The New York Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES @ORDON BENNETR SDTTOR AND PROPRIETOR errs .W, CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. = — Wodume XXLK ...ceccesecesseesetaneeee@e 160 = = WiTH SUPPLEMENT. ee ay, Jume 9, 1864, New Yerk, Thi — THE SITUATION. ‘The government is sending reinforcements to General Grant as fast as possible, Two steamors loaded with troops, comprising several regiments, left Washington on Tuesday. * ‘Mr. Stanton reports that no movements have taken place since our last accounts. 1 appears that General Finnegan, who was not loos since in command of the rebel army in Florida, and who, it will be remembered, defeated General Seymour at Jack- sonville, and was subsequently sent to support Joe John- ston in Georgia, was present at some of the recent battles of General Lee, ad is now lying wounded in Richmond. ‘This fact shows how rapidly and bow constantly the Tebels are moving their forces from point to point, to sus- tain the weak pages when necessity demands it. Despatches from General Sberman, dated at Ackworth at balf-past six yesterday evening, state that his position at Allatoona Pass is very favorable, being the gate through the last eastern spur of the Alleghavies. The rebels are said to be at Lost Mountain and Kenesaw, but do not Present themselves in front of Sherman’s army. The Shonandosb valley bag been the scene of a victory which redcems the war record of that regton from the stigma that attaches to the mishap which befell Sigel’s e@ommand. General Hunter bas gaineda complete vic- Jory over the rebels at Mount Crawford. The fight Jook plice twelve miles beyond Staunton, on tunday. The rebel General W. E. Jones, who was left in command after General Breckinridge fas called up to su; port Lee, was killed in the action, and the town of Staunton—an important point on the Virginia Central Ruilroat—was occupied by our troops. ‘The Richmond jouroais are the authority for this news, and it is consequently reliable. A despatch from General Butler to Mr. Stanton last evening states that the Richmond papers of the ‘7th, which reached him, contain the sime story, The rebels bad fallen back to Waynesboro after evacuating Staun tov, Both points—Staunton and Waynesborc—are on the Toad to Richmond beyond Gordonsville and Charlottesyiile, ‘We give a map to-~jay of the scene of these important ‘operations. There is no news of importance from General Butler’s department, The rebels are making strong manifestations in Ken- tucky. A few days ago they made a raid, under the cele- brated John sorgaa, upon the town of Mount Sterling, amd captured the place. They destroyed the bridges and railroads between Cynthiana and Paris, and cut the tele- graph lines, A passenger train on the Louisville and Lex- ington Railroad, near Smithileld, was attacked by another band of rebels, and two passenger cars and a baggage @ar burned and the express car robbed. EUROPEAN NEWS. Our gpecia! correspondence from Europe, brought by the China, contains some imporiaat details of our tele- @rapbic news report from Halifax, dated tn the last days of May. Frota London we are informed that General George B. MeCiellan bas a fair chance of being deciared heir to the personal fortune of the late Sir Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde), the great warrior who, it may be said, won the empire of India to England. The family history of the case, given tn the letter of our correspondent, shows that tho hero of the Potomac army stands already well on the Mt of hoirs presumptive in the case, The deep avr @ y exprested by ll classes of men in London on the subject of the issue of Grant's campaign in Virginia, !s forcibly described by our correspondent in the British m The se stration over the polis. ts in Paris made a very nolsy demon. rat reports of the news of Grant’s ad- aid i he Northern army under Gront, and that he was now ready to declare himself our frm friend. The Parts a’rie, of all the city journsls, still upbeld the cause of the rebels. The Paris Patrie of speaking of Mr. Sew- ard’s answer to the Fr of Foreign relation to the protest of th d States Senate the establishment o: a monarch " are assured it is conceived in the most proper terms to avert all cause of misund tween France and the United States.” It was believed in Berlin that the crown Princess of Prussia (the Prinoess Royal of England) was actively intriguing the German party to get ber mother, Queen Victoria, off the throne, in the hope that an Eng- lish Parliamentary party would then act with Aust end Prussia in the Schleswig-Molstein afair, On the other hand the wife of the Prince of Wales was work ing for the same end, thinking that her husband, if King of Great Britain, would support the King of Denmark, her father, It was said ia Beriin that Lord Palmerston sup- Ported the plans of both parties towards an abdication a8 an excuse for some change of policy. Tue Liverpool Times of May 23 says that Joe Coburn, the opponent of Jem Mace, arrived at Liverpool on Thursday, the 26th of May, and looks all over a fighting man, i. ¢., be is an athlete, and is evidently one who ean stand training. He is most gentlemanly in his demeanor. During bis stay in Liverpool be wili remain at the Uni- ‘versal Motel, Waterloo road, Mace had been telegraphed to, and will probably meet Cobarn in Liverpool. These ‘facts were not known to Beil’s Life im London dated on May 28. CONGRESS. In the Senate yesterday, Mr. Davis urged the adoption Of bis resolution providing