The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1864, Page 4

4 ee NEW YORK HERALD.| JAMES GURDON BENVETE KDITOR AND PROPRIETOR BN. W, CORKER OF FULTON ANP NASSAT STS. | Wolume XXX .oeceeees tosses 339 AMUSEMENTS THIS BVENING NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—An Bows ts Serpe Insuanp Ast Was WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Rosnnai# WINTER GARDEN, Proadway. Haver coer Commn— | OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway. Somenopy Buse NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Mazerra=Roon woor—Lrau—Wren Bors Bowery—Tus House Taat Jace VERY THEATRE Bowes r —Mitiner’s HOLpay. Bour—Forest Ke Broadway.—Two Giants, Tw mar Is In, c., at all nour Bebra x BARNUN'S M DVAnES. ALBINOS, Gon—At Sand 73 F PRYANTS’ MINSPRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad. rian Songs, DaNexs, BURLESQUES, &v.—how AEBNDAOKS f WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 614 Broadway,—Eraortas forges, Dances, &0.—Rarrnoap Exposion” as BROADWAY THEATRE. S Broadway.—Simmons. AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 444 Brondway.—Bavcers, Pantomiaes, BuRLesgves, &0.—D#Onavankay. SALON DIABOLIQUE, 585 Broadway. —Rosenr Hecier, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broaaway.—, Cumosities anp Lecrunes, from 9 A. M, til 10 P. M. ¥ HOOLEY'S OPERA HOU: . Brooklyn. —Erutorian Sones, Dances, Bunurieues, & WASHINGTON HALL, Williamsburg.—Tax Davexrort | MERE. WiTtH SUPPLEMENT. New York, Tucsday, May 10. 1864. LHE SITUATION. 1 Gr the rebei forces of General Lee towa: While the army of G s Richmond with continued success, we have positive imformation—and w. announce it with a full, ascufance of its trath—that Goneral Butler is advancing upon the robel capital from {he South, and that in all probability we shall pear within a few days oither that be is in possession of Richmond, or that he is soiling that clty. He bas already cut the Richmond and Petersburg and Danville and Richmond railroads, thus cutting off Virginia from the South. 3 Mr. Stanten’s official bulletins state that despatches had eon recelyed from General Grant and General Meade which fully confirm the reports regarding the Dattles of the last threo days. General Lee commenced Calling back on Friday night, and was pursved by our army. General Hancock, leading the advance, passed through Spotteyivania Court House on Saturday morning. ‘The headquarters of our army were twenty miles south of tho battle field at moon on = =Bunday, The Twenty-second New York cavalry tock possession of Fredericksburg on Sunday evening, the enemy baving retreated towards Richmond, ‘The depot for our wounded is now established there, Among the killed is General Wadswortn, of New York; General Hays and Colonels Carroll and Woodward, of Penn. sylvavia, The report of the death of the rebe) Generals. Jenkins aod Pickett, and the wounding of Generals Long- Street, Jones and Pegram—the former very seriously—is confirmed. General Lee, in his official report of the battle of Thursday lost, claims to have repulsed the Union forces, and announces that Longstreet baz been badly wounded. ‘Two of the Hexaup correspondents—Messrs. Fitzpatrick end Cadwallader—while hastening from the front with their reports, were captured by guerilias on Saturday night, and their notes and lists of the killed and wounded ‘were taken from them. They made their escape from Gheir captors and succeeded in reaching Washington, Trom which they have forwarded their accounts of the late batilos by telegraph, which sppear in our columns to-day. The woanded are being sent,on to Washington by water, tm consequence of the interruption in the railroad at Rap pabannock. According to the report of the Medical Director our loss amounts to nearly ten thousahé—from twelve to fiftesn bondred killed and eight thousand wounded. Many of the wounde are slight, owing to the fact that the fight ‘wae principally matatained with small arms, little or no artillery being employed. We give affine map to day showing the two militery advances upon Richmond—one from the north by Spott- eyivania, and the other from the south from Petersburg. President Lincoln made a speech to a large mass of people in front of the White House last ovening, in which he gave thanks to Almighty God for the success of the Union arms. He stated that although General Grant was 80 far victorious, the people must not be too sanguine, as there was a groat deal yet to be done befcre the re- ‘dellioe wae pat down. He bas also issucd a proc'amation cating 00 ‘ the friends of Untou and liberty” to offer up prayers and thankegiving to the Almighty in their places of worship and ip their bomes. Gengral Sherman je not idlé in the West. counoitering the enemy's works nt Dalton on Sunday, And was expected to commence an attack yesterday, We pot yet beard of tuo result jormation was received in Washington last night tbat the rebel ram Albemarie has been destroyed in the Albomerie Sound, thus bringing her career of mischief to a oad. EUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The stoamsbip Hansa, from Southampton on the 27tb of April, reached this port yesterday