The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1865, Page 4

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M4 Broadway. —Bantxrs, unas HOOLELY & CAMPBELL'S MINSTRELS, 199 and 201 Bowery ‘MOND. —Songs, Dances, Burtesques, &c.—Roap 1o Ricn- NEW: YORK MUSBUM OB ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. — Open from 10 A. M. Ul New York, Sunday, January 22, 1865. — THE The Senate of the rebel Congress has adopted a resolu- ion creating the office* of General-in-Chief of their SITUAT ION. armies, with the design ef having that important position occupied by General Loo, will thus, in effect, be made military of the The has also who dictator confederacy. rebel Senate recommended that General Joe Johnston be reinstated in command. Thero are no further roports of peace discus. Sions in the rebel House of Representatives, and the Richmond Dirpatch cays that “the peaco rumors that lately filled the air seem to bave taken unto themselves wings and flown aw The report published in yesterday morning's Herau that the rebels hac vacnated Fort Caswell, situated near the mouth of Cape Fear river, on its western bank, is fully Confirmed. They evacuated itand blew it up at one o'clock on last Tuesday morning. They alro about the fame time blew up the pirate steamers Tallahassee and Chickamauga, Reports also that Wilmington had been ocenpied by the national troops were again We give this morn. Ang interesting despatches relative to affairs in that in circulation yesterday; but they have not yet Vicinity, a sketch of Fort Caswell and an additional list Of cagualtica. been confirmed, No doubt is entertained, though, that if General Terry's soldiers are not yet in that town they soou will be. A number of rebel torpedoes have Been taken up from the bed of the Capo Fear river, and the Union gunboats and transports now throng in that Biream. During his recent visit Secretary Stanton con- The latest news regarding General Sherman's move- ferred promotion on several officers who distinguished thomselves in the capture of Fisher, ments in South Carolina ie gathered from the Richmond papers; but intelligence from him direct will no doubt reach us soon. Charleston despatches state that on the 16th and 17th inst, his advance was within two miles of the Combahee river, to the east side of which the rebels aad retreated. His forces were said to be concentrating nm the vicinity of MoPhersonville, Charleston 8 supposed to be his destination. The Fif- eonth and Seventeenth corps are reported to je advancing in light marching order, while General Sherman was to follow on by railroad with the rest of his rmy, his artillery, trains, &c. The Charleston Mercury ays that a large number of reinforcements have arrived a that city, and the Richmond Ezaminer mysteriously nnounces that there havo lately been some important ispositions made of rebel troops in that direction. The sbels have a story that one corps of Sherman’s army has gyno to Wilmington, N, C. A despatch from Charleston ‘that two Monitors wore sunk in the harbor of that ty on last Sunday night, There is probably a mistake yout this, a4 in yesterday's HERALD wo published Hilton ead advices to Tuceday last, which made no mention of lis, but announced the blowing up of the Monitor Pa- peco early on Tuesday morning, Goneral Sherman, being importuned by a committee of ¢ merchants of Savannah to allow the cotton captured sore to revert to ite original owners, replied that in his yinion it was the property of the national government, hich could never bo indemnified for the expendi re of blood and treasure rendered necessary for the possession of the city and’ ite surrounding forts, on if evory brick and every fibro of cotton were géld, ough theao, ho sald, were his opinions, [hte matter, ay thight gb to Waahinelo6 afid irv to have bis deoision rvsan ¥. W. CORED OF FUTEON AND ARSAT SES, morning; but what induced it or in what it resulted we AAO have not yet been informed. On Thursday night there ‘TERMS cash inadvance, Money sent by mail will be | appeared to be great rejoicing among the rebels, the ‘at the risk of the sender, None but bank bills current in | causo for which is unexplained, The ringing of bells New York taken. and shouting of men were heard for hours. THE DAILY HERALD, Fovr conte peroopy. Annual | The alleged Lake Erie pirate Burley is now in prison reversed; and the probability was that they would suo- coed. A foree of eight hundred men are to go from the North to Savannah immediately for the purpose of put- ting in running order the railroads cenireing in that city, ‘There was much more than the usual firing im front of Petersburg on last Thursday night and during Friday at Toronto, awaiting the order of the Governor General of Canada for bis extradition, Before that is received it is expected that his counsel will institute further law pro- ceedings, under a writ of habeas corpus, which may lead to considerable delay in the final disposition of the case. A Toronto paper says that the British government has ordered thirty gunboatg to the Northern lakes, and that thoy will probably arrive by the time navigation opens. Six hundred of the eight hundred rebels captured by the Union forces at Fort Gaines, Mobile bay, were recent- ly exchanged in Mobile harbor. Of the other two hun- dred some have died, and the remainder have taken the oath of allegiance. At the time of their delivery by the Union authorities