The New York Herald Newspaper, May 18, 1864, Page 4

¢. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GURDON NeTDB EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFICE N. W. COKNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERMS cash tm advance Money sont by wail will be ‘eb the risk of the sender. None but bank bills current io Rew York takes. TRE DAILY HERALD, Twnse cents per copy. Abvernseamets, to a limited number, will be inserted fa the Wasxiy Baxstp, and in ibe buropesn and Vadforaia Baitioas. NO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence, We return rescted communications, NEW YORK: “HERALD,” WEDNESDAY, ‘MAY / 15; 1864. WITH ‘SUPPLEMENT,;” / imorease of all goods which have paid the old duty, and of such es were in bond at the time of the adoption of the resolution. The report of the Ceatral Pacific Raitroad Company of California was submitted, showing tbe cost ‘of construction and equipment so far to be $2,600,118. A resolution was adopted making an appropriation to the State of California for the preservation of Mariposa Growe, as one of the wonders of the world, it being com- posed of trees of from thirty to forty feet in diameter, and estimated to be three thousand years old, the pili to equalize the pay of soldiers was taken up and passed, ater (be adoption of amendments striking oub the provision raising the Judge Advocate General to the rank of brigadier general, providiog tnetead that be sb«ll receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars, and giving the Assistant Judge Advocate General a salary 0! thirty-five hundred dollars aad paymasters’ clerks sala ries of twelve hundred, without rations, These amond- ments necessitate the return of the bill to the House, ‘The bill toexpodite the printing of government doca- ments was called up; but the Senate adjourned without vouchers presented a the Upited States mustering and disbursing office in this city, He was incarcerated for some length of time, bub was Snaliy admitied to bail ‘There were no less than forty-seven tndictmeuts found against Dim upon as many alleged frauds; but ope. was selected on which to try him. The cise ocoupied the whole of the day, and will, no doubt, the rom inder of the week. wus const bie interest manifested yesterday during the progress of the ase, The sicck market was buoyant again yesterday, and Prices 1u the moruing advaveed ope to three pericent Gold also was held bigher. The opening price was 178. but it declined during the day to 176%. M ney continved to rnie easy, and the prospect of an abundance of capital kee)s the rate of wterest down to six per cent, Govern ‘ment securities continued firm unter a good demaud. The radical changes in gold and the uncertaimty per taining to war matters had the usual effect of unsectiing the markets yesterday, when the current value of gods was more difficult tham ever to arrive at, imported goods were extremely dull and nominal, though most ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY Advertisements for the Wxex.y Herap must be band- em before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Ite circulation among tbe enterprising mechanics, farmers, merebants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the eQuptry is increasing very rapidly. Advertisements in- Berted in the Warary Hratp will thus be seen by a large Portion of tho active and energetic people of the United bites, THR SITUATION. ‘The Army of the )otomac has been eagaged in no general Action since our last reports. No official report reached the War Departmout yesterday. Some changes in the poritions of beth force: were made yesterday, and & Slight skirmish on the right apd centre took place. Birney’s division threw some shells to foel the enemy, Dut the rebel sharpshooters beld their ground, A party from the Second corps was despatched to prevent the revels from carrying off five bu dred of our wounded from two bospitals which were abandoned on Saturday, in which they were just in time to succeed. Reiuforce- monts were arriving every moment te General Grant, and the army was in fine spirits on the announceracot of that fact being made to them. The news from General Butler is highly important and cheerful. Mr, Stanton telegraphs to Genera! Dix, at nine o'clock last night, that he baa just recsived official accounts from bim reporting the success of the expe- dition under General Kautz to cut the Danville road and destroy the iron bridge across the Appomattox. On Monday morning the eoemy, in force, under cover Of a thick fog, made an attack upon Smith's line, end foreed it back in some confusion and with considera- ble foas. But as soon as the fog lifted General Smitb re- eetablished bis lines, and the enemy was driven back to his original lines. At the same time the enemy made an attack from Petersburg op General Butler’s forces gvarding the rear, but were handsomely repulsed. The troops baving been on incessant duty for five days, three of which were ina rain storm, General Butler retired leisurely within his own tines. We hold the raiiroad be- tween Petersburg and Ricbmona. Ib wep stated that Bragg and Davis were present on the Gold. Awother despatea from Mr. Stanton is not quite so Tevorable. It contains an official account from General boiders were very frm. Petroleum was unsetiled by the news from the foreign markeis, end the sales showed ‘ap advance 1 prices of about le, per gallon. Cotton was ratner firmer. On ’Change there was @ fair movement in flour and wheat, at an improvement of 160. @ Lbc. on the former, and 2c. # 3c. on the latter, though the busi ness was somewhat restricted by the sudden stoppase receipts by the canal break. Cotton was 2e a So. better, and cats and rye were alsoa trifle stronger in prices. Pork was lower and dull. Beet, butter and lard steady. Tallow aotive and a shade firmer in price, Freights were very firm, but less active. ‘The market for