The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1865, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. DrvICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. & Volume XXX, on AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WALLACK’S THEATKE, Broadway.—Sxoxers Wourst Kxowina. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Tux Stesets or New ORK. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowory.—Rooxwoor—Tax Punare Div—Venaont Woot Duatxe—Jony Bxita. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tamuna 4 Tantan—Jack Gusrranp—Swow Binp. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tus Suamroce. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Tua Live In- oun—Paorun's Lawren. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Hamuxt. BARNUM'’S MUSEUM, Broadway.—Two Mamoru Fat ‘owen—Living Saeixton—Dwanr—Leakwep Sxat—Guann moraouu—Fanins, ‘Tim Hares, &0.—Day and Evening. BRYANTS MINSTRELS, Mechanica’ Hall, 472 Broad- way.—Eruiortan Songs, Dancus, Buacxsgurs, &c.—Tux Bison Cuxmist, WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Hamier— On to Rroumonp—Etuiorian Sonos, Danous, &0. SALLE DIABOLIQUE, 58 Broadway.—Rosrer Hztiar— Hancequin Santa Crav, VAN AMBURGH & C\ (089 and O41 HIPPOTHEATRON, Fourteenth _street.— Grunastic any Aonopatic Entsaraineents— Buivensaxp. TURKISH HALL, 720 Broadway.—Osoawyan's Ontentan TERTAINMENT. '§ MAMMOTH MENAGERIE, ‘Broadway.—Open from 10 A. M. to 10 P.M. URSTRIAN, ARLKQUIN AMERICAN THEATRE, No 444 Broadway.—Baucers, Panrommiss, Bun.xsqurs. £0.—Gopensxy. VANNUCHD’S M Figunvs—Fuana Me NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broady Open from tv A.B 0 PLM M, 60 Broadway.—Movine Wax Now York, Saturduy, January 14, 18 THE SITUATION. We publish this morning Generals Butler's, Weitzel's and Ames? reports of the late expedition against the Febol works on Cape Fear river, North Carolina, together With some Interesting correspondence which passed be. tween Gen als Grant and Buttler prior to the suiling of the expodttionary force from Hampton Roads, throwing much light on the initial movemonts of this enterprise. Very interesting despatchos from our correspondents in Savannah, dated to the Sth inst., were brought us by the steamship Arao, which arrived bere yesterday morning. Affairs in the city are reported as remaining quiet and unchanged. Very exciting stories had como in, to the of- fovt that in a number of the interior countios of Georgia ® majority of the citizens had proclaimed, at elections held for the purpose, in favor of the United States govern- ment, and raised the national flag; that Governor Brown had disbanded the State militia and was heading this Union movement, and that war of the most relentless character betweon the loyal and secession inhabitants was imminent. These siories, however, neod contir- the traders takon the oath of allegiance. mation. Nearly all in Savanna had There was still great sufforing for necessary provis’ons among the poor of the ity, a8 well as to considerable degree among the General Sherman's entire army was boing re- clothed and re-equipped as rapidly as possible. ‘The Fit- teonth corps had already donned its new habilimonts, and had had a grand review, presenting a fino appear- ‘woalthy aace. One of our correspondents has exhumed some amusiag and instructive documents showing tho endeav- ‘orm of prominent secessionists in the early part of the re- Dellion to improvise a navy. Mr. Henry 8. Foote, of Missisipp', whoa short time ago delivered a speech in the rebei Congress, bitterly de- unciatory of Joff. Davis and the whole rebel govern- ment, and then resigned his seat, was captured a few days since at Ocooqvan, only fifteen miles from Alexan- dria, Virginia, by rebel cavalry who had been sent in pur- fuit of him At the time he was endeavoring, in compony with his wife, to make his escape from Rebeldom, and had, in fact, got within the Union lines, when, owing to an unavoidable delay on his part, Jeff's emiscaries were enablo to overtake and capture him. Mrs, Foote has arrived in Washington. The water in the James river has recently been very high, in many places overflowing the banks, and it ap- poars that it has washed away a considerable portion of tho bulkhead of the Dutch Gap canal, which the explo- sion on New Year day failed to remove. It is said thata stream ten feet wide and several feet deep now flows through it. Deserters from Lee's army report that some of his troops have lately been sent from Richmond to oppose Shorman in South Carolina. A detachmont of Early's rebel army, ander General Rosser, made an attack on Beverly, West Virginia, on Inst Wednesday, and, after an obstinate resistance on the part of the small national force stationed there, cap- tured it and made prisoners of @ considerable portion of the garrison, and soon after moved of. Nothing definite regarding the programme of the mis- sions to Richmond of Mr. F. P. Blair, Sr., and Genoral Singleton has yet bocn made public, ‘was expected to reach the rebel capital yesterday. Mr. Blair has not yet returned to Washington. A Halifax, N.S., despatch states that the late rebel pirate Tallahassee, now changed toa blockade runner, and called the Chameleon, is under arrest at Bermuda ‘Tho blockade runners Owl, Stagg, Charlotte, Maria Camp- boll, Whisper, Susan, Bierne and Dieppo, aro also at Ber- muda, and the Colonel Lamb is at Nassau. Forty-three blockade runners have been lost out of seventy-one which havo visited Bermuda during the paat year. A docision on the validity of Jeff. Davis’ commission to the Lake Erie pirate Burleigh isto be given in the court tn Toronto, Canada, on noxt Tuesday. EUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The steamship China, from Queenstown January 1, reached this port yosterday morning. Her news is two Gaya later. Although the news of the fall of Savannah had not been fully confirmed, the English writers laud Shorman’s “atratogy"’ aod boldness and the bravery and endurance of his troops in the most decided terms. Indeed, as our London correspondent remarks, even the London Times had “hedged” on the subject of