the steamer Waverley was lying at Mobile, laden with one thousand bales of cotton, which was to come North to be sold for the benefit of rebel soldiers in Northern prisons. About seven hundred Union soldiers were made prison- ers by the rebel General Wickham on his raid at Beverly, West Virginia, on the 11th inst. About two hundred of these afterwards escaped. Very little property was cap- tured by the rebels. ‘The sixth section of the Bill of Rights, passed almost unanimously by the Missouri State Convention, declares that that State shall ever remain a member of the na- tional Union, and that all attempts to dissolve said nation ought to be resisted with the whole power of the State. ‘The seventh declares that every citizen of the State owes Paramount allegiance to the national government, and that no State enactment in opposition thereto can have any binding force. ‘We learn from the Richmond newspapers that about six thousand bales of rebel government cotten were de- stroyed by fire at and in the vicinity of Augusta, Ga., on last Sunday and Monday nights. The Danville (Va) Register says that the railroad between that place and Greensboro, N, C., some forty-five miles in extent, which was recently so badly damaged by the freshets, has been repaired. Mr. Foote had arrived in Richmond from Fredericksburg, and it was said that he would again take his seat in the rebel House of Representatives. It was reported in Richmond that General Hood had been superseded by Dick Taylor, who is a brother-in-law of Jeff. Davis. THE LEGISLATURE. The State Senate was not in session yesterday, having previously adjourned until to-morrow evening. In the Assembly bills were noticed to incorporate the City Guaranty and Security Company; to incorporate the Christopher Street Railroad Company ; for the estabiish- ment of a metropolitan sanitary district; also to incor- porate the New York Conservatory of Music. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Our correspondence from Buenos Ayres states that the Indians have become very bold in their incursions. In a recent formidable raid they had approached very near the city, and had carried off immense herds of cattle, horses and sheep. There were rumors of marvellous dis- coveries of gold in the province of San Juan; but they were not fully credited. Cotton culture was rocei much attention on the Plata river. The affairs of Uruguay were still in a deplorable state. Besides the encroach- ments of Brazil, the rebels under Floros were marching through portions of the country and leaving nothing but desolation behind them, It is said, though, that the Brazilians had given up their plans of conquest, for a time at least, and would maintain merely a dofensive position on the border. The past year’s wool crop of Buenos Ayres was being shipped principally to Germany, very little of it being sent to the United States, By our New Orleans correspondence we Icarn that the gale at the commencoment of the present month along the Texas coast, and especially in the vicinity of tho mouth of the Rio Grande, was one of tho most violent that has ever been experienced in that region, and con- siderable damage was done by it to shipping. Tho British bark Jolin Bull, with one thousand four hundred bales of cotton on board, foundered near the mouth of tho river, and other veasels met with severe disusters, Hugh Reilly, one of the mutincers of the ship Mercury, was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment by Judge Shipman, in the United States Circuit Court. Reilly ia the last of this party of mutincors, and his sentence is considered by no means severe, considering the enormity of his crime. Tho following constituted a portion of yesterday's police business :—Nicholas Mirchoff and John Steliwagon were arrested and sent to Blackwell's Island, in default of one thousand dollars bail each, for being found drank iu the streets and carrying concealed weapons. A hack- man named John Berry was sent to the same locality for 8ix months, on charge of attempting to commit a gross ontrage on a girl only fourteen years of age. Charles A. Scott, who was some time ago arrested on a charge of stealing about seven thousand dollars worth of goods from the piers along the North and East rivers, but who soon after managed to make his escape, was yest’rday committed to the Toombs for trial, having been recently rearrested and brought to this city from Trenton, N. J., where he had enlisted in the army. Messrs. James Owen and Owen W. Brennan have been appointed Commissioners of Charities anit Correction, to succeed Messrs. Draper and Grinnell, whose terms of office have expired. Sealed bids for two hundred and eighty-nine thousand five hundred dollars worth of Park Improvement stock, bearing six per cont interest, and redeemable in 1876, were opened yesterday at the Comptroller's office. The Proposals range from par to four per cent premium, the average being about ono per cent premium. A train on the New Jersey Railroad was thrown off the track near New Brunswick on Fnday night. Five cars were considerably broken up; but no person was #0- riously injured. A broken rail is said to have been the cause of the accident. Tho Maine House of Representatives have unanimous. ly passed resolutions in favor of amending the constitu- tion of the United States, abolishing slavery. The stock market was weak yesterday. Governments were dull. Gold continued on its