beef cattle this week was very active at the opening, but heavy at the close, The prices current are outirely without precedent, the-range being trom 13c. t 18c per pound, live weight, while the average price was fully, if not over, 16c. Though the namber on saic was more than last week by about 1,100 bead, the ad vance was easily established and maintained, though yesterday the markets was beavy. Milch cows were steady, Veals were steady at about previous prices. Sheep and iambs were scarce, active and bigher. The best wool sheep brought 12c. Hoge were also higher, prices ranging from 80, to 840. The total receipts were 6,019 beeves, 129 cows, 1,229 veals, 6,087 sheep and jambs, and 12,877 hogs, disposing of it, In the House of Representatives the memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce was presevied apd referred to the Worst and Means Committee, The House then took up the Conference Committee report on the disagreeing arieadments to the Naval Appropriation bill, and agreed & Luose appropriating seventy-five thousand dollars for the completion of the hospital at Mare Island, Californin: fifteen thousand dollars for the purchase of cemetery (or the navy and marine corps near Phila- delpbia, and providing that out of the appropriation of seven bundred and fifty thousand dollars for a floating dry dock aua navy yard, approved March 3, 1863, the secre: tary of the Navy may construct two dry docks at New York and Philadelphia,’ $200,000 for each. A resolution was adopted caliing on tho Seoretary of the Navy for copies of the proceedings of the Admiral Wilkes court martial. The resolutions declaring that Measrs, Joseph Segar and Pucias H. Chandler are not entitled to seats ag Representatives from Virginia, were discussed for some time and adopted. The House then adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The Board of Supervisors met at three o’clook vester- day afternoon, William M. Tweed, sq. , Presideut, in the chair. Mr. Pardy ofered a resulution, which was adopt- ei, appropriating five thousand dollars for the Unioa achool for the children of voiuntcers, The resignatiin of Frederick Andersou, one of the city marshals, was received, and the appointment or Matthew Nugent con- firmed, The committee to whom the veto message of the Mayor was referred, retative to hills for tron work on the Palace Garden drilirooms, reported that they had con- sidered the matter carefully; that the work bad to be done in a hurried manner, aud that sufficient time was not allowed to get estimates of the probable cost They therefore directed the Messrs. Cornell to proceed with tho work, and believed that thoy had charged no more than a fair price, A letter trom the Cornell firm Was attached to the report, substantiating the stute- ments of the committees. Communications from otber fron firms, who, by request, had examined the work, were read, to the same offect, and the bills were passed, notwithstanding the objections of the Mayor. after dis- cussing other matters of mipor importance, the Board adjourned til! vext Tuesday. ‘The Health Committee of the Board of Aldermen held a meeting at baif-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, in relation to the fat boiling establishments. There wasa larce attendance of inte-ested parties, including a num. ‘De of men who are extensively engaged in the busi . Trey all testified that irom their experience they never knew of any injury to health resulting from she odors arising from fat boiling; on the contrary, one geatleman said be knew of consumptive patients being brought from Jong distances im England to inbale these odors, which were considered to be bighly beneficial to persons suffer- ng from diseases of the throat or lungs, The meeting was called for the parpose of giving those engaged in the Dusiness a chance to be heard, as the other side of the question has been fully discussed before the committee on previous occasions. The committee has the matter under advisement, and will report to the Board of Alder. The Campaign—Gen eral Grant Complete Blaster of the Situation. While the beleaguered rebels at Richmond are menaced with the dangers of capture or famine if they remain there, and know not which way to fly, their copperhead newspaper allies of the North are sorely distressed in con- templating the endless difficulties that lie in the path of General Grant. They tell us that, trom point to point, General Lee bas a regular chain of defences all the way back to Richmond, and that the fortifications of that city are as strong as those of Sebastopol. But they forget to tell us that even rebel soldiers, though be- hind the strongest bulwarks, cannot long main- tain them upon empty stomachs, and that the moment the provisions in the rebel capital are exhausted and its supplies cut off its formidable defences become utterly useless and untenable. This is precisely the danger to Richmond, from which it cannot escape; for, unless Gen. Lee can carry in with his hungry horde of con- sumers a fresh supply of subsistence stores, the addition of his army to the city’s garrison will only basten its capitulation. But Richmond is bis base of supplies, and what, then, can Gen, Lee do to save it or to save himself? A very brief examination into this matter of bread and bacon will serve to. show that Gen. Grant is complete master of the situation. Bigel, announcing that on Sunday be fought the forces of Echols and Imboden, under Breckinridge, at Newmarket; that the enemy's forces were superior in num- ber, and that he gradually withdrew from the ‘Dattie fieid and recrossed the Shenandoah, baving lost five pieces of artillery, ut six hundred killed and wounded, and fifty prisoners, but bringing all bis train ‘end al! the wounded that could be transported from the battle field, He bad only six regiments in the fight, besides the artillery and cavalry, while the enemy had about seven