for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the administration of Genoral Batier, but fisaily re‘raiped from pressing the subject, ‘and it was passed over. Bills concerning private land claims in New Mexico, perfecting tho title of Blue Mount Ooilege, respecting consular jurisdiction over crews of ‘vessels \n ports of the United States, ai utborizing the sale of the hospital grounds at Chicago, were passed. The bill establishing @ bureau of freedmen’s affairs was briefly dircussed, A Communication was received from the President, enciosieg letters from the Secretary of War aod the Provost Marsha! General, urgiag & repeal of Ube clause of the Enrolment act whereby dra'ted men &ro exetnpted from miliary rervice on payment of three hundred dollars, whereupon Mr, Wilson called up the bill, heretolore reported by the Military Committee, designed ‘to meet the views of the antborities on this point. Some dobate ensued, but witbuut teking action on the subject the Seuste adjourned, Io the House of \epreseptatives the bill for a ebip Gana! around the fails of Niagara wae laid agide till next session. The quortion of wim ing exfombers of Con- gress to the floor of tte House was discussed and finaliy laid on the tadie, The Senate's amendments to the In- torval Revenue bill wero ordered to be printed and re forred to the Ways aod Mecms Committes. The consider- avon of tbe Bankrupt bill wes (ben resumed, and (he Giscussion continued till the adjournment. tt will prob. ably pase to day. MISCELLANEOUS NEWs. ‘The Natioval Republican Convention at Baltimore yes ferday renowioated Abraham Lincoln for fend selected Andrew Jobnaon, of Tennessee, as Gidate for Vice Presidout, Resolutions endorsing the Preaident’s oman|pation prociamation, declaring io favor Of the extirpation of tlavery, reatirming the Mooroe doctrine, and covering other pointe of tho republican oreed wore adopted. A National Committee was ap. pointed, aud the Convention adjourned We have dates from Bermuda to the Sist uit. The Bloamnar Pewenoay arrived om the 20th at Hamilton, from | White bat and coat? NEW YORK HEKALD, THURSDAY, Wiimingtoa, N.C. The cargo consisted of 1,003 bales of cotton and 407 boxes of tobacco, to Wm. P. Campbell. ‘The Rermuda Gazette, speaking of the contemplated de- parture for England of the Governer of the island, sa)#:— ©The present administration of the government has vow ‘extended somewhat over three years—a period far from uneventful in the history of the colony. During this time, owing matuly to the disastrous war in North Ame- rica, the commercial prosperity of the coloay has reached aimost a giddy elevation, bringing with it numerous in- tricate and perplexing questions, requiring considerable Sagacity and tact to solve.” A terrible aceident. ocourred op the New York Central Railrced, vear Syracuse, yesterday afternoon. The loco- motive boiler of the steamboat express train, going east, exploded, when about four miles from that place, killing three persons and seriously injuring twenty five or thirty others, In another column will be fourd a list of the pames of the sufferers, who were taken to Syracuse for medical treatment. The American Medical Association reassembled at Irving Hall, at baif-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, and transacted a considerable amount of routine busi. ness. Professor Gardiner presented @ set of resolutions asking the government for permission to send « fiag of truce boat to the South with medical stores, to be applied to the alleviation of the rufferings of Union and rebel soldiers in rebel hospitals, und supported his reso- lutions on the ground of humanity and a desire to advance the Interests of medical science. After some discussion the resolutions were laidon the table by a very small majority. The association will hold another meeting to- day, at nine o'clock A. M., and if the business can be all disposed of a final adjournment will take piace. The case of Abraham S, Jones vs. Thos. F, Warner, tn the Superior Court, before Judge Robertson, yesterday, attracted gomé attention. The parties are both brokers, doing busivess in Wall street, and quarrelled over the amount of interest to be paid on @ loan of $2,000 for twodays, Jones was the lender, and insisted on get- ting seven per cent, as agreed upon, Warner repudiated any such agreement, and said be would not pay the amount claimed. Jones thereupon applied some harsh epithets to the defendant, when the latter struck out from the shoulder, striking the plaintiff three heavy blows in the face, Verdict for the plaintiff of $250, with costs, There is an interesting nuisance case on trial in the Court of Common Pleas, before Judge Cardozo, The plain- tiff, Abrabam D, Cooper, of No. 93 Jane street, complains that the boiler sbop of Anderson & McLaren, in his rear, makes bis residence untenantable in consequence of the continual hammering incident to the business, A verdict of $100 damages was rendered agains! the defendants in the Marine Court some time ago, and now the plaintiit seeks to get an injunction restraining the defendants from making sucha noise, The defence set up is that the business ts perfectly legitimate, and that there is no law whereby the noise in question can be prevented. Case still ov, The case of Stephen Clark vs. James and Frastus Brooks, about which so much has been written, was on the calendar in the Court of Common Pleas, before Judge Cardozo, yesterday, but, as usual, the trialof the cause was postponed, There was considerable sparring between the counsel on