downward course, and closed at 1904. Thero was almost a general stagnation in commercial circles on Saturday, and nearly all commercial values were entirely nominal. The large fall of gold and the uncertainty connected with the future price of that com- modity, unsettled the views of helders materially. Cotton was quiet, and fally 4c. lower, while petroleum was dull and nominal. On ‘Change the flour market was very quiet, and prices wero 6c, « 10c. lower. The wheat mar- ket was rather more active, at a decline of 30. abc, Corn and oats were dull and declining. Pork was unsettled and lower, while beef was in moderate demand, and searcely so firm. Lard was fully ye. per pound lower, with, however, a fair demand. Whiskey was heavy and Jess active, while freights were quiet. No Recoaxrrion ov MAXIMILIAN—The House of Representatives has concurred in the Senate’s amendment of the Consular and Diplo- matic Appropriation bill, declaring that there shall be no recognition by the United States of anempire in Mexico, and the bill has been passed. Not ao single American Power has recognized the empire in Mexico, nor is it likely that any of them will act otherwise than to fol- low the lead of the United Stateg in this matter. It has been only, hd Powers of Europe that have been ggfft to express their congratulations on (id Phpposed downfall of a republic, It remains, therefore, simply to be seen whether they or wo are to control on this continent. We shall soon be ready to tost this question, NEW YORK HERALD, ‘SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1865. et Se a eae little while ago. Just after Butler’s failure, tenders, whether they be interest bearing or | while they crowed over his repulse, they otherwise, the people will be better satisfied | seemed to tremble with the consciousness that Jeff. Davis on the Peace Question. Jeff. Davis, on the peace question, is a nice illustration of the dog in the manger. He can do nothing himself in behalf of peace as the President of the so-called Confederate States, and he opposes all peace movements from any other quarter. It does not suit him to recog- nize the fundamental idea upon which his con- federacy was organized—the sovereignty of the States concerned. As each exercised the as- sumed sovereign right to abandon the old Union, so to each is reserved the right of stay- ing in or going out of its new copartnership, as it may think proper; but Jeff. has found out that this sort of confederacy is of no earthly account. He understands it, and repudiates it as boldly as he did those Mississippi bonds. “Separate State action,” he says, “would produce discordant instead of united coun- sels.” Some of the States might “aban- don their sister States, and make separate terms of peace;” and where, then, would be the confederacy and its dictator? In the next place, he can see nof[good in a general conven- tion of all the States. He shows, first, thatsuch ® convention could not be got together, and, secondly, that when assembled it could do nothing. A meeting upon the concession that no State should be bound by the convention would be the recognition of State sovereignty, to which the North would never agree, while the South conld not consent to be ruled by the Northern majority; for that would be the sur- render of State rights and Southern independ- ence. The case is as clear as mud.# But, again, argues Jeff., if you propose a con- vention of the States of both federations merely to compare notes and see how the land lies, the thing is superfluous; for the “only obstacle in the way of peace is that the enemy (the gov- ernment of the United States) will not treat at all, or entertain any other proposition than that we should submit to their yoke, acknowledge that we are criminals, and appeal to their mercy for pardon.” That is exactly where the shoe pinches him. Furthermore, if it took the origi- nal thirteen States, in a time of profound peace, three years to frame and secure the ratifica- tion of their federal constitution, how many, in the midst of this war, would it take some thirty or forty States to come to a general agree- ment? This is a very absurd question. We have no new government to frame. All that we ask is that the rebellious States shall give up this suicidal war for a new government, and submit to the old one which they have aban- doned. They will have to do this, and the sim- ple question before Jeff. and his confederates is whether they will do it now, and save some- thing, or continue to fight till they lose evory- thing. The proposed experimental convention of the States, Davis next contends, if assembled, would be moved this way or that according to “the vicissitudes” of the war, until, breaking up, it would leave s more embittered feeling of hostility than ever between the two sections, His allusion te “the vicissitudes” of the war is very suggestive in connection with the date of this pronunciamiento. It is dated Novem- ber 17, at which time poor Jeff. ex- pected Hood to capture Nashville, and to draw Sherman out of Georgia to the rescue, and thus give another year of socurity to the “Confederate” concern at Richmond. But what are the “vicissitudes” which have since occurred? Hood’s army has been pulverized, brushed back into the woods of Alabama, and rendered a mere cipher as anarmy. Sherman, gleaning a swath sixty miles wide in his pro- gress, has swept down through Georgia to Sa- vannah, captured