tbousand infantry, besides otber arms. His retrograde movement to Strasburg was effected in perfect order, without any loss of material or men It ts said that the evemy are sending all of their availa- ble forces from North Carolina to Virginia, and that rebel troops from the South are continualiy passing over the North Carolina railroads to the relief of General Lee. ‘The success of General Sherman continues unabated, Mr. Stanton’s despatch, dated yesterday, confirms the capture of Resaca and the flight of Johnston, followed by Bherman. We took one thousand prisoners and eight guns. General Sherman crossed tne Oostenaula river— ‘upon which Resaca is located—on Monday morping on Bis way to Kingston. General Sherman reports the Progress of the pursuit as most favorable, His supplies re abundant, and bis cattle are thriving on the grass ‘end grain of the fertile region through which he is pass- Ing Despatches from St. Louis yesterday renort that Vicks- fourg advices of the 10th inst. say that the expedition ander General McArthur, sent out by General Slocum, had captured Yazoo City, with but little resistance on the part ofthe revels. A messenger en rowle to Gen. Kirby Smith's or my was cipiured, with copies of the despatches s00t by General Lee to Aujutant General Cooper, stating that Grant's army had been repulsed avd driven towards Washington, The rebel accounts, from the Richmond journais, of Gevoral Sheridan's expedition will be read with interest It will be seen that the rebels give a very rose colored hue w the who'e avair, If tbe Kichmond accounts were accepted as troe, (ieneral Sberidan’sfbrilliant advauce— with ail the mischief be did to the enemy on bis roule—would be regarded as & chase in which the Union cavalry were the pursued, and the rebels the pursuerr—. chase In which General Sheridan is made to appear as having come out worst; although the faut sues uc entered the lines of de‘ence at | they bave taken. Richmond, de-i.u, ud yet quantities of rebel stores and Property , an(\ , 81 ued the James river with comparatively light loss, is wot denied. During his advance all the | meeting would take some action tn relation to the extst- available military strength of the rebel capital was called Out by means of printed motices in order to be ready to defend the city. The Richmond papers are full of comments on the men in a week of ten days, antil which time communt- cations on the subject may be addressed to either of the following geptiemen, who compose the committee:— Aldermen Masterson, Uttiwell and Long. The Board of Excise Commissioners held their first meeting for 1864 in the chamber of the Court of Common Pleas at noon yesterday. Commissioners Haskett, Cbiids and Holmes were present, and organized by the election of Mr, Childs as president; Mr. William J. Haskett, treasurer; Mr. R. B. Holmes, oounsel; Mr. Oliver B. Stout, clerk, and Mr. J. McKeag, attorney. The only business transacted was the granting of eightecn applications for Hoevses, and the passing of a resolution declaring their determipation to prosecute ali parties who fulied to conform to the law. Comptrolier Brenvan yesterday afternoon opened forty- three bids preseoted for the Park Improvement Fund stock, amounting to $300,000. Mr. Joho H. Gourlie, chairman of the Finance Commit- tee of the Metropolitan Fair, yesterday banded over to the Treasurer of the Saoitary Commission the sum of ‘one million dollars, the pecuniary results of the late Fair. It is expected that whon the complete settliog is had over one million one hundred thousand dollars will be found to bave been realized. The ladies’ efforts have bad a splendid reward. ‘The Sev enty-ninth New York State Volunteers, whose term of service bas expired, did not arrive im tnis city yesterday, according to expectation, They will reach bome about seven o'clock this morning. Large prepara- tions have been made to give the regiment a fitting re- oeption The directors of the various city railroads, whose drivers bave been on a strike for some time, yesterday came to the determination to submit to no farther dicta- tion from their employes. Nearly all the companies offered to accede to the demand of the drivers wo far as the hours of labor and reasonable alterations of their time tabies are concerned, but refused positively to tolerate any interference with their right to remove any of their empl yes for cause. But the drivers seem de termined to accept no compromise, and the consequence is that the companies have employed a new set of men, have discharged the old bands—after paying them off to full—and now declare that they will never take back any of the dismissed drivers All the crs were running protty much as usual yesterday, with new drivers, The Sixth and Seventh avenue cars were protected by police in their trips; but the Eighth avenue cars ran without apy such guardians, Ihe depotsof the several companies hai! strong garrisons of stout metropolitans, who are said to profit handsomely by the arrangement, receiving at the rate of two dollars per day exch for their services. The new drivers are employed on the same rates as to hours of labor—seven trips daily—as those the old Grivers demanded. It ts diMeult to divine what will be the ultimate result of this unfortunate difficulty. The old bands protest they will net bear temely the refusal of their demands, while the companies appear to be equally determined not to budge aa inch from the stand The country, for many leagues around Gen. Lee’s headquarters, to use the pithy expreasion of amember of the rebel Congress, “is com- pletely eaten out.” The railway communica- tions and depots of supplies between Lee and Richmond have been cut up and destroyed by Gen. Sheridan. And all this is but an item in reference to this matter of subsistence to Lee’s army. Averill has been making sad havoc of his depots and bridges in Southwestern Vir- ginia, on the railroad