The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1864, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 188%—WITH SUPPLEMENT. army and navy, by guarantesing forever to such of them | The Prepahlé Méxicwal er Hostitities wy | wides. Tho douclasion arrived st by the Rich- | These absliors of comfort bave been tmprossed into as have heretofore beeu held as slaves the freedora ki at bsariahee Manco ap mond Enguirer is that it is time to barricade | = ar as reer thomseives, their wir chtidrea. It was referred ery thing that relates to the operations of city; for that otherwise hee: dhef eidiep otbain 9 + and eo vea the Mititary Commistoe, 4 Df! was introduced 40 WOK) our armies has the most favorable pnt gga 207 as ride parry bat | 20m, saiitns eve Ome Corset v.sie tcaeey, he leah tate telegraphic communication between the Atlante and ised ‘Sanka. wate candi | i " as though it was not contemplated to remain Bere idle. Pacife Staces It amends in some respects the pidly improving at the | town, and through it right and left, as he act of 1860 relative to this matter, snd regulates the | last accounts from General Grant, it is proba- Cries havoc! and lets etip the dogs of war. charges for government despatches. It was referred to | ble that he has before this recommenced active | This appeal to the barricades very clearly the Pacitic Railroad Committee. & biti regulating the | hostilities against Lee. His necessary suspen | shows that againet such raids as this of Sheri- sessions of the United States = for ~ — sion of operations has bad the most excellent | dan the valiant rebels of Richmoud do not sine «f ser conan eet rom placing | fect upon our men, and upon the condition of | fee! secure even behind their triple lines of the taf officers of the Lioutenant Generat as | Our army. The soldiers are rested and ready, | fortifications. to pay and emoluments, on an ager eye and when they move again {t will be with the corps staff officers was reported from ‘Y | multiplied vigor and high morale that give the acount po raniaiby ap ith sehr vied aes possible momentum to an army. Lee’s tery of the Phy to the time when the joint reso | forces will not much longer be an obstruction lution of Congress iucreasing the duties on im- } in their path. porta fifty per cent, should take effect, was pre- We give to-day a full and particular account sented and referred to the Finance Committee. | of the battle on the James river, in which The ills granting lands to*Michtzan and lows to aid 2 | General Butler eufferod some loss. This battle was simply a desperate sortie of the rebel gar- tison to break our lines. It was made under cover of heavy fog, and was as nearly as pee TE SHENANDOAN VALLEY. Fight with the Rebels Near Newbern. Victory of Gen. Crook Over the Rebels Morgan, Sam Jones and A. G. Jenkins. “PY YORK HERALD. GORDON BENNET®E, Mr, 5. Cadwallader's Despatch. Faepeaicespona, May 17, 1664. There has been no fighting iu trout fortwo days. a revewal of the conflict 1s-expected to-morrow. ‘The weather ts warm and showory, amd tho roads bad from here to the front. ‘Tho wounded in the hospitals are well eared for and doing weil, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, RIBLO'® GARDEN, Broadway et Dawowio. WALLAOK’'S THEATRE. Broadway. <Rosmpaus. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Ticaar or Lxavs Max OLYMPIC THEATR! B = — anna a roe roadway.—Saran un Panis NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Jaox Saarranp— Wicrvy Mumpex—Frpxnar Srv. Tue Partico.ars Hap Nor Taansrraen.—The latest Richmond papers on hand state that their War Office had received a despatch of o sharp engagement at Spottsylvania Court House on Thursday last, but that the particu- lars bad not transpired. These particulars were the capture by “the Yankees” of some eight thousand prisoners, eighteen pieces of artillery, &c. We guess that, as these prison- ers could not give the information desired at Richmond, end that as their comrades left be- Our Special Wa imgton Despatch. AREINGTON, May 18, 1864. To day the steamer Connecticut arrived here, with the Unton prisonore recaptured from the enemy by Genoral Sheridan, Havtog beon vearly two weeks without medi- cal attention, the wounded are in very bad condition, though the mortality does not threaten to be as great as Anticipated. Tho arrangements for the comfert of our wounded men at Fredericksburg are about completed. Several thou- gand mattresses have been sent down, and the patients, The Rebel Loss Six Hundred Killed and Wounded. Three Hundred Prisoners BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery— Ewionaxt— Faisxr Copsuxs—N O'Donni ES x rae Dare pRARNUM'S MUSEUM, Broadway —Two Giaxzs, Two | the construction of raitroads and to expedite the printing Bene MARINE SaAT Ue 1s Ac. at all noun BELEN | of government documenta were pasted. Mr. Howard Presented a substitute for tho Pacific Railroad act of 1862, and proceeded to explain at length its improve- BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall. 472 Broad. Way.—Brmorian Boxes, Danoxs, BURLESQUE, &0.—How ‘coms? ‘ments on the last named, after whieh the Senate held an numbering about eigt thousand, are as comfortable as ee eee ‘executive sonsion, and thes adjourned. aga . pene a ee of en hind in Lee’s army did not know what had be- } could be destred, The Medical Director of General Grant's Captured, ROOMS MINSTREL TALL 51¢ Broadway.