The New York Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GURDUN BENNETER EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR AMUSEMENTS THIS BYBNING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broa@way.—An Hove tx Sryitia— Tartar As Ir Was. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—RosepaLe WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Ormet.o. E, Broadway.—Sowxnopy Etsr— OLYMPIC T Tue Onuxey Co NEW BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery —Faowsat Ser— AN Onsner ov InteRE T—lane® Fase Men. POWERY THEATRE. Bowery—Tne House Taar Jack Bout—Fouest Keeren—MicLinen’s HOLpay. M. Broadway.—Two Giants, Two BARNUM'S MUS T Is lt, &c., at all hours, Kearns Dwagrs, ALeNos, Gon--at Sand is BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanios’ Hall, 472 Broad. way.—Brmiorian Soncs, Dancxs, BURLESQUES, &C.—LioW Zhe You GREENDACKS WOOM'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway,—Ermorian Fores, Dapces. 46 —RKAiLKOaD Explosion, BROADWAY THEATRE. 485 Broadway,—Sramoxs. AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 444 Rroadwar.—Batixes, PanToMiMes, BURLESQUKS., £¢.—DECHALAMEAU. SALON DIABOLI QUE, 595 Broadway.—Rouert Heuven, NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— @vmosimes ano Lectures. from 9 A.M. WL 10 P.M. BOOLEW'S OPERA HOUSE, Brookiyn.—Erniorius Forcs, Dancns, Borim aves, &c. 93 won with New York, Friday, May 13. 1864. SUPPLEMENT. THE SITUATION. ‘The news from the armies to-day is most hopeful and encouraging. General Grant has got his forces into such ® position after seven days’ fighting as must render victory not only certain but speedy. General Kee's army is depressed, #0 harassed for want ef supplies, avd 80 cut off from its com. inunications iu every directiou, that it cannot hold out touch longer against the combination of difficulties which urround it. It was reported that Lee sent a flag of truco to General Grant on Wednesday morning, as our line was advancing, asking for a cessation of hostilities for forty-eight hours to bary the dead. Grant is reported to bave answered promptly that he had uo time to bury his own dead, and that be must advance, which, it appears, be did with some effect, General Burnside drove in General Hill's corps. The colored troops in re- serve were called into action and fought desperately. During the battle of yesterday a brilliant operation was performed by the Second army corps, about four o'clock ou the afternoon, Major General Hancock captured an entire including {ts commander, General Ed. Johnson and Brigadier Generals Geo. Stuart ud Robert Johnson. Tne division consisted of between two and three thousand men and two batteries of six Pieces eich. The darkoess and storm favored the attack o* General Hancock, and be took the enemy by surprise. <A severe battle was then going on. rebel division, General Sheridan avnounced to General Meade—w ho issued the despatch to the troops amid much enthusi- ‘asm—that he hed turned the enemy’s right, and got into their rear with his cavalry. He cut from eight to fen miles of the Orange Railroad. Great consternation prevailed among the rebels. General Sheridan says that he expects to fight the enemy's cavairy on the South Apna. He recaptured five hundred Union prisoners, in- cluding two colovels. We give fuller details to-day of the terribie battles of Tuesday aud Wednesday, and a map of the battle Geld of Virginia. ‘The report (bat General Lee issued an order to hie men that supplies from Richmond wore cut off has been coa- firmed by documents found on rebel prisoners, News from General Butler reports him within three miles of Petersburg, where Beauregard is intreuched with tweoty five thousaud men. He has crossed the outer tines of defences. The splendid operations of Gen. Kautz’s c.vulry in cutting the railroad, and the recent movement of Ceneral Sheridan in the rear of Lee, cuts off Beaure gord effectually both from Richmond and from the army of General Lee, leaving bim without supplies, completely ted, and with no prospect but a surreader to General Sutler. General Sherman, after three days skirmishing, has driven the rebels back to Rocky Ridge and Buzzard Roost Mountains where be was shelling them. The last accounts leave him in that position, Despatches from Cairo on the 11th state that three UVaited States transporte were fired upon and destroyed velow Alexandria by the rebels on the 5th inst ‘The rebel Generals Forrest, Chalmers, Roddy and Lee ‘were said to be at Tupelo op Saturday. General Stecle is fortifying Little Rock, Arkansas. It is sald tbat the ne- groce whe fell into the hands of the enemy were well treated. Advices from Vicksburg to the 10ch, state that an ex- pedition bad left there for Yazoo City. The rebel Gene- rals Lee, Ross and Adams were there, with a large force, and an engagement was daily expected, The rebel irou-clad North Carolina, supported by four ‘wooden vesrels, made an mtack on the Nansemond on the 6th inet., in the New Inlet, N. C., but was repulsed. EUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The steamsbip Africa, from Queenstown on the Ist of May, reached Hatifax yesterday morning om ber voyage to Boston. Her pews is two days later, Lord Palmerston’s Cadiaet was assailed in the House of Commons for its cvurse towards the rebel privateer