leading to Lynch- burg, and Sigel, no doubt, is disposing of the scanty surplus stores remaining in the Shenandoah valley. General Butler’s army has steppedin, and holds the road leading south from Richmond through Petersburg, and Kautz’s cavalry ere this have cut off the Dan- ville line. Under all these embarrassments, touching this vital matter of subsistence, how long can Lee maintain the unequal contest with General Grant, and how long can Rich- mond hold out? No longer, in either case, than bis commissary department can supply his soldiers with at least one scanty meal per day; but, other rebel drawbacks considered, not quite so long. General Lee is not only cut off from his sup- plies outside of exhausted Virginia, but from his reinforcements. He cannot even draw upon Richmond without risking the immediate cap- ture of the city. His army of one hundred thousand effective men ten days ago cannot now much exceed sixty thousand, while the army of General Grant, by reinforcements from Washington, as we are informed, has already repaired its losses in the late battles, The recent heavy rains, while temporarily arresting the advance of General Grant upon the enemy’s works, have been highly ad- vantageous to him in other respects. The gaps in his ranks have been filled up, and his wearied soldiers have been refreshed by @ little rest and abundant supplies of provisions, while the army of Lee, without reinforcements: and upon its daily reduced rations, becomes weaker even while standing still. ‘At this season in Eastern Virginia a single day of sunsbine will sufficiently dry up the sandy soil for military operations, even after a week of soaking rains, We may expect, there- fore, from General Grant’s extraordinary activity, that with the reappearance of the sun he will resume the work before him, and that, should he find the enemy too strongly in- trenched for a direct assault, he will hit upon ® way, by flanking, to bring him out. Mean- time let the government send forward its reinforcements and supplies without A mecting of cartmen and laborers employed in clean- ing the streets of the city was beld last evening at Mont. gomery Hall, 76 Prince street, It was supposed that the ing difficulty between the men and tne city authorities relative to the back pay due since the 23d of last month; but, owing to the secretary mot arriving in time, no busi- ess was transacted beyond the usual collection of fines apd dues. tia action has become absolutely noces:...,. The money market is so easy and ourreucy 80 plenty that the speculators are able to contro! the paper market by holding on and earrying their entire stock, thus foreing the i@wWspaper proprietors to pay their exorbitant prices. But ths move of combining and sending to Europe fora supply will put the price of paper bere down to from eixteen to eighteen cents per pound in @ very sbort time, and cause a com- plete smash up ef the paper speculating mono- poly. If these speculators persist in their course in holding the paper to such exorbitant rates und do not change their course, they will soon find themselves in tbe same condition as some of the recent operators in Harlem—hoist by their own petard, The News France Spain bas not bad enough ef America yet, and, under cover of the French occupation of Mexico, she thinks she can sneak in and seize s province. As has been seen by our last news from the Pacific, she has already commenced active hostilities against Peru, and taken pos session of a valuable part of its territery. Some one has killed a Spaniard, and Spain retaliates by the seizure of a principality. But it is clear enough that this assigned cause of her move- ment isa mere pretext. She acts in concert with France, in a deliberate attempt to re- establish the effete “Latin race” on this side the Atlantic. The armies of the North and South have now been fighting for ten days, with un- abated vigor and determination on the qne hand and desperation on the other. Hist/ry affords no parallel of such a mighty con‘ st, and its very occurrence stamps the superio/ ity of the people of this country over all oti/srs. The different races which flocked to our bor ta- ble shores have intermingled and produ jda population which cannot be matched in Eujope for determination, enterprise and pluck. The wars of Napoleon the Great become insi {nia- cant when compared to the giant struggle illst going on between our forces and the misgij ded but brave men of the South. Our detra/ture in Europe had fondly imagined that the American race was degenerating. The |:ews which must soon reach the Old World =| a pel that error, as the hot sun of July sw; away the morning mists. The people of this country will stand before Europe in all the majesty of the most powerful nation on earth, a living proof of the beneficial results of fire institutions and cultivated intelligence. Napoleon and Maximilian and Spain will comprehend the danger of their positions on this side the Atlantic. They will understand that as surely as each succeeding day the sun rises, 80 surely shall the people of the United States make good the Monroe doctrine and punish those who take advantage of our intes- tine troubles to violate a tradition that ts almost part of our constitution, .We cannot brook the presence of the Latin race as masters in the New World. The weak must not expect to strive and struggle with {mpunity against the strong. These are ideas which shall force themselves upon the minds of Napoleon and his puppets, spite of their efforts to blind them selves to inevitable results; and unless, within a year at farthest, they have not retired from Mexico and this latest seizure, we shall be forced to show them the way, and by some practical measures accelerate their adoption of the same. We are assured that it is a general belief among the soldiers in the Southern armies that as soon as peace takes place a Junction of the forces of North and South will be made to carry out the principle of the supremacy and dominion of our ideas in America, as against all European interference. The men on both sides woald look upon such a campaign as rare chance to carry out the great military spirit our war has developed. Napoleon and Max and the Spanish govern- ment should be warned in time. Tax Drarr—Treat Us Farrty.