—Remorian | In the House of Representatives, a resolution direrting | ©" hatte . the : Roee : © | come of them, General Lee had no particulars | **my reports that he ready for the next battle, te a, a —— inquiry as to the expediency of promoting nomcommis. | English lines im the same way and for the same to give of their mysterfous disap Pa ‘The rebel prisoners af Beile Plain are uousually ion A ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Irving Pisce —tae Oxy Guanp— | Sioned efloers and privates; distinguished for good eon- | Purpose that the rebele attacked General Igndenh, and tre conninnttyan tha ibe? for opportuniticd Secretary Stanton to General Dix. toescape, The first Jot sent off to Point Lookout, num- | duct and bravery, into officers of the line wae adopted. | Smith's lines,and were in the same way re- POLLATIONS. -ARTEEROT, paca aa ae. Girteld ackeh’ Mepet reereiiecheee’ a tat Ox Ot. | cuiced after a ace-acktn Gee o ae Frexcn 8! —Mr. Sumner, of the | peving three thousand, were placed on a transport with- Wasnmworon, May Weta Pek, f Teceor ATEE, GS Broatwar—Exausm | more speedy puniabment of guerillas oo: as wo protect | Fo ou oe a eee Hee 5 | Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has | out guards, and a guubost vent along as convoy, with | Ty Major General Drx:— our wounded soldiers, bat Mr. Eldrhia, of porarily broken; ‘0s€ | made a learned report on the justice of chose | orders to sink the steamer upon the first indication of | Tne reports from the Kanawha confirm the destruction Pastoninna Beneeaeee, AoA, Brosdway.—Basures, Wisconsin, and Mr. Ross, of Iilvois, objected, | Of the fight they were drawn exactly the same mutiny, Dabigren guns prevailed, and the rebels during claims against the government arising from as they had been before. French epoliations upon our commerce prior We have had a small reverse in Western Vir- | to the year 1800. Who bids upon these claims? ginia aud the defeat of the troops under General Will nobody give them astart? They are at Sigel. This ought not to have happened, and | jeact as good as the stocks of most of these new would not have happened if all the instructions gold mining companies, and with a better for the movement had been properly carried out. prospect of “realizing” fifty or a hundred years » Yet it is a mere feather in the scale. It cannot hence. Who knows? of the bridge over New river, and the destraction of several miles of the railroad track, by General Crook's command, and etate that he has fought three battles with Generals Sam Jones and A..@. Jonkins, and defeated: them, the rebel loss being over six hundred’ killed ang three hundred prisoners. Goneral Jenklos foli into our bands, mortally wousded. EDWIN M. STANTON, Socretary of War. their trip to their destination were quite tractable. Those remaining at Bello Plain are strongly guarded, with a battery of artillery trained upon them, censtantly loaded, and ready to quell any mutinous demonstration. ‘The roads betwecr Belle Plain and the army are in very ‘bad condition, in consequence of the frequent rains, and the removal of the wounded ts astended with much suf- fering. and the subject was laid over, 4° bill providing for the sasiciiian —Roserr Beiter, | issue of pateuts to bdna fide holders of “floats,” isoued?in IRVING BALL, Irving place.—Srensorticon, Pursuance of the acts of Congress’ of 1802, relative £0 Spanish grants in Louisiana, was reported ty the Cons- mittee on Public Lands. Mr. Eiljah Ward, of New York, then addressed the House on the subject of reciprocal commercial intercourse between the United States and Canada, earnestly urging the appoint: BALON DIABOLIQUE, 585 Broadway, W YORK MUSEUM OF AN road Cuuosrms axp Lecrouas, from? eM MG BOOLET'S OPE! Gores, Dances, Buri HOUSE, I . sone Brooklyn.—Eruror1an = == = Supplies tn f tit being burried to thi Crvonewart, May 18, 1864, pasa — oe = ae! pedlgasciemicl.,. Lonsapeay nt - en pried in any way affect or turn aside the great opera- jo coaite suis Sate pe pil pepsi Pe Acopectal despatch, Asted Gauley Bridge, ay 1, save = "waist Beer countries. At the conclusion of Mr. Ward's renaurks the | *!008 that are to accomplish Grant’s plans. As active operations. & courter arrived this morning direct from General ‘Crook. He bas fought three battles, near Nowbero, with the forces under Generals Morgan, Sam Jones and A. @ - Jenkins, gaining a complete victory over the enemy, Tho enemy lost six hundred killed and wounded am@ throe hundred prisoners. Gonerat A. G, Jenkins fel! into our liands, mortally wounded. Our loss was four hundred killed and wounded. A large railroad bridge over New river, at Nowberm, with several miles of track, was completely destroyed. General Crook was at Newbern on the 13¢thriast, # victory General Sigel’s movement would ba ve contributed to the great result; but as a Since the-destruction of tho railroad at Manover Junc- tlon Lee receives his supplies via Lynchburg and Gor- donsville, hauling them tm wagons from Fredericks Hail Station, distant from his army twenty-seven miles. Indian Appropriation bill was considered in Committee of the Wholo and finally reported to the House, but without further action on the bill the House adjourned. deveat it must stand alone, and can have ro MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. weight at all in the determination of the grand The Boar@ of Hdueation met yosterdsy afternoon and | quesition that General Grant is, we hope, so transacted oonsiderabie business—James M. McLean. | sogm to setile. Bad been'received up to that time either from General | President, in thechair. A communication was recelyed Grant, Goners! Putler, or