the war, and Was likely to take tho lead as an English supporter of the Union cause. Shorman’s triumph was regaried in Paris as of the vory highest consequence, and rome prominent rebels in that city doclared that if the State of Georgia permitted Savannah to be taken there was Little hopo for the cou- foderacy. The prospect of a war between reunited America and Great Britain was beginning to loom up in political circlon both in London and Paris—Canada was pointed to as the battle ground. Tho London Post, Lord Patmerston's Cabinet organ, Continues its denunciation of “foreign marauders’ in the United States from Canada. The Pope's enc¥clical letter produced a profount sen gation in England, France, Italy and Belgium, and feel ing was fast extending to other countries. Compols clored in London, December 81, at 89% for money. The Liverpool cotton markas waa quiet, with father a better tone, on the 3iet. ultimo, Breadstuifs were quiet and steady and provisions sieady the same day ‘The steamship Edinbure, from Liverpool on the 28th and Queenstown on the 20th of Decowber, arrived at this port lant night, General Singleton CONGRESS. In the Bonate yeatorday, petitions for m reduction of the daty on imported books and paper; for a Territorial NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, instoad of a State government for the loyal section of Virginia; and for relief for the soldiers captured in Colonel Streight’s raid into Georgia, and who are now languishing in rebel prisons, were all appropriately re- ferred. A petition to have @ lost government bond made good, clicited the information from the Chairman of the Finance Committee, that the Secretary of the Treasury had indicated his intention to make good the loss of bonds after the lapse of # year or so, but if Treasury notes were lost they could not be returned without further legislation. The Secretary of War was directed to report the number of men furnished by the States under tho call of July last for five hundred thousand men, The Consular Ap- propriation bill was then passed, all propositions for in- crease of salaries being defeated. The resolution direct- ing suspension of pay and emoluments of Colonel Chiv- ington’s command, until their conduct towards Indians in Colorado shall be investigated, was adopted, and, after an executive session, the Senate adjourned ti Monday. In the House of Representatives a petition was present- ed from the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, complaining that the military censor of the tele- graph lines would not allow his despatches relative to the removal of General Butler to pass over the wires, while the correspondent of the Hara.p obtained the same information at headquarters, and published It some days in advance of all the other papers; also praying that the telegraph lines be placed on the same footing as the mails. The subject was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The debate on the constitutional amend- ment abolishing slavery was then resumed, and finally the subject was postponed for two weeks from Tuceday next. A memorial from New York merchants, to have the fire claims of 1845 paid, was Presented, and after transacting somo !mportant business the House adjourned till Monday. ' THE LEGISLATURE. In the State Sonate yorterday Mr. Laimbeer presented petition numerously signed by citizens of this city, asking for an investigation into the affairs of the city de- partments, ‘The bills reported favorably were those con- firming the Bounty act of the New York Supervisors; Incorporating the State Building Association, and to amend the Jaw relative to the assessment of bank stock. The bills introdueed were to amend the charter of the ‘Transit Lifo Insurance Company; providing for the re paymont of moneys illegally collected by the Health Commissioners of New York; making appropriations to the New York dispensaries; amending tho charter of the yfor the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents; nlso to enable qualified voters of this State in the military service of the United States to vote in the fleld, and or ten or more are together they to choose their The Senate then adjourned until wher own election ju Monday ever In the Asvenibly the concurrent resolutions of thanks to Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas and Ad- miral Farragut were adopied, Mr. Keegan voting in the negative, A resolution of thanks to General Butler a8 introduced, which was lnid ou the table under the rule. Bills were noticed in relation to taxes in New York; for a railroad in 125th street; also legullzing cer- tuin resolutions of the Common Council of New York. Bills were introduced to incorporate the New York and Brooklyn Railroad. and Ferry Company; to incorporate the Corn Exchange and Warehouse Security Company ; to legalize resolutions of the Common Council of New York relative to the conveyance of land to the Gorman Hospi- tal; also to amend the charter of tho German Savings Bunk of New York. Adjourned to Monday evening, at half-past seven o’¢lock. 7 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Another moeting of the Chamber of Commerce eom- mitico having In charge the matter of furnishing supplics to the suffering poor of Savannah was held yesterday afternoon, when contributions to the amount of about thirty-tive thousand dollars were announced. Two steam- ers are now loading with provietons for this purpose— the Denil Web:terat the foot of Canal street, and the Re. econ Clyde at the foot of Wall street—and both will wail within the next two or three days, ‘The latter will proba- bly be ablo to get off to-day or to-norrow. The Produce Exchan:e committee aro co-operating with the Chamber of Commerce committee, and both are hard at work. Up to yesterday morning the contributions iu Boston for the relic! of the Savannah sufferers had reached twenty-five thousand dollars. In the case of Bridget Sexton veraus Morgan O'Brien, before Judge Barbour, in the Superior Court, where the plaintiff sued to recover five thousand dollars damages for an alleged breach of promise of marriage, the jury yes- terday rendered