The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BIBLO'S GARDRN, Broadway —Bas Devonian WALLACK'S THEATRE. Broadway.—Wire's Sucesr. INTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Fas Disvoro—Tasios Manu. OLYMPIO THBATRE, Brosdway.<Per or cus Parr. coats—Basr Suav ino. NEW BOW! TH Bee Doe aucnnaaan or BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Sr. Jaws sxp Gr, Gicee—Dems Bor or Maxcusersr—Ja0e Bonixson. TRE Bewery.—Casnien axe Tovbosss—lanpy Caner. [UM'S MUSEUM, Broadway.—Twe Gu, Two bes Absinos, Wut Is 12, €0., ot all pours "Janet aipe—At Sand 7% P.M BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanics! Hall. 673 Bread eey.—Ermioriax Boxcs, Dano, Bueixsques, &0.— Taare orsigees, WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, Gonos, Dances, 60.—Dave and BROADWAY TURATRE, 685 Broadway.—Oun Auwat- osm Cousta. nhac AMERICAN THBATRR No 444 Broadway. —Bascaes, Pasrosinmas, Bumixaquas. &c.—Prorie's Lawyer. BALLE DIABOLIQUE. 085 Broadway.—Rosuar Hasan HOLMAN'S ACADEMY oF MUsIO, Tm Broadway.— Copsas.to—Toune Acrarss. . ian NIBLO'S BA! A on oor Lea é COOPER INSTITUTE.—Saaxcs, Brosdway.—Mraessiogs Osau- IRVING HALL, Irving placa —Sramnorticon NEW YORE MUSEUM OP ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. oquiosrnas ano Leovoaas from Oa Me UWE BHOOLEY'’s OPERA HOUSR SBrocklyn.~Eemorus Gonce, Dances, Boaissavns, £0. = —————————— WwiTH SUPPLEMENT. See New York, Thursday, June ————— THE SITUATION. ‘The latest bulletins from the War Department report that Geaeral Grant's communication with White House is @omplete, On Monday the anemy attempted to resist our advance en the Mechanicsville road, but were totally Fepalsed, with serious lose, Our corregpondents and Gespatehes furnish to-day « full and detailed account of the affair, General Lee’s army is now Ip tho intronch- mente at Meadow’s Bridge and Bottom Bridge. The @lege of Richmond has fairly becun ‘The news from General Sherman is most satisfactory. ‘The rebels made an atiack om his forces on the SIst ult., ‘But were repulsed after a sharp and brilliant engagement, Gen. Bhorman was at Dallas on Saturday.” Gen. Thomas Bad reached Marietta, and General McPherson was ‘within twelve miles of Atiants. General Jehnaton is falling back with bis demoralixed army to Athens, aad General Polk is retroating towaras Macon, Our ‘map, on another page, wit! illustrate comprehensively the ffoome of Shorman’s late movements, descriptions of ‘whieh are admirably givon by our correspondents in the ola ‘We have late inte!ligesce from General Butler's army. Al was quieton Tuesdsy. Mr. Stanton has nosing of teaportance to relate from there. 4 terrible catastrophe, by which forty New York Boldiors were killed, occurred near Newbern. N.C., on the Bch ult. Four torpedoes accidentaily exploded as the (rain eontaining them reached the station. The sigual tower, wear by, was blown eight hundred feet into the alr, Wogive the names o! the killed and wounded by Abie anlucky disaster. The arrival of the United Stutes steam transport (a- dawbe and the steamsuip Matsuzas at this port yestor- By, from New Orioans on the 251M wit., puts ua in pos tension of some interesting news from that quarter (he New Orleans Picayune was suppressed by the Provost Marsbal, on the day the steamer sailed, for pub- Usbing the bogus prociaumsiva of the President in an xtra. Despatches from St. Louis yesterday report the buraing of @ train and the brutal massacre of some eighty men and women—Union reviigecs from Jacksoavillo—at Salem Art., by # band of three hundred guoritian. ‘Toe rebel privatesr Florida entered the port of Hamil ten, Bermuda, om the 12th 0” May, on @ “flying visti” to Obtain American newspe. rs and letters. She reported Only one yoasel—the Avyoo-—-s# burned br her com- minder. ootton and tobaccy, reache! Berm ids from the 10th to Whe loth & May. bree stermshipe and oue #cbooner, laten with CONGRESS. nate yeaterday, Mr. Sbermen, of Obio, from fn the the committee of coniercuce on the disagreeing votas of the two bouses oa the National Rawk bill, made @ report, He exptaincd that thors were ouly aix points oF diference between the Scnate and the House, the latter having generally agroed to the (ormer's ameadmevts. tbe most material amendment was to require all banks, Kast and ‘West, to redcem their ecrreucy at par in Now York, ta- whoad of allowing Weetern banks a quarter of one per coat discount on their notes redvomadle 10 New York. Tbe Peport was agreed to. ibe Committes oo Foreign Affaire was disobarped from the furtoer consideration of the bili permitting the exportation of = goods from the British provinces through the United States. The Judiciary Commitice made an adverse reper: to the bill extending the jarivdiction of District Courts. The bill amoeding the sot relative to the public printing was passed. A revolution requesting the Secrotary of War to communionte news from the artuier as coon as he re. selves it, when the seme can be furnished without detri ment to the pablic interests, was adopted. The joint Cesclatien awarding the thanks of Congress and « gid Prmedal to Liewtouans Colonel Hailey, for extricating Admiral Porter's foot from Red river, was reported back by the Military Committee. The remainder of the ses. sion was devoted to the consideration of the Internal Revenue bill. Je the House @f Representatives the Bankrupt bili was reported, end dir. Jonckhes made an able epeech in its mupport. A motion t» iay it over till December wae megatived by twenty-.ue majority. A re- Pert of the comferengs commitice on the National Bank Oil! was aosepted, Bo the Dill only awaits the President's