that city, and now threatens Augusta, Columbia and Charleston, with nothing in his way to detain him. Lastly, the capture ot Fort Fisher, and the blowing up of Forts Smith and Caswell, in settling the fate of Wilmington, materially aids and simplifies the work before Sherman, and renders the abandon- ment of Richmond by Jeff. the most urgent question of the day. We presume, however, that if Davis were now called upon to wrile his views of peace to his Georgia friends, he would still stick to his text of Southern independence, because, | with the collapse of his confederacy, amnesty or no amnesty, the best thing that he can hope for is the fute of an outlaw and an exile. If pardoned by the United States, he can never be pardoned by the people who have been so foully betrayed, wronged, tortured and ruined by him throughout the South. But if Jef. were now to write bis views on this subject of a con- vention of the Siates, we guess that he would not insist even for Southern independence, upon the surrender to his confederacy of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mia- souri, Arkansas, Louisiana or Texas. We suspect that, upon a pinch, he would accept as a godsend the nice little con- federacy of South Carolina, changing the sev- eral counties or districts, as they are locally called, into so many sovereign States, on the basis of State rights and swamp reservations, Here, howevor, Sherman interposes with his peculiar notions and forcible arguments on State rights; and, like the people of Savannah, we are rather disposed to admiro the ways of Sherman. Upon one point he agrees with Jeff. Davis: that & peace convention of all the States, or of any of them, for that matter, is uscless superfluity, and that their simple submission to the supreme authority of the United States is all that is needed for Tur Proposrp EW v Loax-—The new loan act which passed the United States House of Repre- sentatives on Friday permits the Secretary of the Treasury to issue four hundred millions of dollars in Treasury notes, of the description and character specified in the second section of the law of June 30, 1864. The following is the section describing the kind of loan which the act, if sanctioned by the Senate, will throw upon the market. It will be seen that it not only authorizes the issue of seven and three- tenths bonds, but it also allows the Secretary to further increase the volume of the six per cent compound interest bearing legal tenders, which have thus far failed to be received with popular favor:— Bection two authorizes tho issue of Treasury notes, of any denomination not lees than ten doliars, and payable at any time mot exceeding three years from date, or re- deemable at any time after three years from date, bear. tng not more than seven and thirty-hundredths per cont interest, payabio in lawful money at maturity, or, at the discretion of the Secrotary, semi-annoally; and Such of them as shall be made payable, principal and interest, at maturity, shall be a legal tender to the same extent as the United Siates notes, for their face value, excluding interest; and any Treasury ‘notes laced under this act may be inade convertible into any bonds issued under this act, If the Senate, when the bill comes before it, can be induced to strike out that portion of tho act which authorizes a further inflation of the and the country benefited. Rassia, the Western Powers and the United States. In the Inevitable train of events the restora- tion of peace in this country will bring us into collision with some of the Western Powers of Europe. Rising like a young giant refreshed with wine out of the struggle which for four years has only served to develop our re- sources, create @ superb military spirit and build up 4 magnificent navy, the United States will be found in the arena ready and able to settle all her difficulties with the insolent and treacherous Powers of Europe, and assert her right to manage the affairs of the American con- tinent without foreign interference. England, France and Spain have an account to render, ‘and the balance sheet must beforthcoming. In six months from this time there will be an end of the rebellion, and we will be one nation again; our hands will be free, and then we can pitch our cap of liberty into the ring and pro- claim the gage of battle. This will be the opportune moment for Rus- sia to commence a movement so long thirsted for—so sacredly Imposed upon her rulers by their predecessors—the conquest of Turkey and the possession of Constantinople, The issues to be decided between this country and the West- ern Powers will employ the latter for a long time, and they will therefore not be in a posi- tion to throw any material obstacle in the way of Russia. In our troubles the Czar has proved himself an honest neutral and thus a friendly ally. We are not an ungrateful people. A war with Frafce, or England, or Spain, or all combined, would be none the less popular here, because it might aid the plans of Russia in accomplishing the darling idea of the Russian dynasty since the time when Peter the Great first declared that “Nature had but one Russia and she should have no rival.” The efforts of every successive sovereign, from Catherine down, were directed to extend the empire to the Mediterranean, to drive the Turks out of Europe, construct a new Byzan- tine empire, and make Constantinople the southern capital of the Russian