General Sherman, ‘The latest | ‘Fm the school officers Of the Twolfth ward announcing | Phe Rogus © the dismissal of theprincipal of Ward Schoo! No. 46, Mr. Foports from Genera! Grant were that pccza rare vary tember the roads were In | Sonn. Grath, for incompetency and nogieet of duty, der, at reinforcements were arriving, | and also appointing Mr. Stimson McIvor as his successor. @od thet he designed to move against the | A communication was received from Mr. Grath, in con- of 7 2 " yesterday, a bogus proclamati : nemy without delay. ,Mr, Stanton states further | ection with his removal, protesting against the actton . am Rrooleenstie preening | The National Army to Be Kept tor be the President’s call for four hundred iat (the government Aosigas to 42hh re ee i the school officers, and denying their powor to remove Sianeli. 05, Bioval forces until the rebellion is overthrown; and, in seicaas a Laucuhes es tate sad ah qecapelaipr tly Up to Its Present Force. on Teachers, A-communieation was received from the |' mant seon became apparent in our office, and Prder to provide against any inopportune reduction when | Mayor, laying before the Board a communicatien fromthe | it therefore did not appear in our paper. It he services of the hundred days men go out, a draft to | Ttelian Benevolont Society, requesting the Beard t0 | was-alsg rejected as a counterfeit by the larger Bil up thoir piace and all othor reductions will be ordered, ve @ schoolroom pee of "edncabtug Tua Citta car ical number of the city papers; and only the World & take place on the 1st of July, by which time the mew | birth. Referred: to Committee on school Teachers. | andthe Journal of Commerce printed it. Sorolments wit! be completed. The following preamble and resolutions were road by This: adds one more to the number of our 4 A forged proclamation, alleged te have come from the Proeitent, calling for four hundrea thousand men, and Mr, Roosevelt, im retation to alloged corruption among | hi'storical . ‘seme tbe school officers of the Fourth ward:—Wheroas,com- “openings : tame bone Qppointing s day of humiliation and prayer, was sent Brom some quarter to all the papers of this’ city yester- plaints have bea made to she officers of the Board of | Dua: Teport from the rebel’ Secretary of Education and Comptissioners that improper means have | t>@ Navy, which hoaxed our public been resorted to on the part of some of the trnteesot | and government and the- British gevern- morning, with the view, no doubt, of going to Europe | ‘8? Fourth ward, or persons-aeting as thelr agents;toob- | ment, and we had another of the same By the stoamer of yesterday, in order to counteract the | tne pronto pee ey and, thers in the employ of | chiaracter pretending to be a correspondence Botelligence of General Grant’s recent sttcoéasfal opera- Bions, and afford an opportunity for the rebel Behemers in Eogland and France to gain some advantage. the Board of Trustees of sald ward; thereforo:-be it ; These resolved, that a special meeting be appointed to examine batweee, Co een ane Lore Trae, Bro of the city papers which published the bogs pro- blamation were suppressed last night by order of General {nto the facts and ciroumstamees of the case, and that | Wee barmlese affairs, gotten up by some in- they report their conciusions to this Board, sald commit- | genious. fellow, who had novhonest way in tee to consist of the chairmen of the committees on By. | which to employ his time, I¢ is doubtful Pix, and a military force put in poseession of their offices. The Baltimore Transcript has also been suspended for publisbing a despatch stating the logs of the Army of the laws, Finance, Course of Studios and Schoo! Books, y excited’ ‘Teachere, Elections and Qualifications, Free Academy and ‘ha patas ripen -isiyttigh gukid, Potomac was seventy thousand mon, and pretending that fhe same came trom the Associated Press. Supplies respectively. Adopted, The Board thon ed | SUCteseful hoax is adequate to the: trouble Joorned. taken in-getting it up. It is, at least, a very £ The news from the Suenandoah valley represents that General Crook has fought three battle, near Nowbern, New York, Thursday, May 19. 186%. ——— —— <= THE SITUATION. Mr. Stanton despatched to General Dix, at a quarter bo- fore eleven o'clock Inst night, that no official intelligence GRANT! |The Union Forces to Move on the Enemy Without Delay. Reports of Rebel Movements and Opin- fons. Wasmnaron, May 18, 1844. A telegraphic messenger, employed in Petersburg, Va, who has just oscaped, informs me that Beauregard has been reinforced’ by Ransom’s division, and the rebels were crowding their forces into Richmond by way of Greensboro and’ Danville, He states that there are five iron-clads at Richmond, and that there are heavy batte- ries on the James river, from Warwick’s to Drury’s Bluff. He believes that the rebels are making evory effort to put their united ssrength in Lee’s army against Lieute- nant General Grant. He says the prevailing opinion in the country around Richmond is that if they can hold the capital during this campaign the war will ter- minate, Consequently every effort is directed for its maintenance. ‘The rebels have great confidence in the goneratehip of ‘Lee, and express the belief that the city of Richmond would have failen a week since under any other com- mander, Arrival of the Remains of General Wads- worth at Washington. ‘Wasmcvox, May 18, 1864. ‘The remains of General Wadsworth wore brought to this city today by Mujor Walter Cutttog, of General Augar’s