Signature to become aiaw. A bili for a vriige over the Gedsce river af ‘Albany was introduced and referred to he Commitéce om Commerce, The election case of sireh Against King, the sitting member from the Sixth district of Missouri, gave rise to an aorimonjous discuasion be- tween the contestants, The House decided tuat Mr. King should rotala bis seat, and wereupon adjourned, BUROPEAN NEWS. 7 ‘We eheamship AUrtralstino from Gesersiown, reached (his port, and the Nova Scotian, from Londonderry, Qassed Father Point, on her way to Quebec, yesterday. ‘The nows is dated to the 224 of May—thres days later, Intense anxiety prevailed in England to obtain news of fee progress of General Grant's campaign in Virginia. ‘The poopie were in possession Of advices, brought by the Bremen from New York, to the 7th of May. ‘A general impression provatied on the Stook Fxchange, @0 the Zist of May, that there was ‘‘some truth in the feport that Grant had won a victory over Lee.” The Febel joan deotined three per cont on the Zist of May. ‘The Cunard mem bip Europa, from Halifax on the (3th NEW YORE plan of campaign, ee far as the writers understood but they wore nervous as to predicting @ successful ult. Our, Berlin correspondent states that It was very geser- ally believed te the Prussian capital that « England abould fall inte a war diffouity on the Danish question abe would, in order to secure the neutrality of France, permis Napoleon to “rectify” the Rhine froatier, or eves Join bim in a recoguition of the rebel States of America. Our Vionma correspondent states that active mill- tary volunteoring was going on in that oity for the Moxi- ean legion of Maximilian. The eommandor of the Aus- trian contingent was about te embark for Vera Crus Numbers of adventurers from every country ef the coa- tinont of Europe were preparing to flook to Mexiee. Spain will recognize the empire of Mexico whea Maxi- | miltan has officially informed the Queen that be is ‘‘estab- Mshed.’’ ‘The Dano-German Conference te London had effected eethivg. Napoleon regarded the diplomatic puzzle which existed there with complacency, hoping, it was said, that the affair would teed te @ change of ministry in England, as a new Cabinet in that country would have “the cordial support of France.” The Swedish envey to the Conference complains that Letters, with secret instruc tlons, addressed to him, had bees opened in Germany. ‘The Germans ravaged the property of the people of Jut- land during the armistice, and the Danes demanded that the blockade of the German ports should be restored a @ measure of retaitation. ‘The Paris Menitewr denies the report of pending changes tm the French Cabinet, The Freneh squadron tn the Medi- terranean had beea orderea to make ready to sali for Tunis, ia order ‘to ealve certain difficulties which had arisen." It io sald that the cardinals resident ta Romo, at the latest date, had been summoned to a secret coaciave to @lect a successor to Pope Pius the Ninth before the death of the Pontiff, whioh is was daily bxpeoted would be aa. Rounced to the public. Kxceodingly and most avusuatiy warm weather pre- vailed in Eagiana, ‘The tmperialist Chinese army waa defeated at Koatung. Major Gordos, commanding the Anglo-Chinese forces, ‘waa wounded, and lost several of his officers, Consols closed tm London, on the ist of May, at 01% @ 13; for money. ‘The Liverpool cetton market closed quiet, with un Changed rates, on the 21st of May. Breadstuffe were fat. Provisions dull and downward on the @ist of May. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A meeting of the McClellan Exeoutive Committee was held tast evening at the Sinclair House, corner of Broad- way and Eighth street, The object of the orgaulzation in to establish in the various wards of the city political elabs for advancing the interests of Tittle Mac, whom they are sanguine of deputing to take the executive chair at the WRite House for the ensuing Presidential term. All the necessary initiatory steps wore taken to organize ward clubs throughout the city, and the greatest enthu- slasm prevailed among the members, who seomed fully determined to go MoClelian at afl hazards. The Board of Aldermen met yosterday afternoon. A Posolution was adopted authovizing the City Inspector to advertise for proposals to clean the streets for a period. mot exceeding five years. An fnvitation w attend the Grant mase meeting at Union square was accepted. In relation to the unflnished state of the Battery enlarge. ment, the Street Commissioner reported that the oon- tractors wore not under bonds, and that no Inbor had been performed on the work since January, 1853, wheu the Common Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the dumping of any more earth until the rip-rap wall was completed. The Board passed upoa a iarge number of Papers from the Board of Councilmen, and then ad- Journed until Monday next at twee'clock P.M. At a meeting of the Board of Education last evening 20 Dusiness of public interest was transacted. The Board wll hold 0 special meeting vext Tharsday to hear the report of the committee an the alleged Fourth ward cor- ruption case. Io this onse developments ere expected which will amount to a apley expose. The vast number of 10,280 emigrants arrived at this Port last week. This makes the mumber landed since January 1, 68,078. The number landed in the corres. ponding period of last year was 49,682 The balance of the commutation fund at present ia bank is $71,659 14. The largeness of the emigration this season keeps Mr. Caaseriy and his clerks almost constantly engaged. ‘The testimony iu the case of Edward Hunter, whose