—There is a discrepancy in the accounts of the Supervisors’ committee and the War Depart- ment in reference to the number of volunteers that have been furnished from this city towards filling our last quota, the committee claiming that even more than the full number has been furnished, while the Department yet claims seven or eight hundred. The main cause of the difference is in reference to sailors enlisted for the navy, and who have been pald the bounty. The Navy Department, it is well known, was lamentably deficient in sailors to man our vessels, and did not apparently possess sa- gacity enough to procure them. The Supervi- sors’ committee, through its chairman, Mr. Blunt, suggested to the Department that he could raise men rapidly for this service by pay- ing to them the usual bounty, and would do so provided they were allowed to be credited to the quota of this city. This was finally as- sented to, and many hundreds have been -so enlisted, and the county bounty paid’them. But as the time draws near for a settlement of accounts and balancing the books, it is given out by the War Department that it will not count the individual sailor who enlisted for one or two years as a full man, nor will he be credited on our quota as such, but he must be counted only in proportion to the time for which he enlisted, i. ¢, if enlisting but for one year the Department requires three such to count as one. This is all wrong, and entirely contrary to the express understanding with the Department when the committee agreed to pay the bounty to sailors. tN eee the matter, we will mention that we recently The Car Drivers” Strmé. road, in a weekly paper, @ statement that poor! "Ecrscay Lines fmovnoree: so ere Am Greeley had a private interview with Judge Barosrd, either personally or by counsel, on the evening before his discharge, and@ then and there apologized to the Judge, and madea satis- factory explanation, which the Judge good- naturedly accepted. The fact that poor Gree- ley, in his public answer to the interrogatories of the court, did attempt to shuilie out of the affair and throw the blame ujon the Express, eTorrags OF THE BIGHTH AVENCE LINk—THB SWORN BROTHERS AND THAIN DEMANDS, BFC. The exctiement respecting the-strike of the oar drivers om several of the city railroad lines contioued to prevall on Monday, and two or three times was uear breaking out foto oper violence. ‘The Sixth, Seventh and Cross-Town lines were ran throughout the day, but were accompanied by two er three policemen as @ protection ‘to the drivers. It ep Pears thatthe old drivers bave formed themselves inte Bsecret, oath bound society for the protection of their gives some color to this charge; but still we | interests, and that they have resolved te do not vouch for ie truth, What has poor | stand by ench other in . every emergeney, Greeley to say about itt Toe , Fourth, Sixth, Seveath, Kighth, Ninth and lines, as the Cross—Towm Ine, are represented in this association, which has takes the name of -*The Sworn Brothers.” The drivers of the Second and Third avenue lines do not belong to “The Sworn Brothers; but they bave petitioned for short hours, like their brethren on the other roads, while they refuse to jota in anything like a regular strike, The directors of the Third avenue line have conceded te the demands of their drivers, or, rather, have grantes, their petition, without any reluctance. ‘The drivers’ association, or ‘fhe Sworn Rrothers.'* seems, adopted @ resolution at their late meeting «; pointing @ oommitiee to walt on the rai to ipform them correctly of Rengu Victous.—We bad some very laugh- able accounts from the English papers wher Sayers and Heenan fought their great battie, which told us substantiatly how the hero Sayers beat his iard little head against Heenan’s big fists until the latter could stand the punishment no longer, and was fairly vanquished. We have a repetition of this now in what the rebel papers, and even the rebel generals, say of the recent great battles, Lee has been. driven step by step from the Rapidan river half way to Richmond, and he has thrasbed Grant magnificently every step of the way. He has done nothing but repulse Grant and ~‘re-estab- lish his lines” for eight days, and it is very wonderful Low Grant can stand it, Johnsiyn, in the Southwest, hasgained an even more bril- liant victory, and bas beaten Sherman so terri- bly that the fight, at lust accounts, was going on twenty miles south of the point at which it began. Sherman is certainly a etubbora feliow to follow so far an army that was beating him so awfully. Apparently the Southern papers and the Southern generals will tell the deluded Southern people that the Southern armies are victorious when our troops are encamped on the ruins of Libby prison. sO) =, directors, what me each day; second, that all the recently diam be reinstated; third, that in future no dri tained; fourtn, het the time tablan be roused by” ta ined ; fourth, ¢ m6 Maed car drivers thamaelves, ee W. ‘The committee of the “Sworn Brothers” waited on the directors of the Seventh and Kighth avenues and Cress- ‘Town railroads on Monday, and stated what their demands were The directors agreed to grant everything that the drivers asked with the exception of the rogalating of the time tables and the taking back of dismissed drivers, which they considered to be altogether too high a piece ef dictation to betolerated. Mr. John Kerr, President of the Seventh Avenue Compauy, had ap interview with the drivers, aod offered to reduce their hours to eleves ta- — thirteen Ld ayes cy drivers refused te ‘accept any com se, their demands must, suid, be complied with or nothing. 