Tus- caloosa, The action of the government was sustained by @ majority of thirty-four. Ear! Derby coudemped the conduct of the govermment towards the Mesers. Laird in the rama setzure affair. Nar\ Russell devended the Fxecutive, which, be said, bad by ite vigilance prevented ‘he Tairds from plunging Eag- Yand into a war with the United States, ‘The Danes bad evacuated Frederica, and withdrawn to Fomern Isiand. Tbe eoafereuce coutinued suspended in Aendon. The British Cnaunel feet bad gatied for the Downs. The King of Prussia and Emperor of Austria ‘were to vis't Duppei in com aay. A meeting between the Emperor of Austria and the Dm eror of Rassia was spoken of. At the Sbakspere tercentenary celebration at Frankfort polition! iM feeling was manifested at the banquet be tween the Euglisb and Gerinass, but the American Consul and others made conci/iaory speeches and restored amity At the Shakspere anniversary banquet in Frankfort the Germans ood Evgiivh manifested covsiderablo politic {! feeling towards each other, The United States Consul ‘made @ coneiiatury speech, @ Liverpool cotten market was bueyant at ao ad- ‘vanoe of one and a half of a peony over the official quota. ations. Breadstuts were firm. Provisions quiet and steady, Console cloved in Tendon at G1 aly. The Febel joao was firm at an advance CONGRESS. In the Benate yorteriey Sir. Wikon reported from the Military Comm ties & proamhe andr on to author. | (2@ ail railroads 2 the country op 4 by steam to Crausport goverumeut fre ieht, muse @ud sopplies. A reselution ca iment for information fo re'erenee to the erection of & aval depot at Kittery, Maine, wal ed. The proater Portion of the day's Seasion wat ooumumed I Bd eou @f the bili to amend the charter of Was ity. Dy this bill every male resitont of tue capital Of Ghe lege) age, Without rogard tocolor, 8 utlowed vole. = Dilferent «= ameuiinoule wore offered but nove of them were atopied, aud, withoot any funi action Laying beup taken ou the Pel, was leld aside, A rescues waa edonied eee gore, (rooDe on the Navy Depart. jon “NEW YORE caiting on the Svcvetary of War for » list of all the general officers of the army in commission at the commencement of tbe present war and tho-e siuce com- missioned, the States in which they were born and from which they were appointed, with a statement of coufirma- tions, resignations, dismissals, deaths io the service, Ax. After holding am executive session the Senate adjourned tit Monday, In the House of Repronentatives the Speaker presented the resolution of the New York Chamber of Commerce, commendatory of Mr. Ceilins’ soheme for a line of tele- graph between Europe and the United States, via Liberia and Behring Straits. The dill to give soldiers and sailors homesteads on the confiscated estates of rebels was taken up, and a tong debate on it ensued, It was finally passed by a vote of seventy-five in the aMrmative to sixty-four in the nevative. Ths House then resumed the considera- tion of the bill deciaring the Camden and Atlantic, and the Raritan and Delaware Ray railroads national postal and military routes, After an extended discusaior ubatitute for the bill was accepted and passed, by s'xty-three yous to fifty seven nays. This substitute provides, in effect, that every railway company to the United States whose road is operated by steam is authorized to carry over said road all freight, mails, passengers government sup- | plies and troops, from one State to another, and receive | Tho House adjourned without | Compensation therefor. transacting any other business, MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Board of Councilmen were in session yesterday, but the business tfansacted was mainly of a routine nature. His Honor the Mayor sent in a communication recom- mending the passage of an ordinance prohibiting the melting of fat within tho city limits, which was referred to the Committee on Public Health. Mayor Gunther signed the tax levy for the present year, and in announce ing tbat fact stated that he was induced to do so by a sense of justice to the numerous persons who have claims Acainst the city. He disapproves of the action of the Common Council ip striking out the appropriations for the Blind Mechanics’ Institution and the Inebriate Asylum, recommends the judicious expenditure of the public mo. neys by several practical siggestions, and calls upon tbe Common Council to ald him in the work of retrenchment. Aresolution adopted by the A'dsrmen relative to lay. ing out a portion of tho P ark as a parade ground for tl First Division of the militia gave rise toa lengthy di cussion, which resulted in the motion boing lost, Several members voted against it, believing that they had no power to grant such a privilege, and @ resolution asking the Corporation Counsel's cpinton upon the legality of the matter was proposed and lost, A large number of general orders were passed, and, a’ter a lengthy session, the Board adjourned till Monday. A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held at one o'clock yesterday, to hear the report of the committee appointed at a \previous meeting to consider the recent decision of the Secretary of the Treasury iu relation to the applicability of the law imposing a tempo rary increase of fifty per cent duty on all foreign importa- tions for the perind