trial for the alleged murder of bis wife has been gelug on in the General Sessions for the past week, was summed Up yesterday by Mr Clinton and District Attorney Stow- art, Recorder Hoffman charged the jury io #he after. goon, sad, a8 thera was no possibility of thoir agreeing upon # verdict at tea o'clock, they were locked up for the nigbt Io the United States District Court, before Judze Betts, A decree of condemuation was entered yesterday in the case Of the achoouer Nellie, a prira to the United States steymer South Caroling he cargo was sold by the Marshal, the proceeds amounting t upwards of $20,000. A decree of distribution will be issued in a fow days. The steamship City of Baltimore, Captaim John Mire- boos, of the Inman line, which arrived at this port on Monday morning last, witt sail on her retura to Queenstown and Liverpeol om Saturday next, 4th instant, in piace of the Glasgow, The latter vessel will sail as daybreak this (Thursday) moraing for the above ports. Lact evening a steam planing mill, belonging to Ht. D. Crane & Co., ia West Tweaty-pinth street, near the North river, waa destroyed by fire, involving @ Ions of about $30 000. losured for $7 300. Tho stock market extibited a better fesling yeaterday, and moet of the shares of the Western railroads advanced in price, Gold opened duit at 187¢. but was run up to 189%. Government securities were down one-half to one per cent, owing to the rumor that the Secretary of the Treasury i@ about to put new bonds on ths market, The two years five per coat legal tenders, having had their first coupous cancelled, have gone te # me extent into circulation, which tended yesterday to render the money market quite easy. Owing to the continued fluctuations im gold, commer. cial trangactions contiqued on aamali scale,both in im Ported and domestic merchandise, yesterday. The army ews occupied the attention of business mon to the ex clusion Of most other things, amd business was only of Secondary consideration with most of the merchants. Petroleum was very frm. Cotto was steady. On *Change breadstuifs wore ices active, aad prices without decided change, except corn, which was scarce and 2c Se. better, The pork market stiffened apa little, and closed at Zhe, a BT }<c. dearer fer mers. Beef was also firmer and more active. Whiskey sold steady, Freights were Gull and depressed. Grant eed Sherman. We bave nothing later from Genera! Grant, theugh our eorrespondents give fuller perticu- lars than we previously had of the operations of the 28th, 29th aud part of the S0th ultimo, bringing us down toa time just preceding the action of Menday evening, on the Mechanics- ville road. The enemy were defeated, and Bow oceupy the intrenchments around Meadow Bridge and Bottom Bridge, which may be said to be the outer lines of the Richmond defences. The siege is thus opened. In General Butler's department everything continues quiet. General Sherman still keeps the rebels on the go in Georgia. McPherson, in advance, had been reinforced by Sherman, efter his battle hitherto reported, and was pushing forward for Atlanta at last scoounts, expecting to enter it thie week, while the main army, under General Thoma, reached Marietta on Monday. Early on Tuesday the rebels, too hotly pressed by Thomas, no doubi, attacked our forces at Marietta, but were beaten, and continued their retreat. Appatently, these vigorous operations have disorganized Johusten’s army, and are likely to disperse it, Johnston, with portion of his forces, is retroating toward Athens, fifty miles east of Atlanta, and Polk, with another @f May, arrived et Queenstown on Sunday, May 24,the | pertion, toward Macon Our great sacoess in Gay the Acntralasian left that port. The American news which Infieoced the Block Kxchange, aa reterrea to | *B# Southwest is alone almost enough to kill above, rwust consequentiy bave been that brought by the | the rebeilion, without any consideration of Bromee ‘The journals of London, Liverpool and Maschester ex- the beates 4 broken up condition of Leo's Brees very Cavorabie opinions of Greav'e abiite ant hia h arrow, HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1864.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. The Presidency—The Fremont Move mont—How Lincoln Will Be Deoseated. The political radicals of the late Cleveland Convention bave beldly entered the Presidea- tial field under the banner of General Fremont, and upon the broad and commodious platform of the Unioa, the constitution and the laws, the suppression of the rebellion by gunpowder, free speech, a free press, the habeas corpus, the right of asylum, the one term principle, the Monroe dootrine, entancipation and con- fisoation, and “liberty, equality and fraternity.” ‘The politicians thus represented have named themselves the “radical democracy,” although, with very few exceptions, their rank and file are drawn from the camps ef the radical re- publicans, What are they driving att Nobody imagines that they have put forward their Presidential ticket of General Joba OC. Fremont and General John Cochrane with any expectation of any possible contingency that may result im the election of this ticket. No. Their ebject is not the election of Fremont, but the defeat of Lincoln. Nor can this movement be regarded with indifference whea we know that It is sup- ported by a powerful body of honest and in- flexible radicals, including the Fremont Ger- man Legion ; and when we remember that the little abolition diversion of 1844, under Birney, though leoked upon at the time as e contempti- ble affair, proved sufficiently strong to take off from Henry Clay, in this