evening. She tended over seven hundred passengers. Her news is Uaree days lacer. Great auxiety was manifested in Eogland on the sub- Jock Of the issue of General Grant's campaign to Virginia. The Loodou Times acknowledges thai s victory by Grant ‘Will Componsate for all the previous delays of the war, owing to the “wouderfal elasticity” of the mind of the people of the North. ‘The rebvei loan experienced anolLer advance in Londot Ou the recelpt of the pews of the debate on Mr. Long's motion (a Congress and the circulation of a report that be American Senate repodiated the action of the House of Reproseutatives against the (ormation of ap empire in Mexoo Ie the English House of Lords Lord, Chelmsford called attention to the mode in wiich government proposed Wo deal with prizes brought by the belligerent Powers ‘Of Amertos inte Britied port: ae described !p the corres. poedence presented to Porliament with reepect to the privateer Tusealvosa, Le condemned the coarse coutem- plaved as dangoroms, ae4 oppored co the comity of na. Koos «Bari Russell devended the course the government bet takoa, A legal order directed the retara of the Alexandra to Ler owners The cases of the Rappebannock and piracy of the ecbocwer J. L. Gerity were before the courte im Longou. The Alabama pat into Table Bay, Cape of Good Hopt, Waereh 20, for coal, She bed cruised of the harbor ten Everything fs in readinose to receive them, He was re- t is prossing back | | ao1X for money. “NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 166 Prossians it was alleged (v some quarters that France would iry te tarn the cunference into a general Congress. Orders thoogbt that the Berrie Cabinet, tmeoarcated with | the wiiiary success Of Frussia, would propore an wilt miatom ard are tbe other Powers to discuss it, but 0 woleten! | good wae anticipated (rom tue meeting of tue ate a sailed from Tingland after visiting tbe . os at Windsor, The workingmen's meet ob wae cated in London im order to express 0 of (he laboring classes a8 io tho reason for oo de-oreare of Uae General, was dispersed by the The Parts [arrée aod otber Frege joureals rejoice 2 hie fat, the Padres emwuring the world thot Garibaldi bas tought the Hingtish 40 make barricades, avd pro couneing it & “yadgment on ber ministers for playing with fire, ‘The United States gonboat Kearsarge was foatod off the emb-Lakment af Osioud bar bor. The ‘tathian frigate Re Galantuome reached Gibraltar and had satied for Naples. ‘The colebratéon of the tercentenary of Shakspere's birthday commenced im Londow, Stratford on- Avon, and other places in Great Britaim, om Saturday, April 23, and went on right merrily to the 26th ultimo, At the Crys- tal Palace, London, the entertaisment was excellent. At Stratford en Aven the labors of the committce were re- warded with thorough success, A britfant company assembled in a pavilion which had been erected, ard, under the presidency of Lord Carlisle, eat down Wo a splendid banquet. Lord Carlisle spoke a panegyric of the poet, and the proceedings were of an tmteresting charao ter. Madame Sainton Dolby, who was to bave sung the contralto music at Stratford on Monday, was scizee with illvess op Sunday, and her place was Slied by Madame Laura Baxter, The anniversary was duly celebrated by the Impertal University of Moscow and in the city of Vienpa. The doy was not obsorved in Paria. Consols closed fa London oa the 26th of April at 01% The Liverpool cotton market was very firm on the 25th, and closed firm, with prices ua changed, on the 26th of Aprile Breadstuffs wore quiet and steady, and provisions steady on the 2000 ult. CONGRESS But little business of importance was transacted in Gon “grees yesterday, the nows from the sont of war eutirely absorbing tho attention of Congressmen Tu the Senate $300,000 were appropriated for new mint buildings, and $100,000 to retura the Navajo Indians to their reservations in New Mexico, @ substitute for the Dill amending the Pacific Rajiroad act was reported, and a call was made on the President for correspondence rela: tive to the troubles between Chili The Na tional Pank bill was then taken up, a strike out the clause limiting the circulation of the banks rejected. An amendment providing for the gradual do crease of the circulation of the banks was discussed and withdrawn. After some further progress Senater Colla mer read a despatch announcing the victory of General Grant, the retreat of Leo's army, and the pursuit of the Army of the Potomac, whereupon the Senate adjourned In the House of Reprosentatives a resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs to examine Into the expediency of locating the proposed navy yard on the west side of the Hudson river, nearly opposite Yonkers, and report by bili or otherwise, A Dill to regulate prize proceedings and the disposition of prize money was referred to the Naval Committee. The remainder of the session was occupied in personalities. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. From Mexico we learn that a mail coach was stopped ‘by two hundred guertilas on the morning of March 26, and the guard of sevcn soldiers and s sergeant, after five hours’ fighting, wore taken prisoners. Tbe municipal authorities of Villa de Aldama and the forces stationed in that city bed gove over to the constitutional govern ment. Vidaurri made his exit from Monterey with about three hundred men. Geveral Porfirio Diaz had reviewed seven thousand men at Cajaca, kc. The Board of Aldermen were without a quorum yester- day, consequently there was ro business transacted. A quorum of Counciimen not being present yesterday afternoon, the President declared the Board adjouroed till Thorsday next. The Third Presbytery of New York he'd their anni- versary meeting last evening at the church of the society, in Mercer street. There was a fair attendance of clorical and Iny brethren present, notwithstanding the storm. The proceedings were opened with prayer, some formal Dusiness was then proceeded with, and after prayer the meeting adjourned. The American Scamen’s Friend Soslety hold their thirty sixth anniversary at Irving Mall last evening, the President, William A. Booth, in tho chair, ‘The atiend- ‘ance was thin, An abstract of the usual ano was read, which represented the society as groat progress az a useful and Christiaa institution, port Several interesting addressos were delivered. The meet- Ing closed with the benediction A desperate shooting affray occurred last evoning in Mul berry street, near Hester, between two antagonistic par- ties of Fourteenth ward rowdles, Some twenty pistol shots were exchanged, resulting in the death of 9 man named. Waiter Beil, who is said to have belonged to one of the factions, and the supposed fatal wounding of an upinter- ested spectator named McAndrew, aud a woman namod Mary Cromn. A mao named Hagh Riley, the loxder of one of the bolligeront gangs, was arrested and lodged in the Sixth precinct ststion house, on the charge of having fired the shot which caused the death of Belt. Coroner Wildey yesterday commenced the examination of witnesses in reference to the killing of Patrick Gan ley, a conductor on the Second Avenue Railroad, who was struck and knocked from the platform of bis car, on Sunday last, by a stone thrown bya young rowdy. ‘The perpetrator of the murderous act has not yet been arrested; but one of his alleged confederates, named Jobn Sullivan, was taken into custody on Sanday, and is ‘Still kept in copfinement. The evidence in the case is not yet concluded. The case of William M. Giles against William J. Howell was commenced yesterday in the Court of Common Pleas, betore Judge Brady. The plaintiff {s an apothecary, do- ing business at the corner of Sixth avenue and Thirteenth street, and the defendant is proprictor of the Woodbine, ‘a tavern, on the opposite side of thestreet. The action is tor trespass, alleged to havo been committed by the de- fendant on New Year's Day, in entering plainti’s store and clubbing several of bie customers. The defence set op is that the persons beaten were ‘‘roughs,”’ who had previousiy assailed the barkeeper at the Woodbino, and broken some panes of glass because they-could not obtain drinks free of expense, ‘The case wil! probably be con- cluded to-day. According to the City Inspector's report there were five hundred and nine deaths in the city during the week ending May 9—an increase of fifty-one as compared ‘with the mortality of the weck previous, and eight less than occurred doring the corresponding week last year, ‘There was a number of minor cases disposed of yoster- day in the General Sessions, Assistant District Attorney Hutchings prosecuting. Francis Kingsley, indicted for burglary in breaking futo the premises of Ernat Kune- mund, No. 282 Fast Tenth streot, and stealing therefrom A quantity of vonl, plended guilty to petty larceny. The accused lost an arm at the battle of Gettysburg. He was remanded for sentence. Augustus Fitzpatrick, the youth who 80 ingeniously extracted a fifty dollar greenback from the window of Luther &. Lawrence's banking office, io Nagsan street, by means of a piece of wire, was tried, convicted and remanded for sentence. The particulars of this cage appeared in our colamnes a few days since. Jobn Hazzard, who stol liver watch front the pocket of William Fly, on the 2iet of Apetl, pleaded guilty to petty larceny , and was sent to the Penitentiary for six months. Margaret Riley was convicted of grand larceny, in steal- ing a pocketbook, containing ninety dollars, from the person of John Connell, and sent to the State Prieon for two yours, The theft was coramitted in an eating saloon in Wost Broadway, kept by Mary Wright, who was jointly indicted with the woman Riley. The jury, however, ac quitted Mrs Wright. The Surrogate yesterday denied an application for the oppoiniment of a collector in the estate of Willem MH. Merchant, for informality. The will of Mre. Avna E, ‘Yoven was ordered admitted to probate, the contestants withdrawing their oppositi np. There was considerable excitement in Wall atreet yos- Gaye, waiting for (be expiration of the three months | terday, and thore who anticipated @ panic over the favor. ~ uteb mom elapse before coal can be again eupplied from toe same port. Ske reports the total namber of ebips de- yed by ber te the Indian