of sixtydays, The question tn dis. pute between the merchants and the Treasury Depart- ment is, whether goods bonded previous to the promul gation of the law are subject tothe same duty as goods imported subsequent to the passage of the act, A me- morial was submitted by the committee, which was ro- ferred back to thesame committee, with power to cor- rect its phraseology and frward it to Washington, ask- iog Congress to interpret the Inw,and to deriguate at what date the same went into effect, and whether goods, the duties uvon which were paid before the bill was signed by the President, can be held liable for the pay- Ment of the extra duty, The opinion of the Chamber was that the law was unjust and oppressive, and ehould beso amended as to operate equitably on those who are affected by its provisions. The remains of Major General Sedgwick arrived in this city yesterday morning, in charge of a few officers of his staff, and were placed in the Governor's Room, which was visited by hundreds of people. The body will be taken to Cornwall, Coun., to-day for jutermont, General Sandford has ordered the Fighth regiment National Guard to parade as an escort, ‘The forty-eighth anniversary of the American Bible Society was held yesterday morning in Irving Hall at ten o'clock, the President, James Lenox, Esq., in the chair, The meeting was opened by Bishop Janes, after which the reports were read, setting forth that the in- come of the society during the year bad been $560.578 60 from sales of books, donations and legacies, nd the total issue valued at $648,360 61. The grants of the rociety of money and books were $181,144 83, and for foreign work $60,063 92. Twenty-eight new auxil jaries bad been recognized, ninety life directors and 1,626 lve members constituted. Booke printed, 1,592,196; books issued 1,500,578. The aggregate issues of the last three years, 3,778,119. Total since the commencement of the society, excluding foreign distribution, 18,834,296, Number of agents, thirty eight, of which seven were abroad, and twelve new agents bad been appointed. The army and navy had been supplied with 766 075 volumes through the Christian Commission, and in all nearly 2,000,000 since the commencement of the war. The freedmen of the South and the receded States bad been supplied, the Grst with 18,490 and tne latter 257,578 volumes. The soclet> had emploed thirty col- porteurs,and publishes the Bible in forty-six dilferent languages, The meeting was addressed by the President; the Revs. W. L. Thornton, of England; Dr. Ferris, of New York, B. Sunderiand, Reverdy Johoson, Jr., Fsq.; Revs. L. Taylor, of the B. ond F, Bible Society; T. Duryea, New The American Consregationa! Union held its annual meet- ing last evening in Plymouth chareh, Brooklyn, when brief patriotic speecbes were made by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. Bacon, Rev. Theodor: Cuyler, Rev. Mr. Hastings, George Thompson, of England, and the Rev. Dr. Kirk, of Boston, Our sketch of the speeches is crowded out by the war pows. The twenty-olghth anniversary of the American Tem. perance Union was held at Irving Hall last evening, Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, President, in the chair, Resoluti ms were passed thanking the President and the military anthorities for the protection they had given the troops against those who would tempt and destroy them by the intoxicating cup. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. Alfred Cookma Mr. Strierby, Jas. A. Briggs and others,and the iuevita- ble Hutchinson Fatnily wound up the proceedings with a patriotic song, The attendance was ratber slim. The Women's Loyal National League held their second anniversary yesterday morning at the Church of the Puritans. Lengthy resolutions, pledging themselves, not to the support of the government, but to never rest uatila Dew nation and a new constitution to suit their own pecu- liar views were raised from the ruins of our prosent dis tracted country, were adopted. Addresses were delivered by Wendell Phillips, George Thompson, Lucretia Mott and Earnestine L. Rose. all more or less expressing their ap- proval of the resolotions, and dissatisfaction with the ac- tions of the administration. No businces was transacted, and after the delivery of the addresses the meeting aa- journed. The seventy-fifth anoiverrary of the Tammany Gociety was celebrated last evening at the Old Wigwam, in accordance with @ time-honored custom. Grand Sachem Purdy presided, and performed the interesting ceremeny of {uetalling the new sacbems and officers. ‘the building is undergoing a course of thorough Tenovation, but owing to the present proprictor’s inability to have the hotel ina condition to furnish the necessary accommodations the usual banquet waa omit- ted. The following eachems and officers were duly in- installed, after which the maoting adjourned:—Sachems— Isaac Bell, Daniel ¢. Delavao, Charles G. Cornell, Matthew T. Brennan, Douglas Taylor, Peter B. Sweeny, John E. Leveiin, William M. Tweed, James B. Nicholsoo, Fdward Cooper, Jobn T. Hoffman, Albert Cardozo, Joba Clancy, Treaurer—Henry Vandewater. Secretary—Casper ©. Childs. Sagamore—George 68. Messerve Wiskinkte— Stephen C, Durvea, The second day's session of the Spiritualist’s Convea- tion was held. yesterday at Citaton Hall, and was