6 34 alter the rterview the drivers in a body marched over to the Figbth Avenue Railroad depot and stopped al the cars starting or coming home. The bighest excite pening but eeprom oa ago pature ove 10 cars On all the lines except Second, Third, Fourth avd Ninth avenues were run extremely irregulariy, aud the travelling public suffered great im convenience in consequence. Such cars as run were per fectiy crammed with passengsrs, aod contained a poltes man On the buck and front, armed wit? barons and wea- pone of a more dunyerous character, ‘t was feared last nighs that arow woula grow out of the difficulty. THR STRIKE ON THR CITY RAILROADS, The strike amoug the drivers on the various city ram roads had assumed svt! proportions on Monday that tae followtng order was tssued by Superintendent Kennedy = TRLEGRAPHIC GENRRAL ORDERS—NO. 370. During the continuance of the present (roubles on the city railroads the convenience and accommodation of the public must be the paramount consideration. You will, ‘therefore, instruct your men not to make, nor suffer others to inake, any arrests of car drivers on the charge of driving without a license, unless it be ob warrant fsaued by competent authority; and when any arrest is made under authority of a warrant, the person ordered to be arrested will be permitted to ecmplete hie trip back to the depot of bis road. J. A. KENNEDY, Superintendent Metropolitan: TO TH. EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Tue Lapres’ Ayti-Extravacance Mestiva.— Franklin was celebrated for his economical habits. A person who wished to imitate the philosopher in this respect called upon him one evening, announced the purpose of his visit and requested his advice, Franklin blew out the candle, saying, as he did so, “We can on that subject talk in the dark.” The incident impressed the visitor, who pronounced it bis first lesson. We relate this anecdote for the benefit of the ladies who attended the anti- extravagance meeting at the Cooper Institute, many of whem wore the most expensive vel- vets, silke and laces, Their magnificent private drivers, which states they are ‘‘sworn brothers,” as they are called. Now, sir, allow me to contradict that they are sworn, for they are not, and never took an cath ip equipages and liveried servants blocked up the | connection ee shat ‘Spoke ae oulace ‘and sab- street, suggesting = queer contrast with the for te purpose of, takng” are a ‘ner tase j i ¥g | sicko it, te do #0 object of the meeting. It was not Franklin’s a arenes as perry sem ores Cpa I, eer mode of starting economy. teotion of our rights, We have received a chatter the State ee, fmoorporating our sseoclauon. ond io Tax Cixvetanp Convention—A Cant From tam Rapicau Asowirionmsts.—David Plumb, Ernest Krackowizer and others, appointed a committee for the purpose by the “Central Fremont Club” of this city, have issued a call inviting “their radical fellow citizens” through- out the country to the Cleveland Convention of the 3lst instant, in order then and there to Tecommend the nomination of John C. Fremont for the Presidency; and to assist in organizing for his election. These radioals declare that “the imbecile and vacillating policy of the present administra- tion in the conduct of the war” has been “just weak enough to waste its men and means, to provoke the enemy, but not strong enough to couquer the rebellion;” and that trom its “treachery to justice and freedom,” and so on, “the honor and dignity of the nation have been sacrificed te conciliate the still existing and arrogant slave power,” &o. Consequently, “the way to victory and salvation is plain;” and therefore Mr. Plumb, Mr. Krackowizer and tueir associates in this call gofor Gen. Fre- mont, on a platform embracing the Congres sional abolition of slavery out and out, the absolute equality of all races and colors be- fore the luw, and s vigorous confiscation of the property of rebels. How all this will be worked up atthe Cleveland Convention we cannot tell. We bave been pointing out to the parties concerned in it their only way to suc- cess; but we begin to suspect that they will make of it only another radical abolition fiasco. City Intelligence. Avva. Exsonox or Ormcens or am Muncamrma Lammant—Ganat Exorrexent Anowo ram Vorsns.—The am ual election for officers of the Mercantile Library Asse ciation took place yesterday between the boars of eight o’olock in the morning aod nine in the evening, and was characterized by the highest degree of taterest and ex citement. There were two tickots in the field, ove headed by Robt, Walker Irwin aud Thos. T.. Hazard, and the otber headed by Theodore H. Vultee and Peter Vorbis, fer President and Vice President, The friendsof the op, csing tickets were as much agitated about the result as wire pullers or office hunters are on a regular political election, ‘Ibe degree of interest exbibied was quite surprising te ‘an outsider, The polls were located in the hall oa round floor, just inside the entrance to (limton rom the moment of opeuing the election until Close a string of voturs were to be seen waiting for @ chance to throw ip ots, The hall was choked up with 8] ltcemen had to be employed to ‘® proper of order. Special men seemed ta’ lots and sing out the names of the candidates, in m the same fashion as strikers at a political election The city was Completely p acarded with Dills containing the Bames of the oppostag caudidates, and all kinds of tricks were resorted to by the partisans to forward the inter. ests of their favorites Thus placards fe early part of the day announcing that Mr. Vultee withdrawn from the contest for sons, This was contradicted in afternoun by sae ther placard characterizing the Grst as false in every , The partisans did not scruple eve to steag contem tibie