State, the popular and electoral balance of power by which he was defeated. It will be remembered, too, that, incensed and disgusted with the doings of the regular Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1848, Martin Van Buren, heading an independent free soil ticket, and upon bis free soil Buffalo platform, in the name of the “free democracy,” carried away votes enough from General Cass, in this State, to turn over its electoral vote to General Taylor, thus de- ciding the election in old Zaek’s favor. By a similar diversion the “radical democ- racy” are now aiming to prevent a re-election of Abraham Lincoln. They declare that he has proved false to the cause of “human freedom;” that he has needlessly, in many cases, tram- pled under foot the liberty of speech and the press; that he has treacherously abandoned the Monroe doctrine; that his administration, in everything a failure, corrupt and incompetent, is leading the country on the high road to destruction, and that a new President is the first essential to the salvation of the country. Upon this bill of accusations we may assume that this Fremont faction will carry away the Lincoln republican majority of every State from New York to Missourf inclusive. Thus, taking it for granted that Abraham Lincola wilt be the nominee of the Baltimore Repub- lican Cenvention of next week, this independ- ent Fremont movement will clear the track for ® good conservative Union ticket from the Chicago Democratic Convention in July. But if either the Baltimore Convention or the Chicago Convention should hoist the broad pennant ef General Graat, this Fremont organi- sation will speedily collapse, as its main ob- ject—the defeat of Lincoln—will be aceom- plished. We will assume, however, that the renomination of Linooln at Baltimore is a foregone conclusion; and we wilt further assume that, without a cordial fusion upoo some popular name of all the conservative ele- ments of the Chicago Convention, its labors and this Fremont movement will amount to nothing. What thent Why, then, the Chicago Convention, casting aside “the time honored principles” er cant clap-trap and rubbish of the defunct democratic party, will bave nothing to do but to nominate General Grant upon his own platform in order to absorb the Fremont organization and walk over the Presidential course, General Grant is master of the political as well ag the military situation. The Baltimore Convention, in nominating him, will settle the Presidential contest at once, or the Chicago Convention, in taking him up in opposition to Lincoln as the candidate of the shoddy repub- licans, will soon develop the power to defeat them. Like the rebellion, the Presidency is ia the hands and subject to the good will and pleasure of General Grant. If this fixed fact cannot be made apparent at Baltimore it may be abundantly proved through the adoption of Grant by the Chicago Convention. This Cleve- land Fremont movement will neutralize the most of Lincoln’s State majorities, and the neme of Grant aa the candidate of the com- bined conservative Union elements of the country will become the signal for a great and wholesome political revolution. Tar Enouisa ano FRENCH GOVERNMENTS AND tae Reve. Privareres.—In the declaration of Paris France and England agreed to the abol- isbment of privateering, and invited this gov- ernment to make a similar promise. That we did not sign such an agreement may yet stand us in need. At the commencement of the Davis rebellion the traitors found immediate encouragement in the action of the British government, which recognized them as bellige- rents. France did the same, and the hopes of the so called confederacy, as a natural result, rose to fever heat. England went still further in bet encouragement ef the rebellion: she fursished supplies te the South, broke our blockade, and lastly, and most offensively, she built privateers for the rebels, through which agency our commerce has greatly suffered and our prestige been gravely attacked. Clearly this was a flagrant vielation of the treaty which binds that nation to the abolishment of priva- teering. France has not so openly broken her selemn obligation; bat there have been evi- dences of a great desire on ber part to do so. We now are assured that the French govern- ment will not allow the South te have ships built in French ports. We hope thia assurance ia sincere, as it will save France from such reprisals as we shall undoubtedly in due time make, es far as England is concerned. Tt ia a beggarly subterfuge, as was exposed by Mr. Cobden, for the officials of Kngland to let the rebel privateers go on the plea that they are “men-of-war.” Should England go to war with any nation it will be « matter of pleasure, and doubtless profit, for us to follow the example set us by John Bull, and furnish the nation warred upon by England with pri- vateors, swift sailing steamers, heavily armed and manned by picked crews, which shall be recognized by us as “men-of-war,” and allowed to prey on Knglish eommerce at will, always finding in our harbors a safe refuge and all the oupplies they may need. The English govern- ment eould not of course object to such « course, as it bas furnished so glaring « prp- cedent. Decidedly this privatecring business has, like other matters, ite good and its bed Gde—e feat we shall endeaver to laut @ urea ‘the mind of Joba Bull through his pockets all in due time. Wo shall not, to all appearances, have long to wait for a favorable opportunity. France may avoid these agreeable contingen oles by acting honorably in this shipbuilding business, and not allowing Davis to buy or build