not characterized with entire harmony, The diecordant ele- ‘ment, slightly perceptible on Wednesday, was more tur- Dulent yesterday, and called frequently on the nerve of the cbairman. The main basiness of the day was an ad- | drese by Mrs. Townend and Mrs. Bliss; @ religious pom by Professor Hamiiven, which croated considorable stir, and 4 resolution recognizing the reporters aw great apinit- wal phenomena, The third day of the seesion wf! com. menoce at balf past ten thie morning. The American Telegraphic Company transmitted from Washington yenterday to the press of the country fifty. | eight thousend eeven bondred and forty words—the | lorgeet amount ever sent for the prees in one day. ‘There was alarye calendar of eases prepared for trial yeuterday-ia the Coart of General Seasious, but owing to the absence of the witnesses for the pronesution Assist- ant District Attorney Hutchings asked to have the jory ged till this moraing. 4 United States steamer Sacramento, Commander | Walker, from Boston, and the Onited Staves abip Onward, | trom a cruise, botb arrived at [io Jaueiro om the 24th of Marob, and were etiil at that port on the 24 of April. Tas Harrogate hen decided agnings tae motion for the { Sppotmtment of a collector of the Lawrence estate, on the ground thit it would myolve an unnecessary expense (© the estate, which the Surrogate says appears to be Bow in safe bands. The stock market, eo far as the railroad list was com- Corned, with the exception of Harlem, was pot so strong Yesterday moruing as at the opening of the day previous, And prices gave way a little, Tae miscellaneous list, how- ever, was firm at advanced quotations, Gold opened at 176, and clowed at 1733{. Government securities were Steady, but the demand was light, Money continued easy at the ruling rate of interest—six per cent. Scarcely anything was talked of in business places yes- torday but the creat batties and Union victories in Vir~ Ginia Searcely any business was done, except in a few commodities. Owing to the continued fluctuations in gold, &c., nearly all articles were more or leas nominal, and both buyers and sellers were reluctant to name Prices at which they would operate. I’stroleum con- tinued firm,under a fair demand, Cotton was steady, On ‘Change there was a movement in whoxt for export, and the sales were the largest for many weeks. The receipta were heavy, reaching nearly two hundred thou- sand bushels; but as a considerable portion of this had been sold previous to arrival, the market was not de- pressed by the increased supply, Flour was without decided change, though more active, Corn and oats were firmer, while other cereals were dull. Pork opened firm, and sales of mess were effected for July as high as $31, bat the market closed tamely. Lard was easicr, and other provisions without decided change. Freights were more ‘active, and large engagements of wheat, com- prising some hundred and fifty thousand bushels, were made to Great Britain at improved rates, Whiskey was without important change. Our Operations in Virginta—Absolute Victory Certain. We have abundant reason to believe that it will not “take all summer.” Events in the great drama in progress south of the Rapidan follow one another with terrible rapidity, and the catastrophe is certainly General ~ VE er oe mar Lee had at the commencement of this great series of battles rather less than one hundred thousand men. in killed and wounded, through six days of persistent com- bat, were equal to ours; his losses by prisoners and stragglers were much greater; and it is not likely that he bad left more than sixty thou- sand men at the close of the sixth day. On the seventh day (yesterday) by a bril- liant exploit of the Second corps of the Army of the Potomac, Lee lost a whole division, numbering three thousand mpn, taken prison- ers, including a major general and two briga- near, His losses diers, together with twelve pieces of cannon. He has been compelled to announce to his army that his communications with Rich- mond were cut, and that there were no rations; and if there are no rations there are per- haps not many cartridges. All that is left, then, of the rebel army of Northern Virginia is a broken, disheartened, hungry and worn out agglomeration of less than sixty thousand men. How much longer they can stand the per- sistent onslaught of our victorious troops the reader can readily judge when told that troops who depended alone upon discipline and or- ganization for their excellence fail all at once when they fail at all on these points. Making due allowance for exaggerated reports, it seems safe to assume that the great ordeal of seven days’ battle has left Leo’s army used up. After that same army had fought seven days on the Peninsula, it was compelled to retire to Richmond, unable to seizs the victory that its commander believed to be within his grasp. We believe that the seventh day has even more completely destroyed its power now than it did then. News from General Sheridan, In command of the cavalry corps, tells us who it is that has interrupted Lee’s communications with his capital. Our cavalry, under this energetic leader, had turned the enemy's right wing, gotten in his rear, broken up the railroad, destroying cars, locomotives and commissary stores, and spreading consternation through