account of the adjournment; but the mat- ter was finally settled by putting off the trial until after the holidays, when Mr. James Brooks, who is now in Washington, will have an opportunity to be present. ‘The case of ex-(iovernor Price, of New Jersoy, vs. J. P. Dewey and others, which has been on trial in the Supreme Court, before Judge Foster, since the 23d ultimo, was sent to the jury yesterday afternoon; but up to a tate hour they bad not agreed upon a yeralct, ‘The roll of petit jurors for the June term of the Gene- r ssl0Ds was called yesterday. A few gentiemen were excused by Recorder Hollman, while those who failed to answer to their names wore fined $25 each. The stock market evinced a more buoyant tone yoater- day, and prices were better sustiined. Gold alvanced a (rifle, and Lhe quotations were 4 fraction above 194. Gov- ‘ernment securities were firm and in more demand. Money ruled easy, and borrowers were accommodated in most instances at six per cent. Secretary Chase has con- cluded bis negotiations with the banks, and the govern- ment will now receive a pentiful supply of funds. The commercial situation remained unchanged yester- Gay. There was but a moderate business in foreign goods, while domestic produce sold only toa fair extent. ‘The changes Ip prices wore immaterial except in afew cases. Petroleum was mixed, reflued beayy, dull and nominal, and crude active and higher, Cotton was firmer. On 'Change the market for wheat and flour was strong, sellers baying a slight advantage as regards prices. Coro and oats were about 2c. a 3c. lower—a natural reaction from the jate unwarranted excitement and advance. Provisions were without decided change, if we except a farthor slight deprecistion in the prices of pork. Tallow was firmer and active. Whiskey steady. Freights quiet and without much change in rates. Groceries gencrally were dull. The Baltimore Convention—The Tieket and Platform. That extraordinary gathering of political oddsind ends, the Repulican or Union National sidential Convention, has closed its labors, adjdurned and dispersed. Its ticket is Abra- ham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Andrew Jobnson, of Tennessee, a Western ticket, and tbe plat- form adopted {s generally radical, yet withal strangely mixed up and curious, conglomerate aflair. Why Hannibal Hamlin was set aside, and why Andrew Johnson was, of all men, regarded as the man for Vice President, we do not pre- tend to understand. Jobnson having been, down to the rebellion, a regular dyed-in-the- wool Soutbern democrat, it may have been supposed that his name would give strength to Old Abe among the old live war democracy, and contribute, at the same time, to encourage the leading politicians of the rebellious States toabandon the unprofitable drudgery of Jeff Davis, and to come over into the remunerative service of Abraham Lincoln. It will suffice, however, that Andrew Johnson has been nomi- nated for Vice President, under the idea that he is a stronger man than Mr. Hamlin, although it is possible that the New England States may have aword to say upon this matter, which will be anything but advantageous to Mr. Lin- coln or his new colleague. The new platform upon which Messrs. Lin- coln and Johnson are mounted we must say isa stunner. The firet resolution of the series demands the suppression of the rebellion by force of arms. Good, although we think we have beard of this proposition before. The second resolution declares against any com- promise with armed rebels, except upon the condition precedent of their unconditional sur- render. Very well. The third insists that sla- very be utterly extirpated from the soil of the United States, and calls for a constitu- tional amendment to that end. Tbis is a plank from the Heratp platform. The fourth thanks our soldiers and sailors for thelr gallant and glorieus services, which is all very well. But the fifth approves the course pursued by Presi- dent Lincoln, including his emancipation pro- clamations, the enlistment of negro soldters, and so on, which is somewhat remarkable, after declaring for the supercedure of Old Abe's tinkering abolition experiments by the mode provided in the constitution, But what means the sixth resolution, which calls for harmony in the councils of the admin- istration, and approves only those officials whose sentiments and conduct are in full accord with the salient measures of the administration? Is this a shot at Mr. Seward, or at the Blair family, or at that inoffensive old man, Attorney General Bates? What would Mrs. Grundy say if Montgomery Blair, as Postmaster General, were made to walk the plank for the benefit of some bungry and gtumbling abolition philosopher in an old Who can tell? The sev- enth resolution demands full protection to the soldiers of the Union, without regard to color, which is a pretty broad hint that Old Abo hos fallen short of bis duty in this matter Tha eighth resolution declares in favor of foreiga immigration—a neat bid for the foreign vote. The ninth goes for a Pacific railroad, which probably secures all parties concerned in that project. The tenth pledges the national faith for the redemption of the public debt, which will be accepted as a good thing by Mr. Sec- retary Chase’s bondholders. Tne eleventh de- clares for the maintenance of the Monroe doo- trine, which, in winding up, is a pretty good thing for buncombe. Negro suffrage, negro equality, miscegenation, free love and woman’s rights, &o., are smong the reforms which the Convention turned out of doors