privateers in Freach ports. The War and the Ourrency- Our armies are, beyend all question, victo- rious in the two great theatres in which the war rages. Grant bas given the most substantial evidence of his ability to beat Lee, and it is hardly doubted that he will take the rebel capi tal. Sherman, in Georgia, has driven Johnston from point to point, until it has become prob- lomatical whether or no Johnston can make any decided stand at all; and there is, finally, a de- finite confidence in the popular mind that the rebellion will soon and certainly be put down. Yet, with all this, the price of gold continues to goup. This apparent vagary on the part of gold excites « great deal of ‘surprise; for the people think that, as our armies win battles, gold must godown. But it should be considered that other things affect the price of gold besides the operations of armies. In reflecting on the causes likely to depre- ciate the value of our currency the people look at once to’ the war as the maim or only one, whereas it is only just to consider that influence after we have considered the more immediate influences to be found in the administration of the national finances.. Causes within the na- tional exchequer always affect the value of national ourrency much more directly and forcibly than the successes or failures of war, and it is in obedience to such causes that gold now, continues to advance in price, although we are more decidedly victorious in the field than we have ever before been. If thenational finances are administered on notoriously un- sound principles; if a nation with « vast ex- penditure makes only what every business man can see ig an inadequate provision for the ex- penditure, the people must inevitably lose faith in ita solvency; and as the people lose faith its promises te pay must depreciate in value, thoagh it had all the victories of Alexander to eustain it. This is now our case. We are not the first people in whose history this apparent contradiction has been seen. Dur- ing the French Revolution the paper money of the republic sounded alll the depths and shoals of depreciation, though the republican armies won against the enemies of France the most bril- Mant victories. But no victories could give value to pieces of paper that were multiplied and multiplied with the most prodigal profu- sion, until their number was such that the peo- ple could not conceive the possibility of their redemption. No provision was made for the national expenses that inspirod faith In the national credit, and when that faith was gone the assignats, thet under a better financial sys- tem would have been expressions of value, be- came merely pieces of dirty paper. How different was the management of the British finances at a period of great difficulty. England, it is true, was « great commercial nation; but the difference in the administration of the finances alone explains the great difference. between the credit of the two nations. Mr. Pitt, under the advice of the business men of the country, adopted a simple, common sense system. He borrowed money for half the ex- penses of the great wars that England then entered upon, and provided by taxation for the payment of the interest. No government cur- rency was issued ; there was no undue exten- sion or inflation of the regular currency, and, though there was suspension of specie payment, and the quantity of bullion in the Bank of Eng- land went down to one million, the difference. between the price of gold and Bank of England notes scarcely exceeded twenty-five per cent through the whole period covered by the bril- liant victories of Napoleon. Here, on the one hand, was the most alarm- ing depreciation of a national currency coinci- dent with the sucoess of the nation’s arms, and, on the other hand, the steady maintenance of national finances in the face of continual de- feat. And these facts show distinctly enough that the operations of armies are not the only influence that.may affect a national carrency ; but they sbow that the geod or bad manage- ment of national finances is what is really vital to national credit. We have seen the history of the finances of tbe French Revolution repeated in the Southera confederacy, where almost unlimited issues and continual inflation have destroyed every vestige of national eredit. Memminger used up the credit of his government with the people on hia first issues—analogous to the French as- signate; and in France the assignate were fol- lowed by the mandats, which the people would not take at all. Memminger is now likely to suffer the same complete failure. It is in vain that he tries to wheedle the Southern people with the offer of the most temptingly decked out securities. He cannot get a dollar. All the time be has had cotton ae « real basis of value for his operations, and he has bad vic- tories enough; but his Anances have proved an utter failure, We have imitated, not the system of Pitt, but the bed one of the French Revolution and of Memminger; and how far our currency is now behind Memminger's in downward tendency it is not well to consider; but it is quite certain that it is on the same road in which Memmin- ger’s as well as the curreoey of the French Revolution went so far. Our people are daily losing falth in the national credit. They see the head of the Treagury Department anzious only over Presidential sehemos and not over provision for national expenses, and they fear that the exertions we are making to put down the rebellion will, under such bad manage- ment, put dowa the United States also. They have completely lost confidence in the gov- erament finances; and this is the reason why gold goes up, though eur armies so constantly beat the enemy. We shall not have a return of public confidence until we have another government; an@ meantime we can only hope for the least possible harm through the bad system ‘of the present one. The French and rebel currency alike depreciated gradu- ally te « certain point, and from that poins they went to absolute worthlessness at once. Let us hope that our ourreney may not reach that oritiesl point before there is a change. Conxnme Loarees.