personalities, as was evidenced by some Of the posters about ing them. Owing to th late hour at which the polls closed, the result could met be ascertained with certainty last evening. Gnawr’s Wounpap So.prena,—Tho colored school No. @ will give an entertainment this evening at the Cooper Institute in behalf of the sick and wounded soldiers ef the present campaign, The programme consists of masia, recitations, &e. “Primast Mowraa,’’—The Whitsuntide festivities were commenced on Monday by the German residents of tats and the meignboring Cities, and all the public gardens ian Consequence crowded with picnic parties, wae ore ropolitan Fair. TO THE RDITOK OF THE HERALD. I take the liberty of sending you for publication im your Journal the (ollowing:— At a meeting of the Ladies’ Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Fair, hold May 13, 1864, the following reso- lution was adopted Resolved, That John H. Gour! Committee'of the Metrovoliian 3 ‘one million dollarain the haads of th tary Commission. CaTH In accordance with the above I have hauded over to George T. Strong, Esq., Treasurer of the United States Sanitary Commission, the above named sum of one mil- lion dollars, The foliowing ts a copy of his receipt for the same:— New Yor A 5 Recetved from John H. Gould “Ghairiean of tre Fi eect Cousmitiee of the esropolitan Fair, on the benefit of the United States sanitary 4.00.00 GEL Treasurer of the United Staies Sanitary Commission, 1 take the liberty of stating, for the public informacion, that the above named amount is the frat tustaiment of the results of the Motropolitan Fair. its finanojal affairs Cannot be completely closed for some time to come, as contributions knowa to have been made have not yet sont Lo the Treasurer's Department. Resides there are other contributions still ov the way from Europe. as ‘acarge of coal, valued ut $12,600, the generous gift of George Elliott, Ksq., of Li d paintings and works of art still uns value of which ts 000. A detailed out of the receipts and dis jursements will be made as #000 as practicable. Toongratuiate the public on the nobie results of their generous contributions Lo the Metropoiitan Fair. The receipts, ! venture to say, over and above all ex- Penses, will not fail far short of $1 100 000. Still all sums ver one million can only be roughly estimated. A committee are now engaged in examining the ac- Counts of the treasury department, and I trust their Feport will be satisfactory to the puviic. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN H. GOURLIS, Chairman Finance Committee, Metropolitan Fair, Naw Yor, May 17, 1964. ge +? pe aaah ha Pod to a Inte hour i= AWN assay oF THE ALUN oF St. Jonn’s Coz ‘The Alumni of St. John’s College, Fordbam, held a meet- ing st the Astor House on Monday afternoon, to make ar. for the ensuing year. ous, comprising several clergymen, lawyers. physiciang and other protessional gentiemen, ‘rom various parte @ the country. The following gauenes were unanimously elected oficers:—Gustavus I. Thebaud, President; Peter A. liargous, Secretary; Rev. Mr. Keogan, Mr. Felix Kea- nedy, Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Hazzard, members of the Executive Committee. Canaizss Usn oF Fingarms—A Man Swot —Yosterday morning at balf-past eleven o'clock, while the ferry boat Montague was on her way from Hamilton avenue, Brook lyn, and when off Governor's Istand, a discharge @ masketry took luce from the steamtag Stevens, lying at the government wharf at Goveroor's in the employ of the government. (ne bail entered the cabin cf the ferryboat and wounded one mun severely in the leg. He was subsequently sent to the hospital. Fine iw Mapison Avawvn.—Shortly after nine o'cloc® yesterday morning a fire broke out {n the carpenter shop No. 170 Madison aveone, owned by James Watson, which was totally destroyed." Loss $1,500, no insurance, During was owned by G. Hurray, Toss $1,000; no im- surance. The Fire Marshal has been notified to invest) gate the matter. ai be requesied to place HBRALD. ‘St. Loum, Mo., May 11, 1866, Fnolosed please find thirty-three dollars, the offering ef an equal number of the citizens of St. Louis, who would Tesous the vame of joyalty from such as seem but toe ‘willing to rob it of ite richest attribate—that of jurtion Lot the sword that is given to General George B. Jan be such as ng workmen Damascus in the best days of ber ellous skill never droamed of—a fe ting emblem of admiration aod esteem from the « & mighty nation. Justi ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New Yorn, May 11, 1964, Enclosed please fina fifty cents towards « fuod to pan chase a sword for New Jersey's ablest soldier, General G. B. McCiettan. A NEW JEKSEY Gal, TO THE RDITOR OF THR HRRALD, Braoxirx, May 14, 1866 Plonge accept the enclosed two dollars for the McUiellam sword from two who are admirers of the Genoral as a soldier and a civilian. Yours, tray, TWO ENGLISHMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD, Naw Youn, May 13, 1866 raids of General Kauss and Colonel Spear, the principal The aonval meeting of the Society for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb took place yesterday afternoon, at sag adaeareedansinag sin oe the Asylum at Fanwood, and the following officers were The steomer Fulton, from Pork Royal on the 1408, | guy olected:—President, Benjamia R. Winthrop; Vice which arrived bere yesterday, reports that whes Off | presidente, Shepherd Knapp and Cyrus W. Field; Secre- ‘al jement was on be. | tary, Andrew Warner; Treasurer, George 8. Robbins, Charleston bar a g>per pew raevt bgt rid fioapst t die lh a, eg on ee ae : of the ship Malta, before Jodge Foster, of the Sapreme forte and batteries on James and Sullivan's islands. All Court, cireuit, where the plaintiffs sued to recover for ove the Monitors appeared to be engaged; also the New Irou- | hundred and twenty-seven bores of bacon, valued at x |, Seemed