with the mixed delegation of army sut- lera and contrabands, whites and blacks, from South Carolina. What Wondell Phillips and his radical faction will say to this we think it will not be difficult to conjecture. The de- velopments of a very few days, we apprehend, from @ popular reaction among radicals and conservatives, war men and peace men, repub- licans and democrats, against the corruptions, blundera and imbecilities of this administration, will show that Honest Old Abe, even on his new platform, will have avery “bard road to travel.” Another Victory in Virginie. Under the energetic and skilful direction of General Hunter our forces in Western Virginia promise to become once more of some account in the campaign against Richmond. According to news derived from rebel sources, General Hunter on the 5th instant fought and defeated the rebel General W. E. Jones at Mount Craw- ford, a few miles south of Harrisonburg. General Jones was killed, and his successor, pursued apparently by General Hunter, fell back through Staunton’ to Waynesboro, Gen- eral Hunter occupying Staunton. Staunton is an important point on the Virginia Central Railroad, beyond Gordonsville and Charlottes- ville. Waynesboro is on the same road, nearer. to Richmond. This victory is a more important one than it would at the first glance appear to be. Though the battle at Mount Crawford was fought by a comparatively small foree, it determines fomus the concentration of our forces in Western Vir- ginia. United ina single command these scat- tering forces will make a considerable body of troops, and whether this body joins General Grant, or whether it aets separately. though directly under his influence, it will doubtless materially affect the result of our operations. From the armies uader Generals Grant and Sherman there is no news of further move- ments, Tue New York Times Suanpgrina Generar. Grant.—On Friday last an action occurred be- fore Richmond, of which General Grant gave the following official account:—“We assaulted at half-past four, driving the enemy within his intrenchments at all points, but without gain- ing any decisive advantage. Our troops now occupy & position close to the enemy—some places within fifty yards—and are remaining. Our loss was not severe, nor do I suppose the enemy to have lost heavily. We captured over three hundred prisoners, mostly from Breckinridge.” Our own reports and those of all the other papers, including the first of the reports published by the Times, give fuller details of this action, but do not differ in re- gard to its main features. On Tuesday morning, however, the Timnas came out witha long account of the battle, printed in the largest type and covering over a page of the paper.. This report purported to be written by a literary man, who claims to be considered a philologist, but who has no practical knowledge of mili- tary affairs. Jt reviews Grant's campaign, declares that Triday’s battle was the most important of all, and argues tbat General Grant was very badly beaten and the rebels undoubtedly successful. Upon this re- port the World bases a copperhead article at- tacking the Union cause, and it will unquostion- ably be used by secessionists abroad likewise to help the cause of the rebels. Oar readers will remember that the Balti- more Convention assembled on the very morn- Ing that the Times published this report; and we have no doubt that it was written, at the suggestion of the Chevalier Raymond, to injure General Grant and assist Mr. Lincoln in that Convention. The Times has shown itseif so utterly enscrupulons in its advocacy of Old Abe that this theory is undoubiedly correct. If the Times report be true, then General Grant's report must be false. To anggest this, and to make out that Grant was a beaten general, was the object of the Times article. We have no words adequate to express our teprobation of such dishonest and malicious political mancevring a3 this. For a paper professing to be loyal, it is simply abominable. The report is calculated to aid and comfort the rebels as well as the shoddy politicians, for whose benefit it was written. We ask a candid comparison between General Grant’s report and the Times article, and after making this comparison no man can resist the conviction that the Times has prostituted its columns to the basest of slanders upon our greatest general for the purpose of influencing the Baltimore Convention against him, and that it presumes to impeach both his gencralship and his truth- fulness. We know of no more flagrant instance of the degeneracy of the party press, and no more appropriate means to assist the 7imes candidate for the Presidency. Our Wounvep Sobers iv ror Hosrirars—- Complaints reach us from the hospitals, where so many of our wounded soldiers are lying. The men state that the food they get is of an inferior quality—such as even a well man could not relish; that comforts such as should be at the disposal of the sick and wounded are witbheld, and that in some instances an insuffl- ciency of nourishment is offered. Taking into consideration the vast sums given by the peo- ple towards the alleviation of the suffering of the sick and wounded soldiers, and the daty of the government in that respect, no such com- plaints should be made with justice. We are aware that at a period when hundreds are be- ing wounded dally the care of these sufferers is & momentous affair, and that in the hurry of the moment some must suffer. Still we deem it a duty to all that attention should be called to those