empire, and the centre of the Greek Church. For this Nicholas advanced his armies to Adrianople in 1829, after driving the Ottomans before him at Silistria, Chounla and the passage of the Kamtchik. But the attempt resulted only in the treaty of Adrianople, which secured many advantages to Russia, including an immense gum as indemnity from the Porte, although it lost her the principalities, True to the traditionary policy of his family, Nicholas did not abandon his designs on Con- stantinople, although he was unwise in the selection of the time for the attempt. He made @ great military and political mistake when he entered upon the war with Turkey in 1854, because he calculated upon crushing out the Ottoman empire in a contest based upon a difficulty concerning the violation of the rights of Christian subjects of the Porte in the Moldavian and Wallachian provinces. He did not foresee that France and Eng- land were then free to form an alliance, in conjunction with Sardinia, and force him into the Crimean war, which lost him a large por- tion of his army and a good deal of bis military prestige. But the times are differentnow. The opportunity, which had not arrived then, is at hand. The present Czar Alexander must be convinced of his father’s error. It is evident, indeed, that he was conscious of it at the time, because he hastened to make peace immediately on his accession. It cannot be that he will dis- regard the hereditary policy of his race, which originated with Peter the Great; was revived by Catherine I. when she pushed the ter- ritory of Russia down to the Azoph, which Alexander I. partially accomplished when he obtained possession of the Crimea, Moldavia, Tressarabia and the mouths of the Danube, and which Nicholas again attempted in 1829. The present Czar, then, must see that what might have been an impossibility when the | Western Powers were untrammelled by political imbroglios, and their armies and navies were at their command, may be quite feasible at a time when France is embroiled with this coun- try about the Mexican question, and Spain has her hands full of the St. Domingo subjugation scheme, and England is brought to the bar to answer the grave charges about which we will have to setile when this war is over, as it soon will be. Before the summer is past our veteran armies of half a million of the bravest troops in the world, fresh from fields of victory, will be ready for other work, and no man doubts in what direction and for what purpose their incli- nations as well as the policy of the government must lead them. The Monroe doctrine has to be sustained. Foreign interference with the affairs of this continent must be brought to an end, and France, England and Spain be made to feel that we are again a united Power, and are not to be trified with. Then will come the golden opportunity for Alexander IL The Rebel Situation According to the Rebels. Mr. Marshall, of the rebel Congress, says that the rebels “have not begurr to fight yet.” Is it not nearly time they did? If they wait much longer before they begin what will there be left to fight for? Very little, even on their own showing. Just now, with that liar kind of philosophy that always induces one to make the best of a bad bargain, the rebel papors accept the loss of Fort Fisher in a com- fortable spirit. They are glad to get rid of it. They find its loss to be “a cause for legitimate congratulation.” It is a “blessing in disguise.” Tt compels the confederacy to keep its cotton at home and dépend on its own resources; and that “heightens the prospects of Southern suc- cess.” This sort of talk is well enough: for schoolboys. But did a nation ever before ap- pear in this pitiful light? This rebel notion of the loas of Wilmington leaves out of view of course all the articles received from foreign countries, without which the South conld not have fought a battle, and which articles it has never yet been possible to manufacture in the rebel States. Leaving these out of view, there- fore, as the Southern papers do, one might na- turally inquire why the South fought so dos- perately against this “blessing?” Why was Fort Fisher built at all, and why was it de- fended by two thousand men, when men are so scarce in the confederacy that General Lee dare not attempt a movement that will risk “twenty soldiers?” This is a mystery that time will un- ravel, The rebels did not consider that Wilmington currency, which will be {he eco a4 a Wial ond Wort Fisher were worthless possessions @ {they had been at the edge of a precipice, and ] that a little push on Butler’s part might have toppled their whole establishment over into an abyes of ruin. Then they showed elaborately what a disaster that loss would have been. There has been no change since that could affect the result of such an event. Just what the loss of Wilmington world have been to the confederacy at the time of Butler’s failure, that it is now; and now that Fort Fisher is in our hands—and the Southerners admit that Wil- mington must follow it—we may, in the view they gave of what a disaster that event “might have been,” find a very honest Southern view of the situation as it stands at present. One of the best of these articles appeared in the Carolinian, published at the capital of South Carolina. That paper apparently did not con- sider that there was any military situation except in the Atlantic States, all efforts else- where being of no