direot! $4,720, alleged to have been obtained from them by false eidee Fort Putnam, on Grege’s gail sak Be o ‘ot a ntt’s ventas, ded pay. witht noc idee Plied 10 | hich the defendant refused to deliver ap, exoopt to tbe by Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island, and Battery parties to whom the goods were consigned,fthe jury yes- When the Navy Department was greatly in want of men the administration gladly jumped at the proposition made. Having secured them, the War Department now resorts to a quibble to back out, and demands men from the city when our quota is really full. This is not fair play; it is not generous; it is not just. Taking the Bapervisors’ count of enlisted sailors, and also the re-enlisted soldiers who are credited to our quota, but have not yet re- ceived the bounty, we show an actual excess stint, so that the campzign may not languish for lack of either. The men and the means are at the command of the ad- ministration for short and decisive work. Let them be brought into requisition, and let Pre- sident Lincoln bear in mind that this golden opportunity for a crowning campaign of victo- ries, if frittered away on his part, will surely be his last. The extraordinary energy of General Grant Brooklyn City News. Exeurrion ov Drartep Max.—The Kings County Board Of Supervisors, at a mestiog held yesterday after oon, Passed @ resolution to the effect that the sum of $800 commutation money be paid for every man beld, or who may bo held, to service ueder the draft already made, or ‘any tbat may horeafter be made. in the Congrensioual districts; provided, however, that eech draited man shall proeure an acceptadie substitute. Founp Daowxay.—The body of James Male, band requires something more from the administra- April inst, was picked up to the bay yesterday, off the hameful Bimpkins, ob James Ieiand favor of the defendant. This ‘ Disguoted with the | proceedings im the late Tarps snvons'tyera tae af sh capt | aia dra rerum tr ie ates, Te | on than the extraordinary slownem which ha | of Yolonterrs over our quote of more than one | ez a Gt cava: gat (aia Minaguare ag | erro dom hp omy uy tv sae Good Hope on the 25th of March. She looked very much the pass woot, and thes for thay terminated th favor ot hitherto marked its support of our generals in | th d; but by the count of the War Depart | papers round ta his Tae deceased wat stich dollar) towards purchasing for General MoCieliag out Of repair, and is was thought that she was going 40 | 4... . Virginia. Becretary Stanton is now dolng | ment we still owe some seven or eight hun- | thoug renee hoes coves toe Nene age The a te chm ca Ki sud’ te ont cole tran ore come port in France to be refitted, ot the Court, was engaged | well; but, to “make assurance doubly sure,” | dred. We learn that Supervisor Blunt has remalos wore placed in ‘ot. ble tam 40 | tricks, but te the yoluntary gift of « grateful and juatly Jodge Moneriet, Superior Court, H y So tamanen aren. fn Rguet wae bad 67 ore indignant. people, who tally the valuable ser. CONGRESS. yesterday io trying the case of George Toye vs. the | now, while the iron is hot, let President Lin} gone to Washington, with the intention of | Norris, anda verdiol of drowning was ren- | vices he bas renderea his country, and by whom he i 1m the Renate yesterday « Bill was reported to anthor- | Mayor. The plaintiff testified thes he kept lsger bier | coin push on bis reinforcements, not forget- | lvying all the facts before the Secretary of | dered. OR canned Tarte Te ma fre the Beoretary of the Treasury to stipulate for release | saloon m Third Lyf epelioe diye! Sen kato i ting that we have fifty thousand disciplined mi- | War, with the hope, if justice exists there, to | Twelve Desem Shccts for Four Beds. pie SasAiiadd nko Cabana, beh oes noe eg pps ent adeeb d 8 ‘Among the articles litia in the Central States that can be made | havo the matter corrected. It certainly should a ae MAILS FOR EUROPE. directing the Secretary of Ube Treasury to furnish siaie. | enumerated as Raving been lost was a “wedding bed” ready to march to Washington upon ten days’ | be. Mar 16.—John P. Anderson vt. the Mayor.—This was ‘The steamship Sootia, Captain Judking, wilt leave vhte mont of the entire national debt, with the several items | valoed at one bundred and fifty dollars, and three sets Of | notice, Tam Tarecve ann Jovom Barwann—A few to-day for Liverpool . thoreot and the various ots ander which they were in- | pillow cases valued at eighty dollars. He also estimated « Farm iss a days ago the Trine copied a paragraph from "Serpe weSaege om ines 08 bait past ton teeth curred, and alse copies of the reports of the various | the valve of bis ebildren’s dresses at two hundred dollars. banking associations and bankers which are required to be | The case te still en. made to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. A memo. ‘The case of the United States vs. Solomon Kohastamm rial from the New York Chamber of Commerce was pro. | was called on yesterday tn the United States Circuit ‘this morving. ‘The New Youn Henstp—Réition for Barope—will be feoued at balf past nine o'clock thie morning, and will eontain the latest news from all parts of the the Clevelaud Plaindealer stating that the Hamatp hed accused poor Greeley of begging Judge Barnard’s perdon in connection with the publishers and proprietors of the large dally journals in this city have about cencladed arrangements to import thelr supply of print ecnted, protecting against certain features of the Con. | Court, Jedge Nelsen presidiag. The scoured was arrested ing paper from Europe. ‘The speoulaters have recent contempt case. The Henatp never made | sated Single copies, im wrappers, ready for tve iu ‘eosin sah end ts Ws engin i ah comet os pees ta ana oben Blea | Vale artes to puph om gagomons Rance shad | aay push eacprtion: bat.sane the Zriunerarives wake Ce a ee tie hw wa