matters, that those directly concerned may #0 amend abuses that for the future no occasion for complaints may exist. While on this subject we would state, for the benefit of the proper parties, that further complaint is made by ladies who are willing to go to the hospitals as nurses, but for somo reason find their services refused. Why should this occur when so many nurses are needed? National Finances—The Proposed New Lean. Four hundred millions of dollars are to be borrowed on coupon or registered bonds, adt lees in denomination than fifty dollars, bearing six per cent interest, and redeemable within forty years. We rogard this measure as a sound one, financially, and asa measure that, if car- ried out, will constitute the Secretary of the Treasury a public benefactor. Sucha measure is the real remedy, and perbaps the only remedy, for the unhappy condition in which the national finances now are. Intimation has been given by the Seoretary in various ways of an intention to remedy at the earliest possible day the present infinted condition of the currency, and by a judicious contraction to restore the public money to its natural value. This purpose cannot be re- garded as a chimerical one; for, not only ought our money tobe very much nearer in price to gold than. itis, but it is simply preposterous that, in a country so rich as ours in all natural elements of value, the public currency should be at ninety or a hundred per cent dis- count. Such a fact is entirely at variance with the history of finance. As we have hitberto shown, paper in England kept very near to gold when the British government waged its immense wars against Napoleon. Yet our government is immensely richer now than England was then; and, if we compare the re- fources of the two countries with the war ex- penses of each, we find that there also the com- parison is greatly in our favor. Yet our paper goes sixty per cont lower than English paper did. Wespend, as compared with our ability to pay, about half what England did, and our money goes twice as low as hers went. Noex- planation of this can be given, except an ex- planation drawn from the errors of our financial system, and the opportunity that those errors have given to speculators. Secretary Chase’s new loan must tend di- rectly to the desirable contraction of our cur- rency—-that is, to remedy this great error and to restore the government money to its natural relation with specie. Doubtless some opposi- tion tothe loan will make itself felt for this very reason; but such opposition will of course come from the speculators, who find their advantage in that condition of the finances that, if continued much longer, must ruin the country. These gentry will be troubled by this measure, and many of them will be smashed to pieces by it; but the country can endure with admirable philosophy the ruin of a few thousand speculators, who, together, have done our cause as much damage as might have been done it by a rebel army. We can endure the ruin of such fellows, the more especially as itis merely a question of the ruin of the speculators now or of the whole people by and by. Yrom the operation of this loan we may con- fidently anticipate a change in that condition of our finances that bas induced so many clear sigtted men to consider that a convulsion by aud by was inevitable. By such a contraction as this measure must induce we will, as the phrase goes, be let down easy, and the currency iil be brougbt so near to the standard of value bat the resumption of specie payment will be very much less difficult. Not only will this loan tend to obviate a convulsion, but it will ve immediately a beneficial effect upon Prices must go down, for the burtben of difference between government paper and gold will be taken from the currency and thrown elsewhere. Goverament stocks, which can stand it so much better, will then bear the load which the necessities of the people have lately borne in the great depreciation of paper money. Beef will be cheaper, and as prices tmprove in this respect the tone of the popular mind will be healthier. The Park—The Extension of the Seventh Ave and the Proposed Great Circa lar Drive. Gay to gorgeousness is our beautiful Park ia these bright sunshiny June days. Every bour in the day it presents some scene of enchanting beanty, with its acres of glittering flowers, whose aroma fills the air and soothes the senses; its unrivalled emerald lawns, its beau- tiful trees and shrubbery, its pretty lakelets, its well kept and marble-like drives, walks and rambles, and, above all, with its thousands of bright aud happy facee—men, women and children—who visit it, either as pedestrians, in small family picnic groups, or upon horse- back, or in equipages whose briNiancy and polish dazzle the eye in the vivid sunlight— all to enjoy the rare pleasure afforded by a few hours’ relaxation upon the delightful and cheerful spot. To atlempt to add to the present attractions of the Park would seem like attempting to “gild refined gold or to add fresh perfume to the violet.” But so it is, The Park is such an idol with our citizens, and they all have such an unwavering confidence in the probity and bonor of the Park Com- missioners, that whatever proposition is made calculated to add to its attractions, as we have before intimated, is cordially ap- proved. A few words further in regard to the Park Commissioners, which will probably farnish a clue to the reason for the confidence which our citizens repose in them in relation to the expenditures for beautifying