the country and in the rebel army. All this must tend to further the demoralization of the shattered remnant of the rebel army that still holds together, and gives cumulative evi- dence that Lee’s army must go to pieces soon. No army, with such difficulties, and so beset front and rear, can fight much longer than Lee’s army has now fougbt. We give in our Supplement to-day a full and clear map of the theatre in which the opera- tions of the Army of the Potomac have been carried on. It illustrates admirably the letters of our various correspondents descriptive of the positions of the various corps of the two armies, ag well as the relations to each other of the fields of battle in the Wilderness and at Spottsylvania Court House. General Butler makes good progress appa- rently in carrying out his part ef the great plan. He is within three miles of Petersburg, and inside the first line of works by which the enemy had expected to cover that place. Beauregard occupies Petersburg with twenty- five thousand men, and General Butler, it is expected, will not only be able to keep Beaure- gard from reaching Richmond with this heavy reinforcement for Lee, but may also be able to capture the whole force; for Beauregard is without supplics to subsist his men for aay length of time, and his lives of communication have all been cut by General Kautz. Both this operation of General Kautz and the similar one of Sheridan in the rear of Lee’s army are likely to have a great effect upon the result of the contest. By these operations Richmond, Lee and Beauregard have been separated from one another and prevented giving mutual support in any way, and been compolled to stand and fizht alone. Two intercepted lotters—one written bys member of the rebel Congress and the other by the chief clerk of the rebel War Depart- ment—given in another column, present « good view of the ideas of the rebel leaders, and show what a blow Grant's great advance has been, and how completely it has broken up the whole plan of operations that the enemy had laid out for the spring and summer, The rebel member of Congress, considering it pos- sible that the communications between Rich- mond and the Southern States might be out, HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1864.—-WITH SUPPLEMENT. sees In that the forced ebandonment of Virginia by General Lee, Whose army other- wise “cannot be provisioned for three months.” The War Department official states Gen. Lee’s plan to be the invasion of the North with one hundred and fifty thousand men, leaving in the intrenchments at Richmond, or on the North Anna, thirty thousand men. With this plan he says that Davis and the rest are delighted, and that it will certainly be carried out, “unless, unfortunately, the enemy advances before Lee is ready.” Grant’s crushing and terrible on- slaught has pretty well broken up all these plans. Richmond is severed from the South, and even if Lee can get to that city he cannot possibly stay there. Owing to the destruction of the Western wires by a heavy storm, there is no later news from General Sherman’s army. Tue Roosevert Hosrrran ror Sick AND Wovnnep.—The Legislature at the last session passed a law giving the trustees appointed by the will of Mr Roosevelt full authority and power to carry out its provisions in the erec- tion of a hospital for the treatment of sick and wounded persons. Judge Roosevelt, we be- lieve, is President of the Board, and they have one million of dollars to expend for that pur- pose. We understand that the trustees intend to commence operations immediately, with a view to be in a condition to take charge of some of our wounded soldiers who have been disabled In fighting the battles of the countr, —— torelieve the sufferings of those heroes who left home and all that is dear to them and faced the cannon of the enemy that the Union might be maintained and the nation survive. It is stated that the trustees are about to ; for real estate apply to the Corporation for a site on which to erect their buildings. There can be no doubt that a site will be furnished by the city; for certainly no official can refuse to give his sifte tion to such a praiseworthy and noble object. In our opinion no place is more suitable for such a hospital than Hamilton square. That location, in the first place, is one of the beat that can be had in the city. The plot of ground intended and set apart for that square, lying, as it does, adjacent to the Park, is not needed for a public park, and cannot be put by the city to a better use than the erection of the Roosevelt Hospital. It is a healthy loca- tion, and everything about it especially fits it for the site ef an institution of this kind. We trust that the city authorities will move in this at once, and we have no doubt that their ac- tion will be followed by aid from Congress, and that before many months roll round the Roosevelt Hospital will be a reality, and nota project talked of to be built in the future. Let there be no delay in this matter, and the city can soon boast of one of the finest hospitals in the country, and a vast amount of suffering among our gallant wounded soldiers will be prevented. When this war commenced our sol- dier citizens were among the first to rally for the defence of the nation; our capitalists were the first to step forward and furnish the funds to carry on the war. Now let that record be followed by their being the first to erect a per- manent hospital to take care of those who have been wounded on the battle field. Tur Crosixa up or THE Great GaNsEvoorT Swivpix.