staff, and Captain Ritehie, son-in-law of the de- } ceased. ‘Those two officers have been uaremitting in | thoir efforts to get possession of the body since the first ‘report of the General’s death, but did not succeed until last Sunday, one week after the burial, in consequence of gome alleged informality of the flag of trace fires sent to the enemy’s lines. , General Wadsworth was wounded on’ Friday, the 6th {ngtant, and was removed to the rebel hospital, whe ‘ho remained in a state of unconsciousness ‘until the 10th ‘Instant, After bis death an Irishman, named MoCrucken, who bad been in the Oid Capitol, and paroled through ‘the interposition of Gen. Wadsworth, obtaiued permission {from General Lee to inter his remains, and buried the for Four Hundred Thou- sand Men, Night before last an attempt was made to pedim wpon the public, through the daily papers [ Sxetch of Gen. A. G. Jenkins. Brigadier General A. G. Jenkins; of the rebetarmy, wae a native of Virgivis, but was not tike many of his fellow rebels, a graduate of West Point. He received bie mil tary education with tho militia of his State, and wae made a captain of a cavalry compasy at the outbreak of the war, He succeeded Turner Arhby through various grades, as that officer gained promotion, and during the summer or fail of 1862 he obtained the rank of brige- dier general of the provisional army of the rebel States. Hé was thon attached to the division serving am der Gen. Sam. Jones, which made the incursion into Pees. sylvania during June, 1863. He occupied Chamborsbarg during that month, and on the 17th forolbly demanded all the private: arms and ammanition of. the residents of ‘the place. His conduct on this occasion was very Bevere; but yet still considered within the usages of war. Sines the battle of Gettysburg, Gen. Jonkios bas been operating in the mountainous region of Western Virginia and along Kanawha valloy. During the recent contest at Newbera, near the line of railroad between Lynchburg and Tee neasee, he is reported to have met with wounds thas may end in death. The Baltimore and Ohio Ratiroad. Batrmore, May 18, 1864. ‘The damage to Harper’s Ferry bridge caused by the recent freshet will be fully and substantially repaired: by Friday morning next for the transfer of all freight trains, Passengers are in the meantime rogularly trans ferred, without causing delay to those East or West bound, & Draft Probable on the Ist of July to Replace the Hundred’ Days Men. REPCRTS FROM RICHMOND.. Beauregard Reported Rein~ forced.. Great’ Efforts Being Made to Hold: Richmond by the Rebels. The Commissioners of Emigration held their roguiar | poor ciaas of joke; yet, if a» hoax may pass for EY capntion ra aS sh o'clock yesterday after. | a jake-at all, these were tolerable ones. We noon, nt lian C. lanck in the chair. The Dumber of emigrants arrived at this port since the Ist of poi py arse ncgpaine «| rine — January up to date is 48,243, which is an increase, as compared with the samo dates of last year, of 7,523, | Under that gigantic hoax, hoaxes: thrive. But Titeir- Confidence in the Gene- Tho number of inmates in: the institutions on Ward's | these are all put forward with an official char- aishi Lee enoral bis ‘d. The body had pF Prith the forces under Generals Morgan, Sam Jones and A. | Island is €21, being 160 less than last year. The amount | aeter. Davis the other day hoaxed’ the-South~ a p of ‘ Scan fa pes aaceety cig as vidtvine. pees NEWS FROM WASHINGTON G. Jenkins, gaining a complete victory over the enemy, | Of money in bank to the credit of the Commissioners up | orn people with an announcement that the ae, &e., dee. seteallng the bat, sword, sash, spurs, boots; buttons and wi May 18; 1866. rho lost six hundred killed and wounded ana | ‘0 “se is $40,441 93. Tho increase in emigration for oe Florida-had sunk two federal gunboats; and -eontents of the pockets. THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND oe beet os chica bree hundred prisoners. Goneral A. G. Jenkins fell into | eet Wonk Ba eebearik Seabees L P : Sewretary Stanten’s Despatches to G ‘The rebels refused to: permit the parties sent under P : s fell into | for several years. Four thousand one bundred~ana | Lee and the other generals are in the constant ral Dix. fing of truce to enter their ‘lines, bat forwarded the re- id Although this morning there was no official promulga- tion of the fact, it ts confidently asserted’ by leading Congressional friends of the admivistration that i¢ hag ‘been determined on te call for three hundred ' thousand: more troops. ADDRESS OF TH® MBTHODISTS TO THE PRESIDE WE AND TIE PRESIDENT'S REPLY: A deputation of delegates from the Methodist Eptecopal General Conference, in session at Philadelphia, visited the President to-day and presented to himan address, in which the Conference, representing nearly a militon of members, express to him the assurance of the loyalty of the church, hor earnest devotion to the interests ef the country and ber sympathies with him in the great responsibilities of bis high. position in this trying bour, They honor him for bis proclamations of liberty, and re- Joice in all the acts of the government designed to secure freedom tothe enslaved. In conclusion they say:— Ae tuated by the sentiments of the loftiost and purest patriotism, our prayer shall be continually for the Preservation of our coantry undivided, for the triumph of owr cause, aod for a permanent peace gained by the sacrifice of no moral principles, but founded on (he word of God, and seouring righteousness, liberty