a verdict In favor of the plainuff, asses- sing the darmages at five Lundred dollars. In the Surrogate’s Court the business transacted is large and stendy. Last week there were about a dozen wills admitted to probate. In one of them—that of James Ferguson—seven hundred dollars is given to the Sisters of the Holy Cross Society of the Twenty-third street Roman Catholic church. A large calendar of caves was disposed of yesterday in the Court of Goneral Sessions. Ira Bride was convicted of stealing eighty dollars from David Walton in a dis- reputable house in Greene stroct on the 3d inst., and sont to the State Prison for two years, James Caddell, a helpless cripple, indicted for burglary in the first degree, pleaded guilty to the third grade of that offence. He was sentenced tothe State Prison for two years, and literally crawled from the bar to the prironors' dock. Patrick Clark, who pleaded guilty to picking the pocket of James Ryan, was sent to the State Prison for two years, Thomas H. Harris, a notorious pickpocket, who abstracted the portemonnate of Mrs. McGuire in a railroad car, was sent to the State Prison for three years and six months, John W. Oliver, aclerk in a hotel in New Orleans, was charged with stealing @ coat from An- tonio Roger; but the evidence to sustain the prosecution was 90 slight that the prosecuting ofticer consented to his discharye, Charles Boyle was tried and acquitted of a carrying a slungehot. Other pleas of minor tm- e were put in, and the parties remanded for sen- ‘The following were among the cases dispored of yes- terday by the police magistrates:—Charles C. Marsh, a clerk in Lord & Taylor's store, in Grand street, was com- mitted to the Tombs charged with purloining seven hun- dred dollars worth of goods from his employers. J. P, ‘White, druggist, corner of Columbia and Rivington streets, and Frank W. Harris, of 220 East Fifty-third stroet, alleged to have been receivers of these stolen goods, were also arrested, and the former was committed to the Tombs and the latter required to give two thon- eand dollars bail. Dr. Jolin Frederich, of 827 Water street, was required to give bail to answer the complaint of popular patent medicine manufac- turer, who charges Frederich with counterfeiting his pills, A Baxter street junk dealer named Daniel Camp- bell was arrested and required to give one thousand dol- lars bail to answer a charge of having stolen, or received, knowing them to be stolen, two hundred dollars worth of school books belonging in Grammar School No. 30. Richard Blake and Daniel McCormick were sent to the Penitentiary for acting in a disorderly manner and destroying property in a restaurant in West Thirty-ninth street, and threatening to shoot the proprietor thereof. A domestic named Margaret Atkins was committed for trial on the complaint of her late employer, Mr. Samuel H. Thurston, of Fourth avenue, who charges her with stealing from his house one hundred and twenty-five dol- Jars worth of jwelry, wearing apparel, &e. Counterfeit three dollar Dilla on the State Bank of Camden, N. J., were put in circulation in this city last evening, ‘The new School Inepectors held a caucus Inst evening. There were fifteen present in all. The programme of their future action was cleerly defined. The proceedings were most harmonious as well as prompt, though sufficiently deliberate. A meeting of receivers end shippers of leaf tobacco was held in thiscity on Thursiay to protest against the export duty of forty per cent on that commodity recently proposed in Congress, and a committee was appointed to proceed to Washington to confer with the House of Repre- sentatives Ways and Means Committes on the subject. A special meeting of the Kings county Board of Super- visors was held Inet evening to consider measures for procuring additional funds wherewith to pay bounties to volunteers. It was announced that the county cortifi- cates of indebtedness isaurd for this purpose and now outstanding amount to one million five hundred and four thousand dollars, To releom theve a set of resolutions submitted proposes to lovy & special tax. Decision on the matter wae postponed till next meeting. A new on- rolment is now being made In the county, and assurances have byn received from Washington that on ite or: rooted hasis the quota will be reduoed. Fredorick Douglass, the colored ora¥br, delivered an ad- dress last evening in the Cooper Tnstitute, in favor of granting to the negro the elective franchise, His lecture was racy and was listened to with interest by a large audi- once. Bichop Thomas C, Brownell, of Connecticut, presiding Bishop of the Protestant Kpiscopal church in America, ied at hia residence in Hartford, Cenn., yestorday morn- ing, i the oighty-sixth yoar of his age. ‘The stock market was heavy yesterday, Government securities were dull. Gold was feverish and slightly de- prossed, closing a 219. ‘Thore was but littlo business accomplished yesterday, espoctally in imported merchandise, Domestic produce was dull and generally lower, though but a moderate business was consummated. Petroleum wes dull and nominal. Cotton was algo dull and fully 10, lower. On ‘Change the flour market was quiet, and closed at about ‘Thursday's prices. Wheat was inactive and prices nomi- nal. Corn was firm but quict; while oats wore dul! and declining. The pork market was more active, but un- settled. Beef wan decidedly more active at unchanged rates, Lard steady and in fair demand, Whiskey was leas active and scarcely so firm. Freights were quick The Pope’s Manifesto—The Most Impor- tant Document of the Century. We published yesterday the full text of the Pope's encyclical letter, dated at Rome on the 8th of December last, This document is of transcendent importance to all Christendom. There has been no religious manifesto of equal gravity during the century. Every Roman Catholic throughout the world—and in what part of the world are they not to be found?