—Comptroller Brennan bas been or- dered by a mandamus from one of our courts to issue his bonds for six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the amount involved io what is known as the great Corporation Ganse- voort swindle. The swindle originated over the old Fort Gansevoort property, which was presented to the Corporation, and sold and re- sold, and fought over and about, until finally the question ofsright in the matter has reached its present apparent solution. Mr. Breanan must issue his bonds, of course, and the only remedy now for the public interest lies with the Mayor. Ifthe Mayor will take a high posi- tion in this matter, and refuse to sign the bonds, the money cannot be paid, and all the courts in the country can do no more than send the Mayor to prison. It remains to be seen, there. fore, whether Mr. Gunther has the elevation of character to do an honest thing, and go to prison for it. There is hope that he has. He bas re- cently sbown himself to be possessed of high moral courage, and evinced the disposition to look keenly after the public interests, He and Boole have lately stopped fighting one another, and bave combined for the removal of nuisances—a noble team for the purpose. A Quarter or Amixapar SreeKs.—There are four journals published in this city—one British, one French and two so-called demo- cratic—which must be noted for their extraor- dinary hamanity. It is remarkable that this feeling breaks forth with more than usual vigor whenever the Union forces are success- ful. On these oceasions the journals we refer to are filled with homilies about the fearful slaughter of men. They weep and groan over the wounded and the dead, and hope—oh! so sincerely—that this may be the Inst ef the war. These same journals, however, can never see this thing in the same light when the rebels bave the advantage. They palliated the mas- sacre—the cold-blooded butchery—at Fort Pillow of a surrendered garrison; they nover could give credence to the barbarous treat- ment of our prisoners in rebel dungeons, and have often indulged in high-flown threate as to that “last ditch” to which the chivalry of the South wouid retire and die, We would suggest to two of these journals less concern about the humanity of the war, and more about the par- ties they represent—Jeff. Davis and Louis Na- poleon—the interests of both of these indi- viduals being particularly shaky at this period. Barris Ixvormens aNp Spies 1 THIS Coon- TRY.—We have had evidence ia the columns of the leading English journals—the 7imes, Post and Herald, of London—that a number of British spies were in this country, calumniating oar government and giving all the information in thoir power to our enemies. It is not without surprise that we find American journals de- fending these British aples when they are de nounced. Ben Wood and his Daily Nowe might, we think, find more fitting employment than bolstering up British epies. Tur Cieverann Coxvention.—It this con- vention has the sagacity and moral courage to nominate Grant it will simplify the Presidential campaign, adjourn the Shoddy and Sheat-per- Shent conventions imdefinitely, and place the Blair family, the Forney coterie and the Weed cliqne where they ought to have beon | goes, and he will abdicate entiroly on the 4h long age. I Propose to t 1¢ Out om thts Line, if ic Takes al) Summer.” There is something positively sublime in this brief and simple but comprehensive expres- sion of General Grant in his modest despatch of Wednesday last to the Seoretary of War—“I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.” There is nothing here of the pomposity of Casar’g “Veni, vidi, vici,” nor of Napoleon’s grandiloquent allusion to the pyramids; nothing more than the statement of & fixed purpose, in the plainest possible terms; and yet nothing has ever been written which so clearly defines this mode} soldier in bis true character, and nothing so well adapted to in- spire the highest confidence in his complete success, as this simple declaration—‘“I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all sum- mer.” These words from Geueral Grant will thrill the public ear like the blast of a trum- pet, and will be interpreted by the public mind from the records of Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Chattanooga and “the Wilderness.” They will be accepted as signifying that, against all impediments and all possible contingencies, the line of operations upon which ke has entered will be pursued to the end, and that there will be no intermission from which the enemy may repair damages from the telling blows already administered. In this unpretending hero of the West the reader of history will detect, in a.high degree, the terrible energy of Richard the Crusader and Charles the Hammer, the unflinching tena- city of Oliver Cromwell, and the unfailing ro- sources, daring expedients, sagacious calcula- tions aud SSadorhat endurance of the “Little Corporal.” In illustration of the ready resources of General Grant, we have a striking)example in the result of the two days’ hand-to-hand bat- tle in the woods and jungle of “the Wilder- ness.” At the close of that sanguinary second day, Friday, the enemy had gained a decided and dangerons advantage, in dislodging from its position a portion of the right wing of our army. There was the danger to General Grant of befig turned on that side the next morning, and cut off from the river and his base of sup- plies. To guard against such a disaster Gene- ral Grant, “according to the books,” ought to have fallen back upon the river during the night, and over it if possible. But Grant saw his opportunity, and instantly seized it. He widened the gap between his right and the river by removing a whole corps from that side around to his extreme left. His object was to draw the enemy between himself and the river, in order to bring him to the test of a battle from which there could be no retreat. General Lee in the morning recognized a defeat in this simple experiment by marching off with his army towards Richmond. In strategy, skilful combinations and tactics, and in stubborn fighting, there are few generals of the present day superior to Lee; and there are few that can surpass him in conducting a retreat. But his strategy and tactics, and his massive combinations on the fleld, are thorough- ly understood by Grant; and even his skill in retreating, we dare say, will fail this time to save him to fight another campaign. When a struggle between two armies equally brave is reduced to a mere question of endurance, that army which outnumbers, and is better fed, better equipped and better supplied in every way than the other must inevitably win. A victory thus achieved must also be inevitably decisive. It must determine in this case the issue not only of the campaign, but of the war, inasmuch as the strength of the rebellion is the army of yen. Lee. When Gen. Grant, therefore, says “I pro- pose to fight it out on this line, ff it takes all summer,” he knows that, when crowned with success, this campaign in Virginia will be the end of the war. Terrible in this view as are the losses of our brave soldiers, this ‘short, sharp and decisive” war policy of Gen. Grant, even in the light of humanity, is the best. We have reason to believe that a very few days now will settle the fate of the rebellion. It is stageering to ils fall from the crippling blows of Grant, and cannot survive the summer. A Few Qu What has become of the Sanitary Commissio: What are they doing in these battles for the wounded soldiers? Where is the million of dollars raised at the Jate Sanitary Fair in this city, which our citi- zens supposed was to be used to relleve the sufferings of our gallant soldiers? What has become of the four hundred thousand dollars raised at the Breoklyn Fair? Where are the hundreds of thousands raised .in Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Cincinnati and other im- portant points? We hear of private funds being raised, physicians and supplies sent on to relieve the suffering soldiers on the battle field, but very little, if anything, from the Sanitary Commission. This is the time for them to apply the funds placed at their dis- posal. The emergency which the people looked for when they poured out this large fund is now at hand. The wounded now num- ber tens of thousands, and are constantly in- creasing under the active operations of our armies and the gallant work being done by General Grant. Let the Sanitary Commission come to the rescue and perform the work of charity needed in this crisis. Ovn War Cornesronpexts.— We referred a day or two ago to the fact that our correspondents at the seat of war ran many risks in the discharge of their duties, and mentioned two of these gen- tlemen as having been made prisoners. We now hear that Mr. Finley Anderson, one of our correspondents with the Army of the Potomac, was, during Tuesday’s battle, wounded in the arm by ashell, With characteristic plack, Mr. Anderson pushed on to Washington, however, and, arrived there, dictated his despatches in time for our yesterday morning’s edition. This young gentleman was only a short time since released frem a rebel prison, where he had been confined = year. —__—— Generat Banks avo Parsivant Lrvcoix.— Some of the republican papers say that Lin- coin is to blame for the disasters in the South- west, and that he ordered Banks there at the instigation of the cotton speculators. We think that this Is very likely. Lincoln was certainly to blame for the Florida expedition and for the useless rald of Kilpatrick against Rich- aaund, and very probably he ventilated another of his little plane in the Red river affair. But, fortunately, KAncoln has now abdicated in favor of Grant, #5 far as tho wilitary department of March, 1666. Diswussrva Usp Ur Gevenais.—The 1H of Representatives has adopted a resolution missing used up generals from the army. doubt the Senate will do the same thing. wish that Congress would adopt another resolution, dismissing all the used up po cians. It would confer a great favor upon people. However, if the Cleveland Conven nominates Grant it will have the same eff and oompletely break up the Shoddy and Shent-per-Shent conventions. A Worp or Caution ro Our Geygnau From our losses of generals in these late bat in Virginia, and particularly from the fact ¢ Gen. Sedgwick was killed by a sharpshoo and that Gen. Wadsworth was probably kil by one, we apprehend that Gen. Lee has ganized a special force of marksmen for special duty of picking off our officers, in hope, perhaps, that they may even reach General-in-Chie’. We would therefore u upon our generals, including especially G Grant and Gen, Meade, that they are not. pected to put their lives in jeopardy by an necessary exposure to the enemy’s sha shooters, The veterans of the Army of Potomac need no hazardous exposure of tb | generals to lead them into the breach. Improving WonpeRFULLY.