the Park grounds and keeping them in their present high state of excellence. It is a notorious fact that scarcely am appropriation for a matier of public ornament or utility has been made by our city governmment for many years past that has not been improved as an oppor- tunity for robbing the public treasury; and so disgusted have our tax payers become in consequence of the flagrant acts of swindling which have attended the expenditure of some of these appropriations that they view with suspicion nearly every proposal for an affair of public ornament and recreatitn, fearing that it may be onnnected with some plunder- ing scheme or other on the part of corpora- tion jobbers. This is so far from being the case in regard to the Park Commis- sioners that taxpayers aver, without hesi- tation, that the money appropriated by the city for the purchase and benefit of the Park grounds is the only money appropriated for a similar purpose for which the oifizens ever received a corresponding return. Hence the confidence of taxpayers in the integrity of the gentlemen comprising the commission, and hence their willingness to concede to any proposition ema- nating from a respectable class of citizens in- tended to enhance the present and prospective attractiveness and value of the Park. We have already stated that the last Legis- lature authorized the extension of the Seventh | avenue from the northern ond of the Park to a point near or at Harlom river, and that the business was pieced in the hands of the Park . JUNE 9, 1864—WITH SUPPLEMENT. Commissioners. This was an assurance that the work would be fairly done. And we have fur- SHOCKING RAILROAD CATASTROPHE. ther stated that it had been suggested that the | Explosion ef a Locomotive Zugime Neaz same avenue be continued along Harlem river, taking a curve to Spuyten Duyvil creek, and, running along the Hudson river, through the charming and picturesque scenery of Washing- ton Heights, re-enter the Park by way of the Ele- venth avenue—meking a circular road or a Pleasure drive without an equal in the world for beauty and extent. This proposition, we understand, meets the hearty approbation of Property holders and taxpayers, and all others who take an interest in enhancing the alluring beauties of the Park, con- fident that the measure will inure to the common benefit of the citizens of New York; end what adds much toward securing the success of the proposal when it is bfought before the next session of the Legislature is the fact that the intention is to place the entire business in the hands of the Park” Commtis- | sioners, who have thus far worked so nobly and so faithfully for the people in carrying out the design of a grand public pleasure ground, and who will, without doubt, labor with the same agsiduity and fidelity in consummating the proposed improvement. With the adoption of this plan, and the selection of the Park Com- missioners to carry it out, the irritating con- test which has bothered the Legislature hitherto about the cutting up of that romantic region, the Switzerland of America—Washington Heights—into so many grog-loafing corners and streets will be ended forever, and an im- movable incubus placed upon the efforts of those disturbing and speculating spirits who, in breaking up cherished localities and memo- rable landmarks, look only to their own per- sonal advantage. The citizens and taxpayers of the region particularly concerned in this grand improvement of the Park—the erection of & magnificent circular drive of some ten miles in extent—should begin to move earnestly in the matter, and see that the great object is not defeated by any want of energy and resolution on their part. By its success a new attraction will be added to the pride of New York, a new charm united to its already innumerable graceful and health-inspiring features, and a new emotion of pride and satisfaction fill the public heart. NEWS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI. Mr. F. @. Chapman's Despatch. Hsvena, Ark., Jane AY Via,Cairno June 8, 8:40 P.M. The rebel blockade on the river is not as sertous as gen- erally supposed. The steamer Emprese, Captain Samuel Rider, master, on which | came to this place from Vicks- burg, Passed through unmolested, except by a few dis- charges of musketry at Gaines’ Landing and Eunice. Shecame past dangerous territory in midday, without convoy. ‘The flect, with General Smith’s troops om board, came up to their place of disembarkation yesterday, and ure now unloading at a point below tne mouth of White river. Untess Marmaduke leaves there will probably be a fight to-day or to morrow. All the revel batteries have been withdrawa from the river. unobstructed. ‘The impress is the last boat up from Vicksburg. ‘The iron-clad Loutsville has gone down to assist the army. ‘We met no boats from above after leaving Vicksburg, excopt the Illinois, which we spoke below the blockade yesterday mornii THE REBELS RAIDING IN “KENTUCKY. Capture of Meuat Slecling—Railroncs and Telegraphs Destroyed, &e., &c. Cixcinwatt, June 8, 1864. Arebel forcs, supposed to be under John Morgan, made en entrance into Estero Kentucky afew days ago, end this morning captured the town of Mount Steriing. The rebels also destroyed the bridges aod tore up the track of the Kentucky Central Railroad, between Cyn thiana and Parls, They a'so cut down the telegraph wires, Another gang of rebels attacked a passenger train on the Louisville aud Lexington Railroad, near Smitufteld, burned two of the passenger cars,a baggage car and robbed the express car. Morgan's forces are estimated at twenty-five hundred A portion of bis command took possession of Paris this afternocn, and it is thought have destroyed the extersive trestlework near there been destroyed between Varis and Cynthiana, Pa: of Baird’s station since three i’. MM. BUTLER’S DEPARIMENT. The Weather—Beaurcgard Still in Our Front, &c. MR. CHARLES H. HANNAM’S DESPATOR. Hranguartens, 1x tue Fisup, June, 6, 1864. 