account. In the Atlantic States there were Sherman and Grant, and the armies commanded by these generals were but the parts of one grand combination for the capture of Ricomond and the destruction of Lee’s army. Such, indeed, they are. But the Carolinian thought the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington necessary conditions without which the combination must fail, and with which it had every probability of success before it. Therefore it uttered its congratula- tions over Butler’s repulse as having averted “a serious danger to General Lee and his indomi- table army,” and as having “foiled Sherman for the first time.” So, in the last victory Sherman has another success and Lee is in a new dan- ger. Sherman, in the opinion of the Curolinian, could never reach Virginia marching through South Carolina, because Hood, Cobb, Smith, Beauregard, Hardee and Bragg would be in the way, and on account of the difficulties of the country; neither could he take Charleston, But “it would not have beep thus had the Union armada taken Fort Fisher.” In that case “Charleston would have fallen, Weldon would have been in the enemy’s hands in a few days, and the grand federal combination would have been near consummation with the appearance of General Sherman in the rear of General Lee.” So, in the opinion of the South Carolina rebels, the game isup. Charleston and all other important places that the rebels hold are as good as ours. Lee and his army are “in serious danger,” and Grant’s grand plan is on the very eveof triumph. All this the Richmond papers call a “ blessing in disguise.” Such is a Southern view of the situation. Is it possible that the rebels can change this so as to save the rebellion yet? On this point we have a very decided opinion from another ardent rebel. “There is really no prospect,” says the Richmond Examiner, “of @ change in executive policy. The defects of mind and character which have produced the past will continue to operate in future events.” Davis is “a weak but presumptuous official”—a sort of “wooden clock, wound up to rua six years”—and is worthless in his present place under present circumstances. So, according to the rebels themselves, the capture of Fort Fisher well nigh ends the war; and it is no wonder if the rebel Congress and Jeff. should each be very eager to make peace on its own account, careless whether or no every one else is left out.in the cold, so that the successful peace maker—the highest bidder—can save his own particular bacon. Literary. . From a correspondence recently published there ap- pears to be no doubt of Alexandre Dumas’ intention to visit this country in February. It seems to be his pur- pose to write a history of Mr. Lincoln’s administration, in order to disabuse the public mind in Europe of the erroneous ideas which continue to prevail there regard- ing the cause of the North in the present war. M. Du- mas brings with him a new prima donna, a Madame Gor- dosa, of whose voice and talent great things are said. In a charming little volume, entitled “The Boys’ Manual,” published by Routledge & Co., of London, we find several interesting anecdotes of Admiral Nelson, contributed by Mr. Rodney, a grandson of the fainous naval commander of that name who served under him. He records several instances of the manner in which Nel- son endeared himself to those under him. At first when he entered the sorvice as a middy he was rather frightened at the idea of going aloft. This was observed by the Ad- miral ‘What,’ said he in a kind voice, ‘are you afraid of going aloft?’ ‘Rather, my lord,’ I replied, touching my hat, and squinting timidly up the mast. ‘Well, Mr. Rodney,’ he continued, laying his haud on my arm, ‘Iam going arace tothe masthead, and beg that I may meet you there.’ What could I do? I could not refuse; so I wont to the starboard main rigging and serambled up as best I could, grazing my shins most cruelly against the ratlins, ‘Admirably done, young- ster,’ said Lord Nelson, when I joined him on the top, where he had been walting nearly five minutes; “how much is any person to be pitied who thinks getting up here either difficult or dangerous—eb, Mr. Rodney? In the battle in which Nelson fell he was himself shot through the leg as he stood beside the Admiral, and was lifted by ‘anarm gentle as a woman's.’ It was Nel- hog 's, who said, with a smile, ‘That shot was not meant for you.’ City Intelligence. Comasstorers or Cuarrrims any Corracrioy.—Comp- troller Bronnan, having by law the power of appointing the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, selected y the following gentlemen to supersede Messrs. Prayer cua crtunetl Seine tara of other has expired :— Mesers. James Owen and Owen W. Brennan, republicans. Messrs. Isaac Bell and James Nicholson, democrats , hold over. Tae Great CatnmpraL Orcan.—The first grand sacred concert in which the full power and melody of this superb instrument will be fully tested, will be given in St. John the Evangelist’s church, Fiftieth street, near Fifth avenue, this evening at eight o'clock. The concert will be under the direction of Signor M aided LA the leading artists of the city. After the int pace Ponte the concert will consist oo, & music selected from the compositions of the most celebrated composers, accompanied by the organ. ‘Trnnpis Ravaces or SuaLurox.