seas at seven There @ po later news from Doppel. The Prussian were rk Oo the Datterion, Which are, if possivie, to re wand of Aleeg WG foate achieved on the ‘Top hag of Dewmark iapued a procinmation bat the sufferings of the army will not be with “ uroed to Derlia from the battle Geld, r man Coulerence bad aeeembied !n Loudon, Fog jal Diplomatique of Yaris states th we agreed to recommend ihe appeared to be the main point 1 was thought that unless an armistice able news from the Umion army were bappily @isap- polnted The stock market wee strong, and prices at tho firet board roco over the highest quotations of Saturday one to Bye per cent. Gold was a€tive in the morning, baving opened nt 170 and advanced to 171%; but fm the a‘ternoon it sold down to 168%. Government securities stiffened up under the influence of the news and became unusually strong. There wos some demand for money, sirogele for nacional existence, The Kiog | but the rate of interest could not fairly be quoted above Fix por cent, Inc mmercla) circles things wore almost at a siand— the great batties in Virginia braving absorbed the nod! Vided attention of the merchants, whe wanted to (nik of Botbing cise, The volume of business transacted in foreign and domestic prodrote was unusually light, aad SY Cals A Wi NE Ria Ao bl Kali Wy Vea kite 0 preriz wi commvipion wipro gatiselg avmipal. “os. —— _——9 ow we ee -Amported merchandise was quiet, but gevora!ly beld firm Petroleum and cotton wore duy and wholly vominal. Oo Ch+nge the war bulletins pretty much absorbed the at- {ention of mercuants, to the exciusum of thie accustomed Foulin® Of business. Flour egain declined 100. & 200. Wheat was nominally Gc. lower, and cats (el! off about 2. Corn was sistaived by smaliness of supply. Mos predects Were dull, apd pominaly iower, Bro! was ine active; but without change in entve. Whiskey was irre Aular, Opeving a $i 8Oand Cosing at about $1 254 $1 27. Freights were wholly inactive, ‘ihe trike of Sle\ edores and ‘longtheremen interiered with busines: ‘Thev have heretofore received twenty Nye cents per hour; Dut they now demand thirty-seven and a ball, and sbip- owners Cfler @ocmpromise On thirty‘one and # quarter. Until this difficulty ie settled business im froigbt will romain at a stand, The Virginia Cam —«Khe Work Goos Bravely On," _ We are “out of tho wilderness,” The army of General Lee, beMed and beaten at cvery point, isin full retreat towards Richmond, pur- sued by the unconquerable old Army of the Potomac. We are confident that what the Secretary of War telegraphed to General Dix yesterday as “tho belief” in Washington, {a absolutely true, to wit:—that “Licvtenant General Grant is achieving a complete vic- tory”—meaning, no doubt, a victory which will be crowned with tho destruction or dia- persion of the main army of Jeff. Davis, tho occupation of his capital, and bis flight as an outlaw from his exploded confederacy. We are only apprehensive now that, moving rapidly for Richmond, and destroying the bridges behind him over the numerous streams on bis route,Generat Lee may reach the city with the main body of his army in season to make good hia retreat into North Carolina. Thore are, however, substantial reasons for the hope that even this last alternative of safety will be denied bim. .We have positive information that General Butler yesterday, from the south side, was marching upon Richmond, and that he was within ten miles of the city. He commands a powerful army of veterans, and we are not aware of any rebel foree within call, or of any impediments to prevent his gaining the bridges which connect the city with the south side of the river. Whether quick enough to secure those bridges for our entry into the city, or too late to prevent their destruction by fire, the great objects will be achieved of cutting off the retreat of Leo at the James river, and of preventing the removal of the heavy artillery and the magazines of am- munition from the forts, or any of the valua- ble stores and materials of war with which the factories and warehouses of Richmond are filled. The dangers ia his front, not less than the pursuing army in his rear, will compel General Lee to push back to Richmond as fast as his railway trains and the legs of his soldiers will carry him. If he can reach the city in advance of General Butler, cross over the river, pounce upon Butler and cut him to pieces, a consider- able remnant of the rebel army of Virginia may escape with some booty into North Caro- lina. But the combinations of General Grant have been arranged to meet al contingencies, and from the developments already made, we may reasonably anticipate not only that Rich- mond will very soon be ours, but that hardly a remnant of Lee’s defeated, exhausted and demoralized legions, as an organized body, will be left to tell the story. Meantime, we have no doubt that Jeff. Davis, his Cabinet and Congress, clerks, &c., are now en roule, by way of the Danville Railroad, for Columbia, South Carolina; and we expect that they will reach there just in time to hear that the same disasters that will have fallen upon General Lee in Virginia have been inflicted upon Jo. Johnston in Georgla, and that, in brief, the terrible usurpation of the “so-called Confederate States” is at an end. Let the friends of “Union and Liberty” heartily respond to the recommendations of the President in reference to the glorious re- sults already attained, and rejoice that, through the favor of Providence, we have at last found for our heroic armies a military leader who “knows no such word as fail.” Brrrisu Agents Srirrina Ur Insurrection ty Our Crry.