4 QUIET BUNDAY bas been enjoyed by this army, prospect of fine weather and hard dry roads, SRVERAL REBEL DESERTRRS came within our lives to-day. They repeated the story told afew daya sinco that Beauregard was abandoning his works on our front, Fort Clifton, one of strongest rebel works, they said, baa already been abandoned, General Butler being desirous of ascertain- ng the truth ip relation to this matter, ordered his guns to open fire on the fort. This was done shortly before six o'clock, commencing on the right, gradually extend. ing along the whole leagth of the line, when the gunboats participated in the demonstration. The rebels returned our fire; bat their shells in most instances fell short of our picket live, We foand out that they still occupy the works on our front and then ceased firing. No casualties are reported. JUNE 6—7 AM, Everything continues quiet. News from Fortress Monroe. Fortress Mownor, June 7, 1864, Lieutenant Payson, Aid-de.Camp to General Devens, ar. tivod at Chesapeake Hospital last evening wounded ‘The steamer Metamora arrived at one P. M. from the White House, with few sick officers, They had not ‘been in the front for several days and brought no news whatever. Four o’Croox P. M. The steamer John A. Warner, Captain Cone, has ar. rived from Bermuda Hundred. She reports that no fight- ing was reported there. No news had been received from General Grant, Ne camnonading had been heard. Deuths in the Chesapeake Hospital June 5, 1864:— David Noakes, 13th ladiana. Jas, Goodrich, 148th New York. William A. Goddard, 9th Maine. Heory M, Park, 40th Massachusetts, nm in the bg ine Hospitai, June 5:00 wiry a Connecticut, ‘Thomas =D. Foun Beal, O7th wes Charles H. Smith, 4th New oe apni Olark Kastman, ‘Wm. Hall, 67th Ont Martin Russell, 118¢h New "york. ‘tier HH. Jone, ‘7th South Carolina bert Rozier, 11th Bonth Carolina (rebel). The ory Outward Bo ié Bound ‘The ee ae th sailed this forenoon, anh waren tema ses — Arrival of the Dam: Vanraen Pour, ©. E., ‘The stoemship Damasous, from Liverpool y Londonderry 27th, bas just bere on hor vo; Qnabea, Nows anticigated by the arrival of the oo 6 P.M. May 26, via we Tt may be safely stated that navigation is now Iwo important bridges bave of the rebel forces are moving north on the Kentucky Contral Railroad, avd there has been no communication south The rain ceased falling about noon, when the clouds began to break up, and be- fore sunset they had cotirely disappeared. There is now Syracuse—Three Persons ;Kilied and Fifteen or “syringe ‘Weunded—names of the Sufferers, je eee ae, ‘The steamboat express train from the east this a/ter- ‘noon met with a terrible calamity. The engine exploded when four miles east of here, killing three persons and injuring some twenty-five or thirty ethers, several of them seriously. ‘The locomotive (No, 83) 8 a complete wreck, and alse three or four of the cars, One piece of the engine was carried eighty rods. The bodies of the engineer and fireman were buried under the engine tender, baggage and smoking cars, sad were shapeless masses. ‘The Journal furnishes the mecnree list of cagualticn— James Groen, engineer, vot By Syracuse, Thomas Higgios, fireman, Jacob Massey, of Westmoreland, ind, Oneida county, and Supervusor for that town. ‘WOUNDED. Mrs. Giblia, of Verona, Oneida county, about the head, eres had three ohilden with L her, one.of " ‘whom was slight- byt +o ne Henry Miller, of Somerent Niagara county, about the head. She had two children with ber. ae Wylie, residence not stated, in the head, slightly ighess Smith, residence not stated, in the head, tly. ‘shies Conner, brakeman, Schenectady; in the chest, John Tooley, ot Jorate City, head and arms, slightly. iareee Teony, resi f, erates, im tne head, slight Mr. aad Mrs. A. Sanders, of ‘apotievtii; Oneida oo mnartisa thus noma egy warelooth fjcregriet the asd mn, and she badiy in the spine, losing the use of ber aoe of Detroit, Mich., in the side and back, stigtly, N.S Swan, of No 47 Onondaga street, Syracuse, in the arm and side, badly, James Chitby, residence not stated,in the side and be » Slightly. wi of Chittenango, in the head, slightly, of Brooklyn, in toe head, arms and ), of Brantford, Canada West, in chest and spine, severely. Some fifteen or twenty others were slightly Injured, all of whom have been brought to this city and received every possible attention, THE TURF. ys Races —Spring ings SECOND DaY. ‘The crowded stands and tho full field of vehicles yes- terday afternoon plainly indicated the bigh estimation in which the endeavors of the Passaic Agricultural So- ciety are appreciated in giving the public racing in 4 fair and honest manner, The presence of such large numbers of respectable ladies and gentlemen on the course also proves their great tondness for sports of the turf whem conducted properly, and all that is necessary to insure fature success is to give good flelds of fast horses, @ variety of races, maintain t e stringent rules thas. have been :dopted, and the sem!