—Secretary Stant and General Butler have vastly improved in putation recently. Stanton has discovered | true method of issuing bulletins, and present system is far superior to his old sty and much more creditable to him. As Butler, he is much better employed in adva: ing upen Richmond from the south than making rules for fast-tongued secesh femal noisy newsboys and pratiug parsons. We me to give these worthies full credit for this i- provement if it continues long enough to see genuine. SHERMAN! Continued Success of tha Arm of the Cumberland. Buzzard Roost Mountains. Everything Satisfactory fo the Union Causes. &o., &e.. we Tonver. Hio1,Ga., May 11, 1864 After three days heavy skirmishing, in which all the corps participated, we have driven the rebels back to Rocky Ridge and Buzzard Roos Mountains, from which we are fast shelling them. Everything is going on in a most satie factory way. . IMPORTANT FROM RED RIVER. Two Gunboats and Three T. perts Destroyed Below Alexandrian—Gowercal Banks Still at Alexandria, <é&c., Ke. Caro, May 11, 1864. that on the 5th inst. the transports City Selle, Emma, and Warner, in passing a battery twelve miles below Alexandria, were fired upon and destroyed, It is reported that the rebels boarded the steamer Emma, on the Red river, forced ner crow into the hod, and then set fire to her. This report ix not vouched for. ‘The gunboat Sigaal was also destroyed by the battery, and the gunboat Covington was sot on fire to prevent ber falling into the hands of the rebels, This battery is composed of gany captured from Gewe rat Books. General Banks remains at Alexandria, and is stroag enough to resist any attack made upon him. During the fight above Alexandria, whon the gunboss Joliet was destroyed, tho Cricket, Admiral Porter's boat, suflered severely. Both engineers were killod and many of the crew wounded. NEWS FROM ARKANSAS. General Stecle worsirying Little Rock— Flow Stecle’s Negro Troops were Treated by the Rebels, d&e- Camo, May 11, 1866. General Stocle’s forces wore actively engagod in forth fying Little Rock, All was quiet on the Arkansas river. Rebel cavalry had gono in tho direction of Fort Smith, and it was rainored that they had takea Dardanolies, small town below Fort Smith. It is said the rebels did not carry out their system of slanghtering colored troops at the battle of Saline river, bat took many of the wounded, dressed their wounds, and sent a flag of truco to General Steele for an exoti of prisoners, The reason sassigned for thi that the negroes during the whole of Genoral Steole’s campaign took no prisoners. A rebel force is satd to be in the Immediate vicinity @ Pine Bluff, Ark. NEWS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Rebel Force at Tupelo, Miss.—Uniton Sue- cesses in West Tenn &e. Cairo, May 11, 1864. ‘The revel Generals Forrost, Chalmers, Roddy and Lee ‘are said to be at Tupelo, where they had a grand review qn Saturday last. ‘An eacaped Union cavalry officer reports Union see cesses at Jackson and Bolivar, Tennossee. ‘Whe steamer Belle of Memphis bas arrived from Mer- phis, with one hundred and four bales of cotton. ‘fue steamer Commorcial had arrived at Memphis, with pine Randred ead seventeen bales of cotton. Movements of General Conby—Captare of a Picket Foree near Columbas, ripe Sg Carmo, May 11, 1866, General Canby and staff arrived here this morning, On Savurday night » small band of guerillas passed be tween the camp and picket post of an expedition sent ome by General Prince from Columbus, Ky., under Colonel Moore, The guerillas pounced upon our picket force mene Mayfield, and captured the whole of them without cur forces km wing anpthing about it watit after it was ae complished. An Dapeaition Agaimst Yazoo City. Mourms, May 10, 1864. Advices from Vicksburg state that an expedition had left there tor Yazoo City. ‘The rebel Generals Lee, Ross and Adame were at Yaseo City, with 0 large force, and an engagement was daily expected. ‘The rovel General Perrent hes passed southward. Gene- ral Stargle was unable te come wp with him, —_ News from Catre and Memphis. Camo, May 11, 1864. ‘Pao steamer Siver Moon, from Memphis for Cincinnati, passed here ina! ight, with one ;thousand asd seventy- seven bales of otten, ' "4 Thestesmer , With seven hundred bales of cet ton, for Branavgie, bas also passed here. Right handred bales of cotton were rola at Memphis ow Satorday, Six pondred bales brought 7c. per poma, oud the remainder T4e, = 760, The total receipts for the ‘weok were three thoagand one hunared and seventy-cta Dawe, aod the adipments twe thoarand two hundre® Ditem Middting was quoted at 120.0 730., goed mld ling, The, a T00,, @ad fair, 770, a TB The Rebels Driven to Rocky Ridge an | ‘The despatch boat General Lyoa, from below, reports | LLL