—The New York correspondent of the London Times, Mr. Charles Mackay, wrote to bis journal on thé z5tn of March last that, tinless General Grant gained & victory in the coming battles in Virginia, not only would that individual lose all prestige, but that the federal government itself would not be able to withstand the invasion of Seuthern armies and the revolu- tionary outbreaks which would then take place in the States of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, which revolutions would be followed by like movements on the part of the Western States. Mr. Mackay asserted that in New York there were clements of disorder and discontent which would burst forth into « devastating conflagration: that this outbreak would not be a mere riot, but an insurrection; not a mob of thieves and rowdies, bul am or- ganized multitude, under definite leadership and for a definite purpose. It isa singular fact that the British eorres- pondent of the Times should be se intimately acquainted with the projects of those who would overthrow our government, and we can but conjecture that his knowledge is gained from a participation in the plot he prematurely announces. It is certainly the duty of General Dix to arrest this Mackay at ance, and cause him to divulge the names of the leaders in the threatened revolutionary movement. In times like these every precaution should be taken 10 ‘insure the public safety. Mackay may be found either at tue New York Hotel in this city or at his residence on Staten Island. Tut CLeveLann Coxvewrion—-All the war democrats are going to the Cleveland Conven- tion to mominate Grant, This will be an im- portant and excellent move in the great Presi- dential game, Grant is the only man; and if the Cleveland Convention puts General Fre- mont on the same ticket with General Grant 'b will certainly do the best that it can for tie former, end will present a front that no ex- lating Rolitjcal grgaplzation will Garg to Gels an 4.3) General Grant's Great Victery—What the People Say About It. Everybody wasin capital humor yesterday. The bright sunsbine aud the brighter news from the seat of war were reflected upon every face. Bulletin after bulletin and extra after extra were eagerly read, and as every bit of news made the fact of Grant's great victory clearer there were frequent cheers and more frequent congratulations, Men shook bands with eash other, and slapped each otver upon the back, as if they had becn blessed with some personal good fortune. No doubt they wero; for whatever benefits the whole country must benefit every patriot. The people talked a great deal, about the battles, The serious and anxious reticence of Friday and Saturday, and the comparative doubtfulness of Sunday, gave place to the asaurance of success and tho confidence of still greater victories. Every one declared that Grant would be the next President. All other candidates dropped out of mind. Lincoln was only mentioned in connection with humorous queries in regard to what joke bo would make about Lee’s defeat. Had anybody broached the idea of Old Abe's re-election it would have been received with shouts of derisive laughter everywhere. Whoever gets off that joke about our funny President is sure of a tremendous guffaw. Let Thurlow Weed and the Chevalier Raymond be warned by the signs of the times. The only objeetion that any person felt called upon to make to General Grant as a Presiden- tial candidate was that we wanted him in the field. This objection was instantly put down, however. “Why,” said one, “he will have the rebellion annibilated long before the election comes off, and then what would he doin the field?” “Yes,” added another; “and if it isn’t annibilated, he’ll stay in the field till it is. Couldo’t he do that just as well when he’s Com- mander-in-Chief as when he’s Lieutenant Gene- ral?” These little speeches were greeted with general approbation. All classes seemed de- lighted with the idea of a fighting President, like Washington and Jackson. When Butler was referred to it was in rather a complimen- tary manner. One of the best jokes of the day was the remark that “the Beast” was going to gobble up Richmond, and that “the Outlaw” would probably quarter himself in Jeff. Davis’ private residence. Indeed, it seemed popularly understood that the hero of New Orleans and of Norfolk would be the first military governor of the rebel capital. We prefer that he should govern Charleston. Publioly and privately, the people appeared to have the greatest faith in General Grant. Merchants declined to close any largesales until they heard farther news from Grant. Brokers rushed up and down the streets trying to get rid of the stocks on hand before Geo. Grant