and equal Tights to all.” Dor hands, mortally wounded. Our,loss was four hundre¢ Killed and wounded. A large railroad bridge over New Fivor, at Newbern, with several miles of track, was ‘completely destroyed. A despatch from Mr. Btanton to General Dix last night @onfirme al! these facts, ‘Our correspondents with General Butler's force give @ ery perfect account in our colnmns to-day of the late Bttack and repulse of General Beaurezard’s forces upon ur troops at Proctor’s creek. General Heckman bed @ ‘Darrow escape from being captured by the enemy. The Pebel loss was between three and four thousand. Our Broops were tn gallant spirits after the contest. We give B map of the scene of these operations on another page. ) We have pews from New Orleans to the 11th inst. It ras reported there that two of our blockading vessels bad beeo captured by the rebels off Sabine Pass, The Brmy of General Ranks was at Alexandria on the 4th Lust, Vigoreus efforte were then making to clear the fiver 80 as to admit the downward passage of the gun- Donte then above the falls. The army was in excellent Bpirite, io good Ngbting condition, and had thirty daye’ ‘Fotions. Despatches from Cairo report the blockade of the Red, the White and the Arkapsas rivers, below Little Rock seventeen have arrived bers during the Inst three days, and the Commissioners expect that the present weeie will far exceed these figures. Among the emigrants arriving the proportion of able-bodied young men is very large. ‘The remains of Brigadier General Alexander Hays, wbo was killed'at tho bead of his troops during the battte of the Wilderness, were buried, with appropriate military and oivic ceremonies; at Pittsburg, Pa.,on Saturday last. The fifth commencement of the Law School of Colum- bia Collere was held Inst evening at the rooms. of the Historical Society, corner of Eleventh street and Second avenue. Addresses were delivered by Prof. 3 W. Dwight, LL.D., and Edmund Wetmore, Eeq., and the vale- dictory by Albert MeNutty, Jr., Esq. Three prises for the best essays in the department of municipal law were awarded, the first (two hundred and fifty doiters) ‘to Jacob A. Grose, the second (one bundred and fifty dol- Jars) to Charles H. Mundy; and the third (one bundred dollars) to Gerardus Post. Another prize (twe hundred dollars) for the bost essay on political science was awarded to Franklin McVeagh. The degree of bachelor of Jaw wae conferred on the members of tho graduating class, sixty-six in numbor, after which the bewediction was pronounced and the exercises clozed. In tho United States Circuit Court, before Judge Ship-1 man, the Kohnstamm. case was resumed yesterday. A nuebor of witnesses were examined; but noviing very important to the prosecution waselicitd. The caso wil bo resumed this moraing. The case of James “arvey and others, indicted for the rier of Patrick O'Brien, was called on for win) yester- habit of hoaxing all who believe them by the announcements of their successes. in Battles | Maar General Dix:— which they. have lost. We have 20 reperts of operations since my last des-. But this bogus-proclamation wes: a: boaz of | "se setest intormetion from General Grant was that another character: It was planned to get it in | the roads hed-greatiy improved. Large reinforcements ., thercity papers that were to go to Eyrope by Wasmaroy, May 16—11:15 A. M. maine to our lines, where they were receivod by tie par- ‘tes gent to secure ther, The body, notwithstanding ita long interment, retains ite Ieltke appearance, end will be forwarded te his family to-morrow, having been embalmed by Brown and Alexander, and rendered entirely proof against decom- pesttion. An informal funeral wil! take place to-morrow, and the Temains be accompanied to the cars by an escort of officers, the friends of the deceased. Captain Wadsworth, his son, after doing: al! in his Power to get possession of the remaios, gave up under ‘the many discouragements, and gallantly siarted off with General Sheridan, to whose staff he is attached, and is bow witn that command, MEETING OF THE NEW YORE CONGRESSMEN A’ WASHINGTON—RESOLUTIONS OF BULOGY AND GONDOLENCE, BTC. bad reached) him, aad he designed to- move against the the steamer yesterday, and was doubtless the ben “4 car aug a ene eth ‘ . + government’ feep up the oa- invention of:some- enemy of the-goveroment J 110.) rorces, until the rebellion in overthrown; ad im: who hoped to injure our cause in Earope by | orser to provide against any inopportune reduction, whon thus sending out what would be accepted as. the sorvices of the hundred daye.men go out, a draft to an acknowledgment of our defeat in the late } fill up their place, ad all other reductions, will be battles in Virginian It may have been also | %#ered, to take place on the Ist of July, by which time- expected to-affect the gold market; but its | anew ceroimenss wil be completes real object was to affect European opinion, and. EDWIN M. STANTON, to farther some rebel scheme there: that the Secretary of Wan. news of Grant’s vistories is likely to upset. aD a geome cima} 190 Last evoning the military cathorities took Wamnvorox, May 11045 Pe possession of the: establishments of the twe | To Major Gomeral Dix:— papers thet were the only ones to publish this Wasmmatox, May 18, 1864. Tho Senators and Representatives from the State of Now York met av the Capitol to.day to testify their respect for the memory and services of the late Brigadier General Wadsworth. Represoutative Fouton was called to the chair, and Ro. resentative Odell acted as secretary. Representative Preyn offered tho following resolutions, which were unanimously agreed to:— That in the deathof General Wadsworth not only the State of New York, but the countrr at large, bas lost oue of its most devoted and patriotic sons; who gave bis time, his means and his energies to suppression of the existing reboliion, with an earnest: aad zeal not surpassed in the history of this great sti We have no. despatchos to-day from Genoral Geant, nous counterfeit. From this it may be | meee ena A Nant ik Gofeaioréa ital sig judged that the government is determined to ‘span baad rasehed wala ae a herp ict adopt extreme measures in those premises, and} tye rebel prisoners have been removed from Dello to put o stop to the publication of such boaxes, ‘| Pisin. ifpossible. Its summary panishment of the!