— will study the letter with anxious interest. The grant of a plenary indulgence for one month, to the faithful of both sexes throughout the universe, concludes the manifesto, and would secure for it universal attention even if the subjects upon which it treats were not of so striking and popular character. Aroused at length to the radical and revolutionary spirit of the age, and recognizing the encroachments made upon the apiritual domain of the Oburch of Rome, the Pope has overcome that desire for otium cum dignilate, so natural to his years, and thun- ders forth a vigorous protest against the isms of the day. A spectacle so sublime may well startle and astonish the present practical gene- ration. To many the Pope has seemed a mere figure-head, and many others had forgotten all about his existence; but ona sudden he has broken his long silence, and now stands boldly forward in the full consciousness of his powers and of his ability to wield them. Paradoxical as the statement may appear, this manifesto against revolution is itself revo- lutionary. Should it be carried out with the same vigor as it is written, it will reform Chris- tendom and regenerate the Roman Catholic Church. The publication of such a document was not determined upon without ample and mature reflection, and, doubtless, some idea of its tendency was communicated to the most prominent Catholics of Europe long be- fore its actual appearance. Only upon this hypothesis can we comprehend the manifesto of Maximilian in rogard to the church property in Mexico, recently printed in our columns. Coming from a Catholic country to reign in another Catholic country, with the blessing of the Pope resting upon him, Maximilian would not be likely to do anything displeasing to the supreme Ilead of the Church. We may consider, therefore, that his order to investigate the titles to the church property in Mexico, and to restore to the original owners all that was not willingly donated, was in effect the forerunner of the encyclical letter, and partially explains its meaning. ‘Tbe Pope has discovered, as we have often assured him, ihat it is better to g ive up the material power of the Church in order to retain the spiritual, than to risk both in a useless struggle for the mere earthly part of her possessions. Maximilian has inaugurated this idea in distant Mexico, and now the Pope announces it from Rome. United Italy has found a capital in Florence, and the impetuous Italians will no longer clamor to be led against the Imperial City. France is about withdraw- ing her troops from around the Papal throne, and no new bayenets will be needed to protect @ spiritual monarch who rules the hearts and consciences, rather than the bodies, of his sub- jects. Little by little the temporalitics of the Church are to melt away, like a cloud ; but as the process of reform approaches completion, the spiritual power will shine more and more brightly, until it gloriously illumines the whole world, like a sun of peace and righteous- ness, bearing universal blessings upon its beams. If this interpretation of the design of the Holy Father be correct, his plans will be suo- cessful. All the errors, the failures, the dan- gera of the Catholic Church have arisen rather from her temporal than from her spiritual connections. In this country, where she has studiously avoided entangling alliances with the State or with political factions, her power has been gradually and immensely increased. During this war her bishops and priests have strictly obeyed the rule which commands them to respect the government under which they live. A remarkable instance of this occurred some time ago, when Archbishop Hughes, of New York, and Bishop Lynch, of Charleston, ex- changed letters—the one in favor of the Union, the other in favor of the so-called confederacy, but both agreeing in their devotion to the Roman Catholic religion. Many of the other churches, on the contrary, have identified themselves with the very isms which the Pope so emphatically rebukes. Some of them are intimately connected with those politi- cal parties which “promise liberty, while they are slaves to corruption.” Under the patronage of these churches are published those “pestilent books, pamphlets and journals which deceive the people and wickedly lie.” Their ministers go from the pulpit to the politi- cal rostrum, and from the stump to the pulpit. They introduce their politics into religion, but keep the amenities of religion out of their poll- tics. They ally themselves with every new notion, and think more of increasing their sala- ries than of increasing the number of true con- verta. The consequence of all this is, that while the Roman Catholic Church has steadily advanced in this country, all the other churches have deteriorated. Should the same policy be pursued by the Church in Europe we shall see the same result. The Pope baa evidently been informed of our progress; but if he were to visit us, or to remove here permanently, he would understand us better. Certainly the new era of Catholicism would be greatly advanced if the Head of the Church were to come to this New World and himself assist the reform by his presence. But, whether he comes to America or remains at Rome, the Pope will assuredly regenerate the Church and reorganize society if he persists in the scheme which he has so grandly announced, and which now challenges the attention of the civilized world. Excrasn Incas ov Prace.—The absurd secesh invention that somebody bad beard in London that somebody had said in Paris that about the 4th of Marca England and France would recognize Jeff, Davis, is best answored by our latest news from Europe. . According to this authentic information England is getting more and more anxious from day to day to avoid a quarre! with the United States, and Louis Na- poleon has his hands full. The prevailing de- sire of peace in England and France isto keep the peace with the United States, The English are beginning to express their fears concerning Canada, and Napoleon is doubtless wondering what is to become of Mexico. Tus Strver Cuzanma Troverz—Tas Ds- cision OF THE CouRT To-D4y.