gave speculation its quietas. The careful housewife advised her husband not to buy any more groceries at present, because General Grant would reduce prices in a day or two. Ladies postponed their contemplated shopping excursions until General Grant should make silks cheaper. Little boys at school excused themselves for not knowing their lessons on the ground that they had been reading in the Heravp about General Grant. Enthusiastic in-, dividuals in the crowds around the Heraip office pooh-poohed Napoleon and Wellington, and declared that Grant was the greatest gene- ral that ever lived. “Well,” said a pensive old gentleman, “I guess he isn’t as great as Wash- ington.” “TI don’t know that,” retorted Young America; “Washington made the country; but Grant is making it all over again, and putting in the modern improvements.” At the theatres in the evening, and at all the other places of amusement, the audiences thought of little else than Grant. Bvery allusion to him, no matter how far-fetched—and some of them came very far and were the worse for the journey—was most enthusiastically applauded. The feature of the applause was its unanimity. McClellan has enemies who hiss, and Fremont has enemies who hiss, and almost every other general’s name is received with indifference by the majority of the audiences, no matter how loudly a few may applaud; but General Grant has no cnomies, outside the rebel lines, and no one can be indifferent to his merits and his fame. Whother he runs for President, or whe- ther he holds to his bighly original resolution of becoming a stump candidate for Mayor of Galena, in order to repair those pjank side- walks, the people will go with him, heart and hand, and roll him up a majority so large as to | be practically unanimous. When his first des- patch, which is now eagerly expected, is pub- lished in our columns and read by the people, we anticipate an outburst of popular feeling never equalled in this or any other country. Let the managers of political conventions go out and hear what the people say about Grant, and then let the Cleveland Convention nomi- nate Grant for the Bn Pine we are of the opinion that the Baltimore aad Chlcags concerns wili shut up shop and retire from business, satisfled that the man who has saved this nation is the man to Ive in the White House. A Dayrer von New Freperp Royanry.—It would be difficult to picture a more uncom- fortable autocrat than will be “his Imperial Majesty the n@wly made Emperor of Mexico on the receipt of the present week's news from Richmond. His anticlpations of a welcome from his subjects will be sadly clouded by this fntelligence. Those who had given in their adbesion to the new order of things will be thrown Into a state of the greatest conster- nation by it, while the wavering will cast aside their doubts and again range themselves under the bansers of the national government. There is net ® man among the traitors that have sided with the Freneh who did not do so ander the conviction that all prospect of inter- ference on the part of the United States was at an end. The suppression of the rebel- | Hion—now only a question of a few weeke— will awaken them to a sense of their criminal folly. Maximilian will consequently find the men on whom he depends moss cither the Inkewarmest of bis friends or the most active of bis ccemies. The momentous change that bas taken place in affairs here will exer- ise a chilling influence on their feelings to- wards bim. There js not one of them who will not feel that, with the restoration of the Union, the days of the new Mexican monarchy are numbered, Our government has steadily refused to re- cognize the cheat, and it maintains a position of reserve in other respects which enable it} to take avy course which fis interests m ) dic tate. It fs not difficult to anticipate wh»: that will be, It will a& once renew its teletions —WiTH SUPP tion the Monroe doctrine. Should the national government of Mexico call upon it for assistance, it will probably afford it, although, with the temper and disposition of our people, there will scarcely be any neces- sity f6F its taking that step. There will be nearly a million of discharged soldiers on our hands, for whom employment of some kind must be found. It will not be difficult for some enterprising adventurer—and we have many such among us—to induce a large num- ber of these to undertake a filibustering expe- dition into Mexico. There are many of the Southern rebels, too, who, finding their occu- pation gone, would desire no better revenge for their European @isappointments than to assist in driving the French from that country. All that our government would have to do would be to observe the laissez faire policy, | and thus, without its leading to embroilments or expense, that desirable object would be attained. Such are the prospects that Maxi- milian bas before him. If he evjoys a twelve- month’s tenure of royalty and escapes with a whole skin be wiil be luckier than his present chances indicate. A 6 aid Proposition~A Home Hospital for Sick and Wounde Solaters. Let good men start a sound philanthropic movement, and, if they be patient, it will be