} Visitorsfrom the Army of the Potomac represent the constructively guilty may n idea of how | toorsto-de ia excellent condition, and reinforcements i¢ will punish the real culprits if they can bo THR PRENIDENT'S REPLY. ‘To this address the President replied as follows:— GextieweN—In response to your address allow me te attest the accuracy of its historical statements, endorse the sentiments. it expresses, and thank you, in the Om tion’s name, for the sure promise it vives, Nobly sum tained, as tho government has been. by at! gle churches, Towonld utter nothing which might i the least « were rapidly arriving. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War, r é f jones Gese ; bu op motion une +, ‘ > favidious agalnst a ‘Yet, withoot thi, it mow fairly be weompleted. ie cyt hae = . cep bp ta pi ec eaught. Besides what the government is de- _—- ay That the clogs ton, of tne facaly of General . Lohoreh’ not les+ tevated + defendants, it was put down for tr: e nex : gee . 4 ty Vadsworth with th y history and developmen: restart: whmntiors. the Advices from Little Rock to the 10th report General | ; the court, termined to doin this matter the Associated Mp. L. A. Hendrtck’s Despatch. the: Somers paeeat State, their warm support of all | pertart of al ie leno fault ta oubersttad the i ; measures for advancing the educational nnd agrictitural Press offers a thousand dollars reward for evi- PE eee nae un} », May 16—11 P, M. church sends more soldiers to the more Price retreating towards Camden. The rebels nckn ' ary cirsles were considerably excited fora time iy Tae interests of the Commonwealth, in which he also largely | the hospitals and more. prayer: von edge a loss of two thousand men ip the late action with sr fay over & bogus proclamation which was repre- | dence that will convict the author of the hoax, Another Gay of comparative rest has been onjoyed by | shared, combined with his energy of char ter sed active God bless the Methoa'st church Bless ail the churches, ieee Presid ov “ 7 7 patriotism, gave to the dece: ce and well merite od be G a ar great trial, gtvett Genera! Stecle on Sabine river. « ving from the President, ant gold advanced, | and the World and Journal of Commerce, the | our soldiers. Scarcely a gun, not even a musket, be- | Miitinmm. gave same aed ded the respeot and blessed be God who, in this our g rial, giveth up the churches. Subsequently Rev. Dr, Thurston, doiegite from the English Conference to the Methodist Gonoral Confere’ Dolief Ghat Ht was genuine, to 28434; but i was no that it hac been published for the purpose erciog the market, and the premium declined to tween the opposing picketse.and ours was fired until half- past three o’closk, when our batteries commenced shelling the enemy bebind bis earthworks. For ae hour of the community at large. That we offer to the family of the deceased our most respectful aympathy in the great loss which has not only two victims, offer five huadred dollars more. As several boys were employed in the delivery ‘The steamship Persis, from Queenstown op the 8h of EUROPEAN NEWB hoe 7 i b thetr head. but our State of a dis- eh Conforenc: J prese Biay, reached this port yesterday evening, Her news is | 221. Stocks wore buoyant in the morsing, and continued | of the manuscript at tho various offices, i is | gpeghelling continued actively on both sldee, and tnen | CePrived tem of the Fee aeree ot cua. | With Dr. Soott, from the Irieh Contore i saiars ontoe two days later. strong throughout the day. Government securities wore | reasonable to suppose tliat the mum of fifteen | former quiet was restored, which still continues. ceded patriotism and valor. to the President by the Hon. M. F, Odell. These delegates expressed to the President their carnest and bearty sympathy.of the Methodist membership of Ungland and Ireland in the present national strurgle, and desire fer our success. Dr. Thornton stated tn connection, that he had hel@ no oMfietal intercourse with the Methodist Church South during the rebeliion. ‘They paid their respects to the Secretary of Stato, asd wore afterwards introduced on tke floor of the Senate the House of Representatives, SAUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THR GOVERNMENT LOAN. The subscriptions to the ten-forty loan reported at the Troasury,Department to-day amount to $665 ,000. REWARDS FOR NAVAL DESERTERS. ‘The Navy Department is offering large rowards for the arrest of desortors, inclading one of $300 for the appre- henaion and delivery at a naval station of Acting Third ‘] Assistant Eogineor William J. MoMts, @ deserter from the United States Navy, who made his escape from the steamer Admiral on the 12th of May at Now York. REBEL CAVALRY NRAR FALL'S ORUROH. About