—For the last two or three days the street cleaning question has been agitating the publio mind in a new form. ‘The ill-advised action of Mr. Hecker in getting out an injunction to prevent the pay of wages to workmen for labor had and performed, brought that gentleman into temporary, but rather serious trouble, There need have been no difficulty at all about the matter; and we are glad that it is to be definitely disposed of to-day. Judge Ingraham, before whom the arguments were heard on Thursday last, having taken the papers, has promised to render his judgment this morning. It is manifest to common sense that Hecker’s injunction will be removed and the wages of the laboring people paid. It was obtained through the promptings of 1 self-con- stituted body of men, who have no right to in- terfere with such amatter. It istruc that every taxpayer has the privilege of getting out an injunction for good reason; but the public will not submit to the unnecessary interference of a eelf-constituted society when the laws are sufficient to meet all the exigencies of the case. If there be any com- plaints against the City Inspector let them bo presented in the proper form; and, if sus- tained, the Governor is authorized to ac: in the premises, This was the proper way to have settled the matter; but, as it now stands, wo have no doubt that it will be disposed of to-day. No judge will ever sanction such proceedings as those inaugurated by an irresponsible body of citizens through one of their own members. The injunction will therefore be discharged, and the wages now due will be paid. It is necessary that something should be done. Our streets are in a most filthy condition, dangerous to the health of the whole community. The gutters and sidewalks aro filled and covered with mud and ashes, which should be instantly removed. And this has been the result of the untoward interference of the Citizens’ Association in matters which they do not understand, and with which they really have nothing to do. Wuar’s ~ THE Winp?—Major General Sickles, we learn, was suddenly summoned to Wash- ington two days since, and was observed entering and leaving more than one of the departments ina rather mysterious way. He returned to New York on Tuesday of this week, and ordered a stateroom aboard the Costa Rica, bound for Aspinwall. Yesterday noon he embarked, attended by a single aid-de-camp and an orderly, and by this time he is well out at sea, The General is not on the road to California, for we have dis- covered that he has been ordered abroad, but where, we must leave to the conjecture of the quid nuncs. It is certain that a man of the General's position and admitted ability is not sent out of the United States ata juncture like this unless he has a task assigned to him. But here we are a prey to conjecture again. If we had any clue to his destination; if we knew a gunboat was waiting for bim at Aspinwall to carry him to Vera Cruz or to Rio Janeiro, or, at Panama, to carry him to Lima, then we could say the General was going to look into the intrigues always bearing against us in Mexico, or to put his finger on the sore spot in the Florida affair; or, perhaps, to thwart Spanish designs against Peru, who may have asked advice and assistance from Old Abe, or Seward, or thundering Stanton. But, as we really do not know where the General is going, or what he is to do, we are obliged to drop the subject; but, as a mystery is just the sort of thing we love to explore, we give Gene- ral Sickles due notice that our correspondents in Mexico and Central and South America will be on the alert the moment he puts his foot ashore; and be must know how to keep a State secret well, indeed, if be can elude or mislead us very long. if Tur ConatrroTionaL AMENDMENT.—It appears to us that the House of Representatives is wasting time in its protracted discussion of the proposed amendment of the federal constitu- tion declaring slavery abolished and forever interdicted throughont the United States. The constitationality and the expediency of this proposition are so plain that they need no labored arguments to prove them so. If the friends of the measure are hesitating for fear they may fail of the necessary two-thirds in pushing the vote, the best thing they can do is to postpone the resolution for a while until the opposition shall have had a few more con- vincing arguments in its favor from Generals Grant, Sherman and Thomas, and from Jel Davia. “Orp Asr’s” ApvANTAGE as A CIVILIAN OVER Jnvr. Davis as a Soupien.—According to the Richmond Examiner the greatest misfortune to “the confederacy” has been and is, “that its first President was, or thought himself to be, a military man. If he had been some worthy planter, who never was either at West Point or Mexico, and had no special qualification save ®@ maaly straightforward Southern spirit, thon he would have never thought himself com- petent to plan distant campaigns or interfere with generals in the field.” But Mr. Davis studied war at West Point, and one day in Mexico he formed his regiment of two hundred and fifty men into the shape of a V, and, con- tignes this Richmond critic, “we feel its evil effects to this day. If we are to perish, the verdict of posterity will be, ‘Died of a V.’” The reader will thus perceive the advantage which we possess in “old Abe” over Joff. Davis. The one has found out that he knows nothing of the art of war, and leaves iis management to General Grant, while the other, in his vain conceit that he is a groat soldier, has brought his armies, his confederacy and himself to the verge of destruction. Nor a Bap Ipea, 1 Honesty Carnten Ovt.