--We calk the particular attention of the police to the corner loafors who infest Broadway from Canal to Tenth street, and who are also to be found upon most of our frequeuted thoroughfares, These loafers stare decent wonen out of countenance, expeo- torate upom their dresers, and are otherwise common nealsances, They ought to be taught decency Le 0 station house and marality ia tho genteatisar, Tas ConermvrionsL Awmvouexr Asousume Stavany.—We are not surprised to find the so- called peace democrats and war democrats ia Congress voting against the amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery. It is now gene- rally admitted that this is the only legal way to get rid of the evil of slavery, and we do not envy those who are responsible for the defeat of this amendment. Perhaps the action of Congress settles the fate of the matter for this seasion; but we appeal from these legislators to the people, and from this Congress to the next. Woe be to those who strive to keep open #0 fruitful a eource of differences aud dissensions. They shall have their reward. $e Tus Bows Borie Nuwancs.—The Committee on Public Health of the Board of Aldermen have reported that, after hearing and consider- ing all sides of the question, they are forced to the conclusion that bone boiling establishments are great nuisances, detrimental to health and deserving of immediate removal beyond the city limits, but that they do not believe that the Common Council has the power to make ‘such removals. They agree, however, that this power is possessed by the Board of Health, and therefore request the Mayor to call that Board together immediately to take proper action in the premises. We second that request. After such an official report surely Mayor Gunther can no longer delay. A Now Sen: ° ‘THR DAVENPORT SISTERS AT THE COOPER INETITOYS. Prolific as the city has bees of sensations over since Grant commenced his great onward movenrens to. wards the rebel capital, an@ since the Davenport Brothers opened thaiy @xercise# at tue Cooper Jostitute, come weeks since, there fai bees & fort of quictus ia sonsa- tonal matters. Bus last night it was anounced that couple of Daveaport Sisters would essay in public a rep- Fesentation of some of those extraordinary performances with which their brothers bed astounded the New York public. Whethor sisters er not, they evidently under- stand (he business of the Srethers, and, as the latter ex- cited astonishment, these young ladies, by thetr demon- strations last aight, awakened @ most lively sensation, ‘The halt was well filled, A policeman was planted on ‘he platform to the left asthe audicuce entered. The orchestra struck up ag the hour of beginning tha per- formances approached. It wasn gay orchestra. It con- sisted of two violinists, one flutist and a bass viol. Awaiting the commencement of business, these musicians discoursed thetr music. Mr. Lacy took pportunity to excuse their umproficieney by improvising a new reading of aline of Shakspere, to wit—'There ig more music in the Heaven and the earth, ladiea and gentlemen, than is dreamed of in your psychology.” (Laugbter.) Mr. Lacy, with his accustomed gentleness of maaner, appealed to the audience to bebave themselves, because ladies, not men, were to be the subjects of their seratiny duriag the ‘eveming. (A round of applause.) He then repeated what he had previously said about the manifestations ef the Brothers, al! of which has been presented to the public, and then proposed that the audience should select the com- mittee Lo examine into the Gdelity of the demonstrations. Messrs. George D. Sickles (father of the General) and Captain Copeland, ef the Metropolitan Police, were select- ed as (he committees. But, there boing Indies in the cabi- eb, it was subsequently proposed that two of the gentler sex ebould be added to the committes, There were seve- ral cominations made at large to All thie space, including the names of some of our most prominent and fashionable tadies, all of whom wore present, The sélection finally fell upen a coupte of indies—one « young widow, im ber mourning cap and other carly weeds, and the other a tall and ploasaat young woman, who probably thinks she |’ looks better in biack than in any other positive color. ‘The entertainment begins. Mr, Sickles, in light pants aad a sack overcoat, knocks at the panels of the cabiact, jut as bie gon, the gallant General, is supposed 10 have ‘SWnecked at Lee’s battalions at Gettysburg. The son lost @log; the (ather only bruised his knuekies. The audi- ence was satisfied. Copeland, the policeman, is seated, with bis salary of one thousand dollars per annum going on, looking at the cabivet, after having. overhauled it tn the manner of old spoctacled Conklin, of the Davenport Brothers notoriety. The ladies are introduced. Ames inquires whether (they are sisters. ‘Ob, no,’ remarked « lady; “‘oue is married.” ‘Ab, that makes the difference.” Their appearance produced no particular sensation. ‘They look like a couple of well meaning young ladies who ‘would not be engaged knowingly in any disreputable ‘ransaction, and enter