-annual race mectings at Paterson will be extensively patronized by the most re- spectable people in the land. There were four races yes- terday, three of which were very good, the other being a gallop by one borse, Captain Moore, he being, the only entry for the premium. FIRST RACE, The first race on the programme was for the Underwood Gift, a premium or $200, for all ages, oue mile dash, for which two started W. H, Ren(ro entered b. f. Dora, by Ringgold, dam Roxana, by imp. Chesterfield... Jobn Hunter eatered b. ¢. Copeck, by Yexi Kosetle, by imp Yorksbire........ time, 14714 ‘the filly was the favorite previous to the start at one hundred to seventy-five. She bad the inside postion, aud got away vicely with a lead of a length, which sbe increased to two at tho quarter pore, ‘Time, twenty-six geconds and a half. The Sliy maintaived her »dvautage if mile pole in fifty-ove and « halt seconds. On quarter stretob she drow farther away from the acd cume up the homestretch @ winner by four or sbe wis then u&med by the judges Dora, Ste bas been kuown heretofor’ as the Ring- gold iilly, sister to Vipperory. ‘The bugle thea sounded to bring up the hdrses for the SECOND RAGE, which was the Nugery Stukes, a swoepstake premium of $200, for two yop olds; $100 gutravce, $50 forieit; ters of a mile dash, to carry 90 pounds:— renterca vik. f, La Now Paterson, ton, dam colt, tive levgtus in Ls fs BY tap. Knight of . colt ve! that sh ha u ® 18 quarter was run in bweuty-Uve and o ult seconds. THIRD RACE. There wag but one enty, tho third race, which was & premiom of $400 !¢ 4s, turee wile dasb, Janes 8, Waison’s b. ¢. ( Moore ut the cull of the bugle came on'the track, and being started. dusued wronud the course three times, frequently showing some fine bursts 01 speed. Alter this tbe stand and vad read At a my that th , running of tne trated by Jo of Charles d the crowd aronnd thelr ollowing resolution:— ommittes, it appearing ad tu relation (O bid Wry, PEEP will De fouad Me, Koiffs version of the affair referred to above, ' KTH RACK, This race was d sted the selling race, $300 for all ages, aud a quarter mile dash, horses entered to be sold for $1,000 (vo eutries for a bigher price), aud to the race, and all over the price nvmed in the eutry we Ko to the society ; the owner to retain his horse should be Bot bring the price named. No penaitics for other racee won, This brought six horses to the post, which are placed as they came in at the finisb:— Join Hunter ed b. c. Copeck, by Lexington, ¥ iro, 4 years old, price by Lexing- by imp. Albion, 4 years od, price $600 W. H. Strong entered ch. b. Puneb, by Mabomet, dam by Yorkshite, 3 years old, price $800... B, Hogan entered b,c. Zig Zag, by Rurie, ‘dam’ by Zeuith, 4 years old, price $1,000 meme & Hall entered o J old, price $1,000. . vhs ith entered b dam Railz, by Irustes, 6 years old, price $600 ‘Time 2:18% The above wae the most exciting race race of the day, the best being reserved for the last. 1 gelling was very brigk all the afternoon, up to the timo of starting, s few of which we give to show the state of the odds. Copeck At the opening brought $50, Miss Hayes $30, Red Eyo $0, Ponch $8. avd 71g Zag and Hill avis togetber brought ‘Afterwards Mise Hayes t Ly bins in peck $100, Punod $30, Red @ 326, 7: d Bub Davis $10 ‘The race being mile and a quarter, the horses had to Start from the three quarter pole at the fout of stretch. Before getting away, Bill Davis and Other borses collided, and the rider of Bill Davis horsed, but pot ipjured. He soon mounted agaio, was in his place at the start. The horses had a good send oil, Mise Hayes i, tho lea, with P second, Copeck third, Zig Z Rea Kye fArth, Hab Davis ‘in the rear.’ Miss ey ted past the stand one length abead of Punch, Copeck close ar hut ‘i Jog ® length bebi Red Eye a good fifth, Bill ° last, Copeck then cut loose on the upper tur, ree and took sides with Miss Hayes and Puneh at the quar pole, the others tailing off. Goin down the backstretch to the half mile pole, Copeck wont in front, passing that point a peck ahead of Punch, Miss Haycs a ‘th behind, Zig Zag aod Ret Bye fcliowing two leugths ‘ther off, while Bill Davis seemed to have given up the content. Up to the three quartor stretch the race was very oxoit- jopeck maintaining the lend, notwithstanding the ¢ Punch and Misa Hayes, who wor ry head and ead to overtake him. It was now apparent that the obavces of Zig Zag and = and the race lay with the three They came up the homestretch at # ratting pee, Copeck going over the score first, leading by ® on: Jongthe; Mies Hayes second halt o length aboad of Punch, who was two or three lengths aboud of Zig Zag, who beat Red Eye about four | Bill Davie Peele ant coer ene to the stand, This in- teresting race closed the sports of the <4 The following es Sb, or onremime for this afternoon: — ‘Tho Kequel Stakes $500, for three year olds, two mile dash, closed with fifteen en! News From Caltfornia, Bar Faamciece, Jane 7, 1966, Great preparations are making throughout the Stas for the celebration of the coming Fourth of July. Twolve hundred kegs of gunpowder bave been re ootved from the Banta Cras Mille—the first lot mana- State va a bith - tov sagen to day, Gould & Operorel vessels Rave cleared for Chinese — cargoes Of quicksilver, lutnber, (wi rated? "Pre a jpreme Court has issued a peremptory ordering Ube Bupervieors of San San Franciaco to issue boo: for the city’s Ed ia in the gum of six hundred thousand dol! carry their proper weight, Those eutered to be sold for $1,000 atiowe for $600, 14 Jbs.; if for $300 28 ibs.; the winner to Be sold at auction immediate ly ater * BY