o miracle if Heaven do not smile upon it, and, amid showers of blessings, encourage it to a successful issue, About a fortnight since we began to urge upon the people the necessity of establishing a home for sick and wounded Union soldiers. Beginning with the humble donations of a dollar or two, and sustained by articles entering fervently into the merits of the undertaking, we have had the satisfaction of seeing the mites contfibuted by the poor and charitable swell from tens and fifties to hun- dreds of thousands; for now we have the plea- sure of announcing that we have had an offer of a million of dollars in aid of this grand, prac- tical and humane enterprise. We cannot very well refuse it. Some time since a member of one of our old- eat and most respected Knickerbocker fami- lies died, leaving a large amount of property and few heirs. Having while living bad a practical knowledge of the intense physical. suf- ferings which sometimes fall to the lot of bu- manity, the deceased, in his will, left property amounting to a million of dollars for the endow- ment of a hospital which should aim to assuage the pangs and miseries of the suffering and afford an asylum for the poor invalid. By the terms of the will, if the State of New York sbould, within a specified time, refuse or neglect to grant a liberal char- ter for the safe organization, conduct and per- petuity of such hospital, the entire bequest should revert to the government of the United States, tho testator having full confidence that Congress would do whatever justiee and right might require to effect the general objects in view. The State of New York, with unwonted alacrity, passed the required act of incorpora- tion ; and now the trustees under the will are beginning to act in the business of carrying out its provisions. Their first consideration is, how can we best fulfil the intentions of the testator? They have seen that his thought, after bestowing the munificent sum condition- ally upon the State of New York, was to se- cure to the national government the reversal of the legacy for thé benefit of sick and dis- abled persons. The trustees, with a proper and sensible regard for the intentions of the testator, have concluded that this provision of the will applics, above all others, to the poor soldiers wounded during the clash of arms and made sick by the casualties of the war. They have therefore offered to us, and through us to those brave souls who will be recipients of the bounteous gratuity, the princely offer of a mil- lion of dollars, which Congress will free from the customary taxation, to aid in our great, original work of establishing a Home and Hos- pital for our disabled Union soldiers. This is the right way of fulfilling the designs of a real philanthropist. The contributions thus far received sum up as follows:— DONATIONS FOR A SOLDIERS’ HOME AND mOsPiTAL. By the will of James H. Roosoveit d For a Soldiers’ Home... Total thus far contributed eve + $1000,070 Now let the benevolent and patriotic push along the good work. By the publication of the above we have no doubt the philanthropic will be encouraged to assist the grand move, ment; that other donations will flow in; that the fund will be constantly increasing, and a firm and enduring foundation be given to an | institution which, under the direction of worthy and capable men, will become an hougr and a pride, not only to the State and city of New York, but to the nation, and at the same time reflect undying lustre upon the good old Knickerbocker name of Roosevelt. Gx. Grant.—Gei. Grant’s great battle in Virginia puts in a clearer and stronger light his predominant characteristic of staunchness. He fights hard and holds his own, and gains his object by the steady, stubborn valor that he op- poses to bis enemy rather than by brilllancy in manceuvre. He is of the same calibre as his troops—an imperturbable Northern man, like steel tempered cold. If our soldiers could have known the exactqualities ot all our gene- tals, and been sailed upon to choose one for s leader, they would have chosen Grant-— For choice, being the mutomt act of ail eur souls, Mukes merit her election, aad doth boit As ‘twore from forth us ali e man distilled Out of our virtues, He understands owr men, because he is like them. He has given the Army of the Potomac the very kind of battle that it is best able to fight—a fair battle in the field, with the men face to face; and under a leader who has the faith in the Army of the Potomac to pot it in that position it will alwaye win. Grant has said that he uses strategy only to got his men near to the enemy. He needs no other to destroy the army under Lee; for the essence of that strategy is faith in the fighting qualities of the army. It is the kind of strategy for Northern armies; ané in his preference for that simple kind of strategy Grant resembles great Northern fighters generally —Gustavus, Charies, Marlborongh and Wellingtom—as he resembles them aleo in the cold \enectty with which be con hold a ttno of battle or olhore to @ pur- pose, As he has come to tie lead of our pr oles slop by step—figat’ . his way ap—so he will now wnquestionab | siny ‘here, and by hi own Sut decide Suis grcay aatlonal with Juarea, ud, reoMirgy by & volgmy doclargy | saciusle ga vir Lavom a Genes MoCracian'’s Ormion as To Te Passwexcy.