the closet with no manifestations that touched the ear or the sense of the sudience § They are there tied in th and equatoris! regions by the venerable energetio Copeland. Their lower, or the antarctic regions, have not yet been confined: their feet and ankles have yet to be tied, The old beau Bickles Diushes. Copeland, with all the effrontery of en expert detective, hesitates. The two iadies ap- pointed om the committee come, as tke request of Mr. Lacy, to the rescue and the rope, and the young iadies are secured secording to Gunter in the extremities of their delicate pedals. Here the bor closes. A small imitation of something in the way of touching upon @ guitar is heard. A jingle of tamDorine vext salutes the sense of the delighted and be- nigbted andience, An attempt is made to thrust that @ld hore through the orifice im the cabinet, The horn catches in the screening, and its exodus would have been afailare but for Mr. Lacy, who, like sponsors at a circus, waa always ready to prevent damage to the success of tho fair stare of the evening. This performance through, the doors of the cabinet are throws open, the lights are turned up, and the young ladies ara found tied an tight as they were before, and tighter than i€ both bad bees bound im the cords of wedlock. The audience epplauded. These experiments were repeated, and Ia every respect were similar to the de moustrations of the Davenport Brothers, but possessed lees of their force and charactér, and in short would, if It wore not for their cor, be esteemed little better than s pleasant pastime for obildrem and saperannuates City Intelligence. Prorsrry Lost axe Recovsess Dosua rum Samreary Parn.—General superintendent Keanedy yesterday made the following report to the Pelice Comminsioners in rele tion to the property lost and recovered during the tate Metropolitan Saaitary Falr:— Orrice ov twa SorEacrrenpany oF Pouce, 800 Mutamnay Sraset, New Yora, May 31, 1864. } Commmsrowmrs Merrorourran Pouce:— —Herewith receive the retarn of the arti. Street, and OF whlon io) unclaimed... ..... The untied srucise hare bee vo tee custody of the Property Clerk, aa by nie receipt of this date appears. forty one, with cash amounting to $22) 49, bave been restored. Thore were also one huodtred and seventy. @igtt parcels of money recovered, In sums from one cent to thirty-four dollars, amounting to $136, of whieh nine only have been restored, amonoting to $35 10. The @hole amount of cash in parcels snd Covored was $385 24, and owners wore found lor $254 09. Very reapectiully eubmittod. JOHN A. KENNEDY, Supermtendons Orzmva or we New Crem Rooms.—fhe new club house of the bankers, brokers and merchants was thrown open for business purpoeor yesterday, and was vinited by © great urmber of our moat prominem citizens. Tae splendid rooms presented @ most briliiant apporrance, particalarty te the evening, whea the elegant chandeliers wore in full biaze. About mine o’chck P.M. Mr, Hon- riques mado the frat sale of stocks in the Bourse, and was fomarkavis succeasiul, The attendance of bankers, ta ‘end morobants was quite large and the sale ver; Tho arrangements of the managers of the clu! ’ it. No one is admitted without a ticket, eat closeness by the doormus. with The Pittebarg "y i. Prrmeavea, Pa., June 1, 1964- Bustoess was suspended this afternoon on the opeving Of the Sanitary Pair. There wae « grand miiitary and @ivio procession, the largest over known, The streste om ‘both aides wore crowded in the whole ling of the proces sien, from Monongniola Hotel in Pitteburg to tho Fair Ground ia Adleghaay City, Governor Curtin delivered (he oration, witch was ¢athosiastioally received. The ‘Wiyntt Cade, from the Westobenter Military scademr, Ceatind coed serenia intareg’, should oy deolining It, armies are once more moving. prevailed of the direction ta acconet ted w large body of Foot, in the upper part of Henover, but it has confirmed and is unlikely. Tho more probable te that Grant put fortifications along bis tine the Junction to prevent an attack from General thea, returning to geet |g La ng passed down the ry to Hanovertown, « miles above the Piping Tree—the potat to which boats can come. Here he in said to have crossed the river wits the greater part of bis force, Ranovertown is sixteen wiles from Richmond. If Grant bas really landed there, he may be said to have alredy reached the destination for bi ce his check at Spottsy!vania—the His next base will be the f- jz0 up ¢o this moment has and he is compelled jastead of it. Haattli jill t ie. whole a defeat, (ts pias a faiture, rided scheme of McCtel! ingtos. having ene bair on the ‘arbed, ant ha might b&ve from the Ravidan to the Thickahomiay and our fortifications withow wastiog © cartridge on bim. But noither Grant nor his government would touct plan. It bad been tried hed failed ; besides, # wag McCiellan's. So they Norined another, after their own hearts. They would attack Ice at Mine run, far from his base, and destroy him there. Failing in thin would fight bim til! his army wee wrecked, and then the fragments before them ‘They would bas fr plying north <a Boy army 00 db: ne coming out through the aa Gordonsville, Gut thelr plan on the 12th of May. Qn that day the question, whether they could beat Lee iu the fle'd and pat fii into a teas tous retreat, was =. viel podin| 5 days Grant endeavored to renow 2 wis ability to bring up bis columns. Unable to remove the obstacle on the threehbold of his proposed camoniga. nothing was left but to abandon it and make his way down the valley of the Rapp«hannock to the bead weters of the York, a monstrous circult ta reach a point where