried the poison he was im the habit of dropping into the wine of bis unsuspecting guests. The signet is contained in an elegantly chased silver box, surmounted by a jewel. An English paper states that the Committee of Councit on Fducation have lately approved of a memorandum on the international exchange of works of art, In which it is stated that the period seems to have arrived when friead- ly relations might with reciprocal advantages be ostab lished through the Foreign Office, between foreign mu seums and the South Kensington Museum, for the pur- pose of organizing some system of an international ex change of copies of the finest works of art which each museum possesses. The object in view will be promoted by correspondence with the governments of the various countries which possess muteums and werks of art. A new method of restoring old paintings is said to have been invented by Pettenkofer,a famous Bavarian chemist, and which a friend of 1 Vogt (himself a man of European repute | philosopher), bas brought to London, and iately exbibited in a practical example wo Sir Charles Fastiake. The process, it is said, myolves no chemical preparation whatever, ts perfectly simple, aua can be applied and acts in half an hour. Jt may be used, also, by a reversed application of it, to give the appear auve of age to newly painted pictures. The inventor has already received a considerable sum for his discovery from the’Bavarian government. « ‘The Allgemeine Zeitung gives an account of steps that have been taken for securing the copyright of works of art in Germany; and we borrow the following facts and inferences, only supp!ying & condensation of them, Nine commissioners of German governments bave met at Frankfort and published the project of a law on the sub ject, and one or two pampbiets bave been written by artists on certain points of the law proposed. Both commissioners and artists are agreed on the idea of copy: right, that the artist as creator of a work bas the right to permit the reproduction of it im avy way; but there are some minor questions on which the project of the law differs from the ideas of artists, and some of these bave caused much excitement in artistic circles. For instance, one paragraph saye that the*making of single infringement of copy- ‘ties answer, that these single copies are often made andqold as works of the original painters, Several of the chiefs of the Dusseldorf school suffer very much from the number of copies of their works which are made by people who seem to Adopt copying as their'trade, and who send these copies to America and other distant places where there is littie danger of detecting the im; ‘ the project per- mits the copying of worl art for industrial products, which the artists say would expose all statuettes and groups of sculpture to be pireted with impunity, aa it would only be necessary to place them on a clock or letter weight to make them products of industry. Ounce ‘again, the project says distinctly that worke of art may De reproduced im literary works #0 long as the literary work is the substantive part and the works of art serve morely to iilustrate the text. The artists think that this fe not a sufficient protection. It might be dificult to dis. tinguish between « work in which the pictures were used to illustrate the text and one in which the text was writ ton to legalize the adoption of the pictures. And, as au- thors complain when their most telling scenes are quoted by the reviews, artists may think themsctves hardly treated if the public is gratified with the sight of their works without their own co-operation, A f %t; and we hope Congress will do some- thing to sofort unfortunate gentleman of the weight of power which our armies in the field “that the discipline and inst of fer Aker kept pace with their improvement in materiai equip. meut.”” Various recommendations, contained in the report ef the Secretary of War, are recapitulated by the a Amoog the subjects referred to are an the law depriving officers in the field of the privilege ef Purebasing rations; an increase in the allowance of off- cers travelling under orders; provision for invalid officers of wounds or Archwological Asso. The’ recapitulation of the recent successes of our oray is sufficiently encouraging, and cannot, perbaps, Dotter than Lo quote ibe par in which it @ com tained: — ‘whoa It ts thelr priv wt rept at the outer . ‘ally repulsed works ‘nine months’ siege Charleston has been practically suvpended, leaving the nable city and ite fortresses imperishable monuments to the skill and fortitude of its defenders. The armies in Norvh- era Georgia and Northern Virginia alii oppose, with am haken front. a formidable barrier to the progress of the 1s vader: and our generals, armies and people are by cheerful confidepor, aks? ross under the permanent government ie assembled a6 Ly time and place appointed by law :-— All these events have passed inte ing the threat of our prompt sul y was ized Briiaia in the last century, for nearly three generssions, Yet these very te, in disrega) duty and nize, away over ihe States thus (reat the Invasion of them by thelr former linited and ageni, as though it were the attempt of = praas a rebellion against lawful au: a t io Though apperentiy aimed at foreign Powers, this para} ao for at home,asthe words independent sovereignty of she States,” and the “limited aud special’ nature of the 2.2 here ia terme which must satisfy most ardeot lover of State oo In the yg admissions, is ® bie that President Dav’ Troe coaferred upon him by the last Congrose ang seek to erect here © poresnsent -‘depetinan worpe Wes : | ly limited agent late powers, and will at ap day adjust the functions to the edeptited nature of ihe elben. The Revel Congress. ONS OF THE MEMBERS PROM ALABAMA BROUGET BRPORE THE HOUSE FOR DISLOYALTY. tatives met at twelve M., cm Tuesday, May 3. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Duncan. Mr. Catton, of in, submaitied the following resote- Alabama, and te News from Califora: Sax Framomco, May 4, 1864. ‘The steamer Constitution salied to-day for Panama, with 216 passengers and $1,179,011 tm treasure, of which to Ragland. Pras ep a hs boon pry rl. Nearly $5,000 have been coutribated wo the damiary Cand withia the last two days. Bas Framcowo, May 5, 1864. Jobbere are doing a large business. argo orders come fm from the interior, a liberal spring trade has fairly be- que, and the traders show a goneral diepesition 0 accamulate stooks, having the high prices in mind, On the other baad, importers are soiling freely to rotenbarse Hhomsstves for heavy duties, Prodace arrivals ere Hgts, and priced are o@ralog.