—A Western editor who recently visited New York, after having gone around to see the town, &c., as Western editors do, went to see Gencral MoOlellan. He asked the Gone- ral what he thought of the Presidential contest. General McClellan answered that that was “a matter that no one need bother about; that it was settling itself, and that if Grant took Rich- mond he would be the popular candidate, and would have no opponent.” This is only one more evidence of the firm hold that this con- viction has taken of the public mind. Lvery one believes it and speaks it. It is the utter- ance of the public voice; and the public voice is the President maker. treme Unemrtorep Gexerats.—Schenck, of Ohio, has introduced a bill into Congress removing all unemployed generals, such as Fremont and McClellan, from the army. This bill comes with a good grace from the man who ran ils troops into a rebel trap at Vienna, and proved bis military capacity at Baltimore by violating the laws so grossly as to be sharply rebuked by o letter from the President. Congress should throw out this bill at once. ‘Its author- - ship and its unjust provisions alike condemn It. Tar Drarr—Waat Dors Ir Mzant—We learn authoritatively that Supervisor Blunt, chairman of the Bounty Paying Committee, has reoeived official information that, notwith- standing less than six hundred men are required to fill our quota on the last call for two hun- dred thousand volunteers, the draft will posi- tively commence on Wednesday of this week. It begins in Brooklyn on the same day. NEWS FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the Hansa Three Days Later. with Earl Russell on the Reception of Amert- can Naval Prizes in British Ports. The Alabama at the Cape of Good Hope. ‘The Alexandra, Rappahanneck and J. L. Geroty in the Courts. Effect of the Congressional Action on the Monroe Doctrine and Recognition. The Danish War and London Conference. One of the Danish Iron-Clads Set on Fire by Prussian War Vessels. GARIBALDI’S EMBARKATION The British Workingmen’s Garibaldi Demon- stration Dispersed by the Police. The Italian Frigate Re Galanta- omo at Gibraltar. 2 The Gunbeat Kearsarge Again Afloat, &e., ae, ‘The steamship Harsa, Captain Von Santin, from South- ampton on the 27th of April, reached this port at sovem o'clock yesterday evening. Her vews is throe days later than the advices of the Scotia. ‘The Hansa Isnded seven hundred and two passengers, In the English House of Commons on the 26¢ of Aprif Mr. Bentinck made explanations regarding tbe help alleged to have been given by Admiral Mundy to Gart- baldi in Sicily. He denied that the Admiral bad givem ‘apy assistance to the General. ‘The Paris correspondent of the London Telegraph, writing on the 26th of April, says:— We jgeutinne to reoeive the most flour accounts from ico—that land of promise, which ,if it only keeps its promise, will be a mive of weaith to French traders. (Captain Speke had an interview with Napoleon on the Gadject of the development of the region of Equatorial Africa, The Emperor promised to aid bim, saying “M9 England bogins as you propose, France will begin on the other side, and we will make tl 0 ends meot,’"” Accounts from the manufacturing districts of Fravee are favorable. Disturbances havo broken out ia Tunis, France an@ England have despatched a naval forco to that quarter te protect foreigners. ta consequences of the disturbances that havo takes piace at Tunis the Italien government have despatched two men of-war to that quarter, A despatch from Ostend of April 23 says the American war steamer Kearsarge put to sea yesterday. An Austrian screw liner, two steam frigates and one fron-clad frigate arrived at Lisbon April 26. Tho Hecla and Africa had arrivod out on the 25th of April. ‘The Hibern\a arrived at Greencastle April 26. ‘Tbe Iedia and China mails reached Marsofiles April 36. The mails left for London at half past eleven A. M. The Frigate Re Gulantaomo. BER ABKIVAL AT GIBRALTAN AND GAILING FOR NAPLES. A telegram from Torin of April 25 says the Itallas frigate Re Galantuomo arrived this morning at Gibrattar, ead proceeds 2 day for Naples. THE AMERICAN QUESTION. as ny” Vessels o' on the 20th of April, Lord ‘attention of the House to the ae. lig ee w to the mode of desing with prizes brought Delligerente into belonging bis country (Bagland) so much at variance with principles and ty, and vo Hikely to tend to unploasant juences, it Lohan Sys Rs ated bs hin ad west trasted that the instructions jar 7 the governmon' He Fecallet, or were about to be recalled. Earl Rusemt, sai1—The noble and jearned lord has, ae Goudt brought very enna lordshipa® ion, At the same time it must recollected: ‘that all these spplication# of it ernational law to the coa- test between the federais and so called Confederate Statew have to be made under very exseptiona) circumstances, z Tt has been vsual for a Power carrying om war upon the seas to me ee 8 vonsols ero bu ipped and fitted, and from w! they issue, to wh! pr 208, vhen