he might bave ianded on the Ist of May, had uot bie hoad beon addled by his bg tha Pye and . Once, it is true, urn over Seton, but fomscrosiy: « repetition of Spotisyivants rt House ip readiness there. Now. we su , we may have another desisive battle of Cold Harbor, unless General Graat has become #0 much enamored with bis left flank that he will com tinue ic from the York te the James and forma junction with Betior. If be does so we may haves long summer day. Perhaps be wil! dig parallets end come to the with tho zig-zag. Perhaps be thinks himeelf back Vicksburg. It ts true, we believe, that the officer surrendered Vicksburg bas lately beeb pliced. modest title in high command at Richmond, It hat the Fourth of July ts not afer off. Put Tae regard are also close at hand, and Richmond wer be circumvaliated. + THE WAR NEWS. There ts little news to be givon thts morning from eral Lee's army, in addition to that contained in the letter of our special correspondent, and the despatches white appear under the telegraphic head. The situation i pretty well stated in them. It avpeare to be knows, least, thot beth armas are moving. Grant ts ri to have crossed the Pamnokey at Hanovertown and tebe moving down, probably for the point knowa as Piping Tree. in New Kent county, some fifteen or sixteen miles ef Richmond. OF the movements of Lee it waaid bo imere- dent to speak; but the reader may be woll assured thas he has his eve upon hie adversary, and will be prepared for him whenever and wherever be may show himself. Lee has never yet been surprised or onteeneraled, {a not likely that he witl be in this instance So far the armies have only been mancouvriog, sheets ; all was quiet, the encmy having disapneared. te from Grant’s army say that he does not tend to Aight, Dut is going to lay slexe to the city and the spade and shovel as be did with Pemberton at rg. They report great dissatisfaction among men, and s4y that ‘all are jesving whose term mont has expired. This is confirmed by what the Northern pavers. ia which the retars of ments are mentioned. From the south side we have nothing new this All remains qaiet, the situation (be same as Deen for several days past. The enemy is sttit caver of bis intrenchments and gunboats, and trem the accounts im the Northern papers, which we publish else where, It is not very probable he will try Besuregeres ates! votuntarily agate. It ts clear, from their ows ae counte, that Butters army has beea bandied, and bis men aro in @ wtate of areat From auch an army we bave nothing to fear. There is nothing additional from the Peninsule. ‘Yankeon are atitl renorted to be jurking in the victal the White House, but we bear pothing uew of operations. , ae pn THE APFATE IW CHAR! CITY COCNTY. Wo bave some farther particulars of the affair im Charlee City county, in which General Fitshagh [ee ven- tured 2 partial attack on @ force of the enemy intrencbed Dear the James river. The etatemonts of the great strength of the enemy's fortifications rre fully correte rated. They were strong'y intrenched behind a tiseet fortifications stretching out from the river in the form ef & horse shoe, before this ran & ditch some ten or twelve ind some fifteen to eighteen fest wide, and ow de more intricate apd Impenetrebie by the fm tertwining of wire with the limbs and branches of tae fotled trees So formidab'a and complete were their for- tiflcations that we are told by an officer, who narticipated in the affuir. that if would have taken our men two hours to cet inte their works, had there evea been vot 6 man tngide of them. . rrr test nappored’_Mesigen theie sambers tw than was first su; 5 4 trenohed, there were siz rundoate in the river playing ati: ‘opce our mon the time with om ot fen sco Under the circu i unwine to mal Id have ont to sixty men killed and wounded. ‘The Howitzer battalion, another of the companios sens out by Richmond at the beginning of the war, was em gaged tn the battles near Snotayivania Court House, as ® bas been in all the great batties fought by General Lee'a army. Several of the company wore wounded— Messrs, C, M. Piessante, Cary Kygleston, —— Coyle, William Hardy, Genry Sublet. The Yankees meade several at- tempts to charge theie battery, but were i9ed eroh Fortamss Mosnon, May 81, 1086. _ The feltowing order has besa tesued by Gen. Batior~ ance with orders from the War Departmens sai for senlaryFossone rs be gon will be distuterred tm (is department unt rat of October. By order o* ‘Major General BUTLER. Captain J. B. Lawrenee, Ninth New Jersey Vomatecrs, and private George A. Brown, of the Righth Maine voles Joon Rarry, Second New Hampshire; Jef. Geddes, One Hundred and Kighty eighth Peansylvania, and R PF. Ball, Mevente South Carolina (a prisoner,) dio4, one Sergeant F. A. Fiotebor of the Secoud New Hampabire, wounded ia thofarm, was admitted in the MeCloilen Bem pital Fealeriays — oeercess Monnon, May 31-4 PME The stearser Thomas Powel! has just arrived fron Bar. meda Auvdrad, All was quiet with Geveral Rudere tetese to-day. Tne Tarr. UNTON COURSE, L. 1.—-TROTTING, ‘The fartost and in every way the best trot of te season came off yoaterday afternoon at the Uniow Coares. ‘The rnee wan between Lady Kmma, May Queen and Dew Mace, mite heats, beat three in Ove, In harness, for © purse and stake of thirteon handred dollars, nad om won by Lady Emme tm three otraight heats, in 8:37 hg, BATH amd 220%. Tre Now York York Gtate ‘The annual olection of trustees of the New Inobriate Asylum was bold today io Binghamton. The J. mMavoun occu Vion Presideet; ‘Wm. A. Osborne, Treasurer, The aay lues wil ba dedieated om the 6th das af Dohotep ue