—- Mr. Laimbeer, in the Senate at Albany, yester- day presented a petition, numerously signed by wealthy citizons of New York, asking for an immodiate investigation into the affairs of the city departments. To this there can be no honest objection, provided we have an honest investigation. But we have some reason to fear, from the immonaity of the public plundor of this city, that » legislative committee of inquiry will JANUARY, 14, -1865. be aptto degenerate into a committee of the lobby for a new division of the spoils. Let the experiment be tried, however; for it may possi- bly result in such disclosures as will wake up our taxpayers and set them vigorously to the work of reform. AID FOR SAVANNAH. Movements of the Chamber of Commerce and Produce Exchange Committees— Steamers Loading—Colonel Allen at Work, &o. ‘The suffering people of Savannah, before many days are over, will have plenty of the necessaries of Iife— thanks to the generosity and magnanimity of the North. ‘Two steamers.aro now recelving thelr cargoos of provisions and other articles on board, viz. :—the Rebecca Clyde, at the foot of Wall strect, and the Daniol Webster, at the foot of Canal street. One will go under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and Produce Exchange com- mittees, while the other will be sent out by Colonel Julian Allen, the agent appointed by the people of Savan- nah, with the sanction and by the authority of Major General Sherman. The Chamber of Commerce committee met at one o'olook yeaterdny, Mr. J. R. MoOurdy in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and spproved, the fol- lowing subscriptions to the relief fund were announced :— C. Mutual Life Ins. Co. segeeesee <f 3 500 200 100 50 50 100 Zophar Mills... .... Columbia Ins. Co. J. & J. Stuart & Co... 250 Orient Ins. Co.. Un‘on Mtual Ins. eesti ys tay 250 8. Knapp & Bro..... 100 Maury Brothers. 3 z Stam: ford Manufactu Ss 50, Ward, Campbell & Co, 100 26 Atlantic Mut. Ins, Co, 600 100 Poter Rico & Co. 100 60 50 50 2 J. 25 2h A. EK. Kent & Co. 25 10 Reuben Jones... « 10 3.8. Conklin. a a ‘The following articles, with their prices, wero then an- nounced as purchased by the committee for shipment on board of the Rebecca Clyde:— 600 bbls. flour...... $5,200 10 bbls. onions......_ $70 300 bbls, Ind’n meal. 4,000 20 boxes bacon... ..2,000 300 4 boxes hams - 400 por 3800 60 bbls. bean: + 615 10 bbls. pickles. 120-6 bbls. lard. + 212 10 bbls. vinegar. 150 6 drums codfiah.... 240 200 bbis. potatocs, 800 160 qrs. fresh beof. .. 2,300 200 bbls. turnips and 100 carcases mutton. 500 Carrots.....+.... Captain Nvr called the attention of the committee to some remarks which had boen made at a recent meeting relative to Colonol Allen. He deemed it necessary that nome action should be taken by the committee so as to remove any wrong impressions which might have gone abroad relative to Colonel Allen, In conversation that day with Captain Allen McLane, Proaldont of the Pacific Steamship Company, that gentleman had spoken in the most complimentary terms of Colonel Allen, whom he had known for soveral years. Aftor some furthor remarks on the same topic the mat. ter was dropped without say action being taken. It wax stated that a member the committee had been despatched to Washington in order to procure the neces- sary permission for shipping the goods to Savannah; but no answor had up to that time beon received. ‘The mecting then adjourned, It is probable that neither tho Daniel Webster nor the Rebocca Clyde will get off before to-morrow or Monday Probably the Tattor may leave to-day. The former is avery large steamer, and tt will take some timo before her cargo is complete. She will positively gail on Monday, if not be- fore. Colonel Alicn ts working hard indeed to have her ready. He has received large quantities of > posed from Boston and other places, which are being put on board as rapidly as possible. Bo-tox, Jan. 12, 1865. The cash contributions to tho Savannah aid fund up to last evening reached The New Schoo! CAUCUS OF, THE INS?ECTORS—THE PROGRAMME AGREED UPON, kTO. ‘A meeting of the newly elected and appointed School Inspectors took place last evening in the ball of the Board of Education. The meeting was ontirely infor: mal; but the programme agreed upon will undoubtedly regulate tho future action of these important ofticers Gevertheless. ‘The following gentlemen, representing all the school districts in the city, were present:—K. M. Perley, B. P. Woods, Robert Ennever, D, W. Allen, Honry Clausen, J. G. Fictzin, Andrew Mills, James Kelly, Hosca B. Perkins, Dr. W. B.'Eagor, J. H.’ Anthon, John Otterson, George Duroche, J. G. Keys and Robert Paie. ‘The Clerk of Board of Education, Thomas Boeso, d was very efficient in explaining the I system, the diMcuities to be ex- ected by the gentiem: ‘nt in the dischargo of their nties ad inspoctors, and ins xzesting the rules which it would be advisablo for them to udopt and follow. The law providos that two inspectors shall attend the examination of teachers and certify the fact before di- plomas cam be awardod to the téachora. It war agreed that Saturdays should be the day on which these exami- nations shonld be made, and that each cand date for the certificate of a teacher must have a testimonial from at lonat throe reputable citizens of the district in which the candidate resides, as to moral character, kc. Tt was also agreed that before the Inspectors sign any Dill for repairs, excooding $20, it must have the approval of the trustees of the ward in which the work is done, and the Superintendent of School Buildings. Mr. Bower remarked that it would be well to keep a watch over the action of trustees in this way. Mr. Punarys replied that he felt seoure aboat his ward, because there is purity and honor enough ‘at Washington Heights to cover up all the iniquity with which it may be tainted. Dr. Eaawn suggested that the pay rolls for teachers’ salaries should only be signed when the clerk of the Board of Education certifies that they are correct, This was also agree to. Mr. Penkixy suggested that nome time in each month should be designated in which to meet for the purpose of signing the pay roils, which was likewise agreed upon, Mr Aytuow suggested that the signature of bills and pay rolls ahould always be made at the hall of the Board of Education, which was also concurred in. It was finally agreed that the course intended to bo pursued should be printed, for the purpose of ctreulation among the invpectors and other school officers. ‘The igoet ect harmouy pervaded the meeting, and the deliberation and frankness with which each propost- tion wos discussed formed a od contrast to the pro- ccodings of most of our public boards. The promptness of action, too, when the morits or demerits of each - sition became reasonably clear, was likewise @ noti feature, and seemed to foreshadow an improved as woll as & NEW regime of the school system of the city. ‘The loading spirits of the meeting were Messrs. Perkins, Anthon nod Eager. ‘The Draft in Kings County. TOE SUPERVISORS AND THF COUNTY BONDS—aA DI- RECT TAX TO PAY BOUNTIKS RECOMMENDED. At a apociat mooting of the Kings County Board of Su- pervisors, held last evening, the special commitice on the subject of disposing of the county bonds for the pur- pose of paying bounties submitted a report, in which they state that the banks and individuals holding certi(- cates of indebtedness, with a fow exceptions, are not willing to accept bonds in place of the evidences of bape! indebiedness they now hold, bat wish the county to redeem the certificates held by them. The committee Likewiae expres the belief that it is impossible to tlato loans to any amount from other parties until these certificates are provided for, cxeept at ruinous rates and to the rain of the county credit. The committee find that the total amount of certificates isnued by the county and outstanding at this date (Jom 12, 1866) to be $1,504,000, ould this be funded bonds issued at neven cent, it will require a levy of $106,290 in each your's tases re hast the Intereat on the con The com- mittee that the of law 9, 1864, authorizes the Board to lay oe tax to pay bounties. The; therefore recom: such action, present the fol- lowing resolutions: Resolved, That this Hoard decide and determine to lay a mpecial tax to meet the outstanding certificates of indebted. nese, and that It be referred to a spectal committes to make the Reooesary arrangements and Wo Ox the rate of tas for $100 of value, and to report the same to the —— Meeting of this Board. Resolved, That the County Treasurer, give notice in the news) Of the county thes tia Board bas determined te lay a meet the outstanding tes of indebt-dnens, fond that after sald certificates will not be received in ‘exchange for the siz per cent bonds of the county. The subject, after some discussion, was laid over until the next meeting, whom it will be acted upoa. The gene val sentiment of Board, as oxpremsed, appears to bo in favor of a direct tax. THR COMMITTER SENT TO WARTMINOTON. Supervisor Booth, ef the committer sent to Washing, ton, made a verbal report to the effect that they har re. ceived ageurances that the quota of the county would be reduced upon the basie of the corrected enrolment. All improper aames aro to be erased from the lists, melud tng the names of those on former liste who canaot now be Mer Raval Supervisors had ages a Sg worl ‘exemption papers, w! were be Presented to. tho provost marshals to-day” By “next meeting he was in hopes to give somothing definite aa to the quota and the assignments to different wards and towns. The report and the Board ad- Journed until Satnr et Cape Race Closed Till Spring. St, Jonny, NF, Jan. 13, 1866, ‘The telegraph office at Cape Race has been elosed wat!l ‘ho opening of navigation In the yyring WEST VIRGINIA. Bosser’s Rebel Raid on Beverly---The Town Captured, Api &e., ae. Mr. Theodore C. Wilson's Despateh. Wes Haanquarrens, Darannates op Ws Ard) The expected raid of General Rosser, which was retard- ed because of the stormy weather and the height of the streams, has at length come off, This timehe moved ‘against the post at Beverly Court House, where an ea- gagement ensued, and Rosser, having the superiority te numbers, is reported to have galned a temporary ad vantage. Owing to prompt counter movements the enomy wes compelled to retreat precipitately. ‘The details of the engagement have not yet reached em» but aro momentarily expected. ‘The fight took piace at daylight on the morning of the Tith inst. It is represented as having been a spirited one. The Press Despatch. Warsusa, W. Va., Jan. 18, 1865. ‘We learn that the garrison at Beverly, West Virginia, was etiacked on the morning of the 11th fnst. by a force of the enomy under Genera! Rosner. Tho town ‘anda large portion of the force defending it were cap- tured. The numbers of the enemy are not stated. ‘A later despatch confirms the above, but states thas the enemy has again retreated whence they came. GRANT.. Mr. 8. Cadwallader’s Despatch. Crrx Pour, Jan. 7, 1868. ARBITRARY ARRESTS. r One feature of the system of arbitrary arrests inauge- rated in the loyal States sinco the beginning of the war seems to have escaped public attention. Soores and hun- dreds of men have beon wrongtully arrested as deserters, torn rudely and suddenly from home and business, trans- ported as criminals to army headquarters, confined in the guardbouse days and weeks with the filthiest and most degraded of our epectes, and finally released from cus- tody without the slightest evidence being produced against them. In many instances they have been denied an hour's delay, when arrested, for the purpose of prow- ing their innoceuce, The most superficial examination, the merest inquiry into references, would have saved the individual the burning shame of prison treatment, and the government the humiliation of having unjustly oppressed its subjects, These instances have now be- come 60 common that the press ehould be no longer silemt, The country should know the abuses and correct them. Until then the boasted personal freedom of the North is but a myth, and individual liberty found alone “in song and story.”” Innocent men have suffered terms of imprisonment ta this army, in rags, squalor, filth and vermin, to be finally discharged by the authorities as guiltless of the offences for which they were arrested, away from home, sick, friendiese, penniless and dependent on the overtaxed facill- ties of army commanders for medical attention, subsist- ence and transportation. [ustances and names will be givem if desired, where respectable laboring men, who left their daily avocation half clothed, intending but a fow mo- ments absenco, have been pounced upon by the sional sbarpers of Northern provost departinents, refut all communication with friends or relatives, denied epportunity of ostablishing their idenulty or innocence, and have been transported hundreds of miles like