three hundred rebel cavairy made thelr appear- ‘ance to-day in the vicinity of Fall’s church, TORPEDO SINKERS CAPTURED IN THE RATPATAN> NOCK The prospect of laying the Atlantic cable during the | } firm, and afraction lower. There was no change in Doxt year wag very favorable. thy money market. Mr. Cyrus W. Field, who arrived im thie elty by the | Owing to the large rise in gold there was considerable Persia, received at Queenstown a telegraphic despatch | excitement in commercial circles yesterday, and all kinds Gatod at Irkutsk, Siberia, on Sunday, May 8, a 8:10 A. | of merchandise were unsettled and mostly nominal. But We at ten minvice port too o'cl ck the same morning, | bigher prices were demanded for everything, and the Withough (be distance from Irkutsk to Queenstown is over | sales were at advaneed rates. Petroleum was ezcited ee Bix thovrand five hundred miles aod 16, ae. bigher. Cotton was also excited and higher. | With garbage, infect the air. These must be } seen shat General Grant hes stubbornly set bis face Remarks were made ip the Toure of Commons onthe | The business in general was hight; but some articles | removed at once, or in the increasing: heat of | towards pursuing sod fighting the enemy ; that be will Feoeplion Of the armed privateer Georgia im the Mersey, | moved quite froely. On ‘Change the forged proclamation | the atmosphere the stench will cause a pesti- | not give op chasing and battiiog as longias he has a man Wotwithstanding the professed peuirality of the Queen. was the loading theme of disoussion, and at theclose of lence in the city. We earnestly call the atten- an@ hope left; aod that be confidently relies oa this army Mr. Lindsay, M. P.,gave notice of another motion on | basicess an impromptu meeting of merchants was he Board of Health to th to cooperate with bim in carrying out his plans. The tho war in America.”” Dold, denouncing those papern which published the | Hon of the Board o| 0 these-and other: | pice willshow the army alike firm, faithful, unfinch- ‘The case of the privateer Pampero was settled in | “bogus’’ document. — in flour was moderate, acres Mis spor tlt aor sewers, tho ing, unconqueradio, Bcotland. exeopt in wheat, which sold largely to arrive, | filthy bone boiling establishment at the foot of | This forencen I visited our corps signal station, under (hore was no new movement at the seatof war in | at an improvement of lo. ae. Flour waa 5c, a 10c. bet. West Thirty-ninth street, must be particularly ebarge of Captain Castle and |.ieatenant Clark. General Deemark. The Danish government refused to raise the | tor, but closed dull. Corn advanced 2c. aud was very cited as certain to produce & fearfully increased Meade sod Genera) Grant bad been there but a few Plockade of the German ports. Very little hope was en. | scarce. Oats were Goll and a trifeot, Pork was ashado lity i it Mei minutes before. Prom this station a better view than ortained of any important result from thelandon Confer. | firmer. Lard No. better, Whiskey dex. Freights mortality in our city. asures, prompt and from any other point at our command is to be had of the Woce, The British Cabinet refused to give Parliament | quiet for want of stocks of shipping commoditics, decisive, aut er taken un once to avert & | rebel position and their lise of earthworks. 1 alluded to Joy information as to the progress made by the pleaipo- danger which the most careless cannot fail to | these earthworks yesterday, as seen from our nead- Bootiaries, see is near at hand. The metrepolis must be | quarters; but to-day's further inspection of them, and Bir Leopold McClintock, R. N., bad taken the Britten kept clean if the lives of the people are a | Denefit of the aplendid telescopes used by the Signal Whannel fleet to the north, with the avowed object of corps, presented thom not only ina clearer light, bat ving the Danes from being overpowered in the matter of concern to the Board of Health. developed almost thoi entire position and strength. It by the Austrian feet, fe oviaent why the enemy do not attack us. A position 1 was paid that Rueria had ‘ontrated an army of id hardly be more secure, and behind these defeaces \ptty theesend ove “ the an a the Danube, that | We have now the gratifying intelligence that | Ricumoxp.—The Richmond papers of the last fs brmen bie plan to remain moti! be is drawn pono Austria had sont twenty-five thousand mon to the fron- | General Crook’s column, descending from the | few days bave been largely devoted to | it py strategic mapquvering or beaten out by overviholm. flor of Bervia, and that the Turkish army in the Row | mountains to the northward, bad tapped the | Sheridan’s famous raid. They try to show | tag attack. aan nella was to de increased to one hundred and fifty lity as re- | that his troops were badly whi ‘The right hae reste on the Po river, « little ae eae rod cat ear ao cme, lero | ta ecm ree bau when, ots | traaresmsrime car at om more ‘The Cork Reporter says that the tide of emigration etm | Ported by Averili’s column, , bed cis fiver rane Dortheasteriy, thoir loft covering she Broek oiled a8 vigorously and unceasingly from Queenstown | fights, won a decided victory over the combined | half of them who wore not killed and wounded Piney Branch and Tabernacle church ronds, giving @ total @s if it bad only commenced the day before, it was re. | roughriders of John Morgan, Sam Jones and are still straggling aboufin the country, anxious | tine of defences four miles in longth, and a battie line, Paartabie, strikingly pray