—Smailpox is said to be fearfully raging in this city at present, and the disease seems to be steadily on the increase. Forty deaths oc- curred during last week, and five hundred cases are known to exist at tho presont time. It seoms that this lontial disease is as virulent in its character in mid- winter asin the sultry summer months, and it will re- quire the utmost efforts of the sanitary authorities to ar- rest the an progress of the disease, Steps have, however, been taken to furnish ample means of vaccina- tion free of cost to all classes of the community who se tors ly for i and the authorities request that citizons ithout delay any case which may come under Tete monte notice, so that the disease may be confined to the localities where it now prevaile Tan Lost on THe Sreamen Menvinie.—Tho relatives of the late William W. Bishop, of Providence, have learned some of the particulars of his death and of that of his daughters, drowned by the sinking of the steamer Mel- ville, They were all calm and composed. The di hters wore placed in the lifeboat with other Indies. Mr. Bishop went back to aasint come invalids into the vom. Just then the steamer went down, The Ii being noar was overturned, and the Indios were thrown into the sea, Miss Anna Bishop never rose, Her sister came to the surface three times, then, saying calmly “Tam going to Heaven,” she sank. Mr. Bishop was seen clinging toa piece of the wreck for a few lates, and then he also disappeared. News from the Red River Settlement, [From the Toronto Leader, Doc. 14. ‘Wo recoived last night a copy of the Fort Garry Nor Wester of the 3d ult, Fromit we learn that sone ap. prehension hed been caused by approach towards the cot ement of several hundred lodges of Sioux Indians, and measures were in contemplation by the settlers to. pro tect themectves in the event of any hostile acts on the of the treacht redekins. Very favorable reports 'd beon received from the Saskatchewan gold digg nga, some of the minera neat Edmonton having taken out in the fall ae high as ten dollars tq twenty dollarg oor dav with tho rocket, duced, It looks like a work of one of the carly masters, transporting us at once to medisvaltimes. ‘The Pris- oner’s Voice,” by Gallait, is also a powerful picture. The story is told with all the fervor of expression and color for which the painter of ‘The Duke of Alba” and “The Council of Blood”? is noted. The “Review of Young Volun- teers,” by Edouard Frere, is the largest of this artist's pic- tures that has been seen here. It is full of expression and admirably grouped. Under the title of “Devotion,” we have a Parisian lady at church with her child. This simple subject derives all its interest from the manner im which it is treated. The draperies are exquisitely painted, ‘and the face of the mother is full of sentiment. “‘A‘Lady with her pet Dog,” by Willoms, is one of the finest speci- mens we have seen of this artist. It is remarkablo for its clearness of tone, brilliancy of color, and delicacy of execution, It is evident that the artist has derived his inspiration from Metzer and Mieris, as Leys has bor- rowed his from Holbein, Perugino and Cimabue. ‘The Turkish Butcher,” by Gerome, is one of the most woa- derful pieces of painting in the collection. It almost reveals Meissonier in minute execution, and surpasses him in tenderness of color. In the ‘Mother and Child,” by Merle, are concentrated the three qualities of this eminent artist—fine drawing, harmonious color and grace- ful composition. Among the American pictures the principal one ts that of ‘‘New Hampshire,” by Gignoux. Any tourist, who has mado the ascent of Mount Washington, will re- member the Splendid view obtained from the ledge, situ. ated about half way to its summit and looking towardé Maine and its vast panorama of mountains, valleys and lakes. This is the spot selected by the artist for the me- tive of his picture. -In the left stands Mount Jofferson, in bold relief against a blue sky, its rugged sides halt shrouded in the floating clouds. From this ledge the eye plunges into the abyss below and passes over a vast ox- panse of country, It is a perfect realization of this noble landscape, and {s treated in the most masterly manner. Original in conception, harmonious in color, and full ot interest in its dotails, it surpasses in atmospheric effect anything that we have as yet seen of this artist. Re! ious Intelligence. SERVICES TO-DAY. 2 At St. Ann’s free church, eighteenth street, near Fifth avenue, the Rev. E. Benjamin will preach’at quarter be- fore eight and half-past ten o'clock A, M. and three o’clook P. M.—the latter service for deaf mutes—and the Rev. George B. Draper at half-past seven P. M. ‘The Rev. G. T. Flanders will preach in the Second Unt- versalist church, corner of Second avenue and Eleventh street, morning and evening. The Rev. Daniel G. Corey, D. D., of Utica, will preaoh inthe Murray Hill Baptist church, corner of Loxingtom avenue and Thirty-seventh street, at half-past ton A. M. and half-past seven P. M. “Suicide: Its Moral Character, Causes, Preventivesand Future Results,” will be thio subject of Professor Mattl- eon’s lecture, Forty-frst street, near Sixth avenue, thie evening at half-past seven o'clock. ‘The Rev. Dr. MoGlynn will proach this evening, at half- past seven o'clock, in St. Augustino’s church, Morrisania, Subject—“‘ Catholic Devotion of the Way of the Cross.” The Rev. Chauncey Giles will preach in the New Jere. salem (Swedenborgian) church, Thirty-fifth strect, be: tween Fourth