felons, hail clothed and balf fed. Is this the boasted freedom of American. citizensh: Is it for treatment like this our peoplo pour out th blood and treasure? Can a government hope to enjoy the confidence and affection of its subjocta when outrages like these aro counmitted with impunity, if not protected by law. “Nor are the provost marshala of armies ordi- narily to blame. They are usually a bard: worked, ti used and much abused class of officials, With limited means and resources, they are expected te know everything demanded ‘and do everything re- quired. A prisoner coming to tho Provost Marshal ral is supposed Lo be guilty of some offence. After ex- brome offorts to learn his stetws in the army, and holding him till the last minute consistent with a sense of duty, he is often obliged to dismiss him without a sim- gle accusation beyoud the mere suspicion of some inter- ested ‘that he was, may, might, could, would oF have been a desorter. For the safety of persons in the North who are subjeot to draft, or ae ig | under any pyre veiling celved into the army, it is necessary tray l= ends they a epts ee en residing at their own homes in loyal cit! should have ith them 1 to establish thelr aoa! r Heretofore 0 ne ity has existed im our country Papers of this kind; but it ts easily of that a very lurge number of persons, many good circumatan bave been arrested by provost guarda and military detectives in the cities, on the Son mre towns, on cars, in saloons, on board of steamboats vensols, and in almost every other place—but in the Otty of Baltimore, and on the cars between thas and Wilmington—on the bare suspicion of being desert- tora. ‘Theso men are often hurried off to the with. Out the slightest opportunity of establishing their Inne cence; and when once with the army the fact of thelr having been arrested North, and sont within the lines, must be regarded as prima facie evidence that they belong to the army. When it is remembered thats vast num- ber of those sent ure desertors, bounty jumpers and sub- stitutes, who resort to every trick to their cttt xenship and non-enlistmout, it will be anderstood how ex ly difficult it becomes for the innocent man, 6 far away from home, to procure the necessary proof! te obtain his discharge from confinement. ‘The want of proper accommodations in tl for the comfort of this class of men—the utter imposeibility, tm deed, of furnishing them with the necessaries and com- forts of life to which they have been aceustomed—induces: disoases ; and when their innocence is fimally establish and they are returned to their homes, it is too often wit impaired health and broken constitutions. ‘The ovil can only be remedied in the loyal States by punishing officers who allow their subordinates to arres® men arbitrarly, and who thomseives send these mem forward without @ proper examination amd a probability that they are deserters from some particular rociment Or command. No persvn should be paid a re ward for his own rascality. ‘We know that the attention of the mili authorities having this matter im charge has beon called to these abuses of the military power in the North, and we trust the evil will be corrected But to avoid all risk, we ad- vise every laboriig man—every man acceptable to the army ns @ soldjer—to carry on bis such papers as will establish his citizenship and bis freedom from the elaiens of military service. ‘The Press Despatch. Heapquarrens oF Tum ARuY oF Tux PoTou: Jan. 11, 1865 ‘The heavy rains which bav@Tallen for the past week have awollen the James river to several feet above the usual height, and the low grounds along the banks of the river aro flooded, making travel in the vicinity anything but pleasant. . ‘The river is full of Goating debris, a great deal of whiek comes from above the cunal. I learned last evening that these high tides had caused ‘an opening im the bulkhead of the canal, and that a stream of water now flows through it some eight. or tem feet wide and several deep, the elements thus combining to accomplish what skill had failed to do, ‘The pontoon bridges at Aiken's Landing and Deop Bot tom were both torn from their pp tte travel was thus interrupted most of the day; but towards resumed at Deep: evening they were replaced and travel mr i Seria eat a ae no dam- ea a s tae to the boat eu ‘There were no Richmond papers obtained the rebels refusing to ex , Owing, it is-believed, ee irae - I ae About deserters came in yesterday. repre- sont that rebel forces have bees bent (rom Richinond te South Carolina to meet Sherman. Message of the Governor of Wisconsin, Manison, Wis., Jan. 12, 1868, The Legislature of Wiseonsin organized. yosterday, the Senate electing F. M. Stewart, Clerk, and —— Williama, Sorgeant-at-Arma; and the Assembly electing W. W. Ficld, Spenker; John E. Dean, Clerk, and A. Wileom, Sergeant-at-Arme, all Unioniete. ‘The Governor's meseage was delivered in joint conves- tion of the two houses to-day. It presonts a comprehen- sive view of the state of public afnirs.” The State debt is $2,600,000, all but $100,000 of which was incurred for war purposes, mainly for extra pay to the families of volunteers, for which $615,€04 were oxpended lass year. ‘The total recripta are $2,500,663, and 6 disbursements $2,445,028, Very Lttio of the contingent fund for the ‘relieg of sick and wounded sob diers been expended. Wisconsin has furnished 75,18% men to the army, besides hundred days’ ( and hae now in the service a ‘The amendmont the militia laws, the distranchisement of those who flee from the draft, and the extension of the soldiers’ suf. frage law, and the taking of the census are recommended, Tho State benevolent Institutions, aro ell fo at Soothing condition, The message conc! a favor of the abolition of slavery, and Just and patrtotke remarks on the war, its causes and consequences, / Steamer Sunk. Caro, Jan. 13, 1866. The steamer Diligent, from Memphts for Helena, sunk ‘on the 10th, near the latter place. The boat and cargo, including @ number of cattle, aren total loss. The boat was veluod at twenty thousand dollars. Righty bales of cotton arrived taday from Momphia, for && Loula