potato emi | pi Jenkins. Generals Crook and Averill | to give themselves up in orderto secure the canner er apahane the soe an pe America there isa young ’ « "9, almost io head it an \eireng, stalworth, vigorous fellows, abte to work, have thus a clear track before them to eget nec limituee tears ony hare thee cadiimertn ate Covered. by woots, Frosting the good willing 10 ght. Indeed, some of them made no secret | burg, and thence to the Rapidan, or the sp! jacks, idan, taking bis | osocre je an open fields mile and threa.quarters wide. {9 bbe litkelibood of their joining the Americas army nandoah valley, where, as it appears, Sigel may | own time and choosing his own route, con- | jrere their works are the strongest, and bosides the guns Console closed in London on the 7th of May st 90% «| need their assistance. We have no doubt, in | trived to get inside the defences of Richmond, | there mounted the pits in front are flied with sharp- any event, that, following their instructions, (0% for money. The Liverpool cotton market was quiet and out again, and over the Chitkahominy, and | shooters, they will continue to do excellent service in | across to the James river, with a very formida- @né Grm, with quotations ~aaenaen At the Anderson House, near us, a fine ofd Virginia ‘Breede firm. Prov , mansion of the olden sort, and the furniture and faual wrk CONGRESS. support of General Grant, by weakening Gen. | ble body of troopers, carrying along most of | sii remaining in it, hae been discovered an — Lee in cutting off tbe ecanty sources of his | his wounded men, three or four handred res- | sioeked toohouse and other luxuries, to be turned to very eved Union prisoners png 9 lot af sabals be- * perviggsble scoount jn the case of our sick pnd wosnded, Ropresentativos Fenton, Odell, Morris, Ganson, Franic and Winfeld were appointed a committee to accompany ho remains to New York. Arrangoments have been made to leave with the body to-morrow morning, to arrive at. Now York by bait-past six o'clock P.M. ‘Various conjectures procailed as to the causes con tribating to interrupt our advance, and continued hostile Comonstration against the enemy, until am order was A Pestinence TarkaTexem—-For days our | read this morning to (he troops from Lieutenant General streets have been in a most deplorable condi- | Grant. It would be contraband to publish this onder, 1 ae . * peed enly say that the ressoos for our delay set forth in tion; they are lined with: barrels, which, filled | 18s Saress gave entire satisfaction tosbemen It is hundred dollars will tenspt at least one of the nuraber. Names of Wounded Officers Arrived ta Washington. ‘Wisumarox, May 18, 2864. Col. Tracy, 100th New York. Capt, Taylor, 61st Pennevivaoia, Capt. Steole, 10th Wiscousia, Capt. Voorhoos, 126th bia, Capt. MoNally, 155th New York. Lieut. Hayes, 61st Pennsylvania. Tieut. Dean, 61st Pennsylvania. Lieut. Clanson, 61st Penns; Lieut. Lippinoott, 6ist P Lieut. Kerner, A. 1. ©. Lieut. Moore, 126th Onto. Liovt. Futler, 98d New York. Lieut. Penrose, 15th New Jersey, Lieut. Worden, 77th Now York Lieut. McDonald, 67th New York. Liewt. Tabor, 77th New York, = inate, nag! York. teat. Stephevron, Ist Michigan cavalry. Lieat. Bunn, 34th Maine, = Lieut. Keyes, 324 Maine. Avyornen Neat Orrnation.—A few days ago we reoeived the news that General Averill had been doing some effective work with his dash- ing cavalry on the Lynchburg and Fast Ten- nessee Railroad, in Southwestern Virginia. On Satur@ay one of our gunboats fell in with a large party of rebel torpedo sinkers en the Rappahannock, an@ after a brief encounter succeeded in capturing thom. is stated that five of them were killed. Our loss was one Killed and seven wounded, DIVISION OF CONFISCATED RSTATES. EU Phayer Is hore, strongly urging the confiscation rebel estates, and thoir division among loyal mea. MRS. SENATOR DOUGLAS. ‘The story in circulation that Mra. Stephen A. Deugiae fs employed in one of the departments here is withows foundation, She is leading a secluded life im the house lef her by ber husband, and the remnants of his estate give hor a frugal independence. CAPTURE OF berotingt'-~ Syna PROM THR TOR for the Sick ana Wo Bosros, May 15,1964. ‘The contributions recolved in the Merchants’ Exchange for the relict of the sick and wounded soldiers in the Army of the Potomac, through the agenoy of the United States Christian Commission, now smounts to fifty.one thousand and twe hundred dollars. Arrival of Two Hun@red and Ninety Rebel Officers Fort Delaware. Prnapavpma, May 18, 1864. ‘The stoamer Salvor arrived at Fort Detaware last night with two hundred and ninety rebel oflcers, lecluding Generals Jebneon and Stewart. patenrerieatshn Aaa e San Se A Soldier Found Drowned. Fort Hammton, May 18, 1864. An taquest was held here to-day on tha body of a sol- dior marked “J. HL? on the left arm. Thore was a Atip of paper in his pocket marked ‘Francis Stllenwerf, Oo. D, Hart's Inland, care of Borgeant Wiebo.”” The body appeared to have been in the wator two ¢ three wants, The verdyes wea nogordiag ve the fate, Contributt Suentan’s Ratp—Somermine or a Scarm 1x On the arrival at Matanses, on the 17th ultimo, of the American bark Templar, from the Tortugas, it was dip covered that there were three men concealed in the belt, who gave their names as John Wilson, Charles Mason and James Mack, and who wore proved to be escaped convicts from jhe United Staten, The men bavieg been | 4n tuo Sonate peeterday Me. Wileon oftored& jot resce Ge 0 rcourags tne anlisiment of colored men Ia the