and Lexington avenues, at half-past ten A, M., on The Divine Omnipresence,” and at half-past seven P, M. on “The Ascension and Mediation of thé Lord.” At the English Lutheran Church of St. James, Fiftecatis street, between Second and Third avenues, divine ser vices will be held at half-pastten A. M. and half-past seven o'clock P, M. by the Rev. W. M. Baum, of York, Pa, The Rev. Thomas Armitage, D. D., will preach in the Madison avenue Baptist church, corner of Thirty-first street, this afternoon, at three o’clock, the second in @ course of sermons on the distinguished women of the Bible. Subject—‘Miriam, the Sister of Moses aad Aaron.” At the Bleecker street Universalist church, corner ot Downing street, the Rev. Wm. 8 Balch, of Ludiow, Vt, Meas ser eg et ‘At the Church of the Holy Apostles, peter eighth street and Ninth sven lary Firavog will be! at half-past seven o'clock P. At All Saints’ Protestant ee ee corner of Henry and Scammel streets, the a reotor, services to-day at half-past ten A. M. and Past seven o’clock P. M. FEMALE SINGERS IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES. ee ee following from the Penea- "The fhe cartinal ‘Archblahop of Toledo has just addressed @ peters to his clergy absolutely forbidding women to: in churches. This Prohibition | indicates the intention remedying an’ abuse contrary 10 canon law, an abuse which yard in many churel and has been intre- duced into some quite recently. fould to Heaven that the measure were extended to profane and sacred which enervates the plety of the faithful, and ought to be promptly suppressed in those pompous fune- rala which weary the patience of the attendants, cause @ a great waste of money, and bear the — of bere rather than of true piety, The eee agreeable to the Almighty are not the monious airs which form 0 strange @ contrast with the sight of suffering souls, but the supplication of the Church, which the Saviour always deigns to hear. We are hai to know that a great number of distingvished and lly persons are beginning to feel profound repulsion for those sump- tuous ceremonies, and that they intend to have their own funerals performed with all the characteristics of true piety. The Army. RECRUITING FOR BANCOCK’S CORPS AND THE REGU- LAR ARMY—DECEPTIONS PRACTISED ON THE SOLDIER. Wo referred a day or two since to the injustice prac ticed towards New York in recruiting in this city for the rogular army, and the recruiting officer allowing the broker or agent to select the district to which the recruit shall be credited, Of course he is put down to the quota of such districtas will pay the broker best, paying not the least regard to the rights or interests of Now York. We aro losing from this city fifty to one hundred mon per day by thoso privileges of the War Department te regular army enlistments over the volunteers. What right, we woul! ask, has the regular army recruiting officer, located at Tammany Hall, to enlist a citizen of New York city and credit him, not te our quota, but to the quota of some other di perhaps in some other State? Yot this is daily practiced by the officers in charge there, and their acts are doubtless eanctioned by the government. We have stringont State laws against such doings subjecting parties to fine and imprisonement who are engaged in such transactions. Common sense shows the injustice of such action; but little heed seems to be paid to State laws, or to common sense, and the city of New York is robbed of her ablebodied men with as little impunity as a thim- ble rigger will take up whatever you (rand, we lear, baveboen practiced we we upea cae voutens cy the nape corps. awe orn out and widely circulated Rag: agg try who ant acer antag # by a recy pg ular under Hancock ‘ Bem of New York wont a ehommy of one thousand dollars when Cay ois quota. hae flocked to the stimulated tocal bounty, and Sinted, ve nt et Stag haunt desler hla inds he has been led deceived by somebody. Be fre finds that the city New York is paying ey ‘The consequence is bounty, or ever promised to pay it. ‘ieeattstuction on the part of these veteran soldiers, who, finding they have been deceived, demand mat release. Thus tho government, as well as thir hy likely to suffer from the acts of these brokers and agents, The Navy. ARRIVAL OF THR UNITED STATES STRAMER VANDER- BILT. The United States steamer Vanderbilt, Captain Chas. W. Pickering, from Fort Fisher via Fortress Monroe, arrived At this port yesterday morning, The following is a list on her officers :— Captain—-Chas. W. Pickering. A jing Volunteer Lieutenant—Joseph D. Daniels, —Joseph Nelson. A Surgeon—Luther M. Lyon. Acting Assistant P —Jumes EB. Tolfree. Acting Master—Low pain’ Clerk—Jobn 8, Clerk—H Pa epare- Acting Chief, “John Germaine; sat m, HL Golden; Second Ansiatan oe hi] Antony Williams; ‘Third Assistants, J Glennon, George Germaine, John O'Neil, Win. Wright, Wm. H. Garrison. First Lieutenant Marines—Wm. Acting Enaigns—A. P. Sany n, Rlisha N Snow Acting Master's Mates—T. “Atkinson, A Thomp- son, Jease B. Strout, Bara B. Poy , Edward Kearns. ‘Hiatonine—Jaspar Coghlan, George Linan, Theodore H. Bishop. Supnen On Wednestay taoraing, Mr. Joseph & eller gy wife, living in Ballardvale, Mass, wore found doad in thelr bod. ‘They bad been fi of diph- theria, for which thoy took ether, and their uatioy doath ‘waa doubtless caunsd by an overdose of this med! cine, The unfortunate couple had beon married bub @ ehort time.