The New York Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1865, Page 4

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New York, Thursday, March 23, 1865. _ os SHERMAN’S GRAND CAMPAIGN. st ‘Our special correspondents’ graphic and highly inte- resting accounts of General Sherman’s triumphant march ‘acroas the entire State of South Carolina and a portion of (North Carolina, accompanied by a map illustrating the nas, sage route taken by each column, will be publishéd in the fematY Harsiv for the present week, Agents will please send in their orders before nine o’clock on Thurs- @sy morning. *) THE SITUATION. ‘Wehave cyntirmation of the. announcement made in yesterday morning’s Heap that Goldsboro, North ‘Caro- ina, has been captured by General Sherman. His army ae to bave marched into the place on last Sunday, Without opposition. It is reported from Newbern that the rebels under Johnston have also abandoned Raleigh, and fallen back to Hillsboro, with the de- sign of forming a juntion with General Lee. But General Sherman, with the addition Of Schofleld’a force, which has joined him, ts strong enough to mect and overcome the armies of Lee and Doknston combined. So far General Jobnaton has nat attempted to offer any oppos tion to General Sherman's ‘advance. The do:ertions from Johuston’s army are sald to be as numerous as those which have for some time fast be-n going on from Lee's, in frout of Richmond, ‘fic -rs in many cases leaving with their men. jf Our Kingjon despatch gives interesting particulars of Jue occupation of that place, on the 14th instant, by Joneral Schofield’s army, the rebels marching out after ‘ paking very slight opposition, The repulse of Bragg’s army before that place in the engagements of the 8th, Sth and 10th instant, was of the greatest importance. If Bragg had succeeded in defeating Schofield’s troops the fatter would have been compelled to fall back to New- bern, and General Sherman's advance might have been thereby materially delayed. It is reported that the £ Hel General Hoke was killed in the ba'tie of the 10th inst, Before abandoning Kinston the rebels threw a number of pieces of artillery, which they could not carry of, into the river, burned and sank the ram Neuse, and planted torpedoes all around the town. The earthworks which they had constructed around the place were of a very formidable character. The value of the cotton, rosin, turpentine and other Commodities captured by the national armies in North Carolina is estimated at niillions of dollars, all the land- Ings on Cape Fear river between Wilmington and Eny- Otteville being piled with them, Refugees are said to be pouring into the former town by thousands, Deserters from Lee's lines who have come into the Army of the Potomac, say that in Wostorn North Card” lina there is @ consideravle force of rebel deserters who are regularly organized and armed, for the purposes Of :heir own protection, to prevent the rebel conscription oMicers from prosecuting their work, and to inflict all the Gamage on the rebel cause they can. Their leader iso man named Kirk, and it ts said that be is at present threatening the destruction of the railroad between Dan. Ville and Salisbary. From the armies on James river we learn that the Foads there are in good condition, and the troops are prepared for a movement at any time. Tho rebels have erected a new battery to Ore on General Grant's military Failroad, and on lagt Monday they opened its guns, but @id no damage, the shelle not reaching their mark. A @umbling noise, like that of trains crossing pontoons, is Bightly heard from within the rebel lines, The reb 1 Ofticersn front of the Army of the James have recently Placed entire regiments on picket, to prevent desertions ; Dut it does not have the desired offect, their mon still Pouring into the Union lines in shoals. A rebel force, manifesting considerably activity, mado [ts appearance in the vicinity of White House, on the Pomunkey river, on inst Tuesday. Some of the mem- bers of this force fired on the Union steamer Keyport, @oing some damage to her. Last Monday's Richmond Bentinel cays:—He (General Sheridan) has probably suc- © oded in getting to Grant.” ‘The lectare which Joff. Davis adminis\ored to his Con Press for their dilatoriness in his late special meseage ras not allowed to co ubanswered by the mentors of Ghat body. Richmond papers of the 20th ist. contain a Jong reply made by a selec! Seuate committed to the ac usations of Mr. Davis, in which his Senators charge (hat Ht was he who was guilty of ‘tardinows, iuof- Beioucy and want ‘of decision. They say that “th very few exceptions every law that he ““§ speedily enacted, and all that be 4. and that on the very mattors ‘<rtitig he failed to give * was neces NuW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCiI 23, 1865. well as tho stroams in this direction. The Richmond | The Question of the Day—The Restora~ Scn'inel says the water rose toa height séldom surpassed, inundating much of the country below that city. By the steamship Morro Castle, which errived hero yesterday, we have .ntolligence from Havana t) the 1bth instant. The only nows of particular interest relates to the movements of Lhe Anglo-rebel vessels, The steamer Louisa Ann Fanny, which it was reported had cannon and ammunition on board, and was going to Bormuda to fit out as a pirate, arrived at Havana from Nassau on the 16th inst. Her crew, it was said, was to be reinforced from the men on board the ox-biockade running steamer Owl, then lying at Havana. The blockade runner Ptar- magan, which reported to be from Tampico, arrived at Havana on the 16th inst. THE LEGISLATUBE. In the State Senate yesterday the Central Railroad bill, to remove restrictions as to the rates of fare, was taken up in Committee of the Whole, when, after debate, the Senate refused to advance it to a third reading by @ vote of yeas 13, nays 19 A motion was then mee to reconsider, which was lost by vote of yeas 12, nays 20. Several petitions and remon- strances against the passage of the Broadway Railroad bill were presented. Bills were reported to incorporate the New York and Brooklyn Passenger and Baggage Company; relative to the police courts of New York; to equalize the fare on horse railroads, and authorizing the consolidation of horse railroad companies in Brooklyn. Bills were passed to incorporate the Seventy-first Regi- meant Association; to amend the act relative to widening the Fourth avenue, Brooklyn; for the better regulation of the State Inebriate Asylum; making moro stringent the law of embezzlement; also the General Appropriation bill for the support of the State government, The Quarantine bill was made the special order for to-morrow. The bill amending the general insurance law was ordered to @ third reading. The Metropolitan Baggage bill was recommitted with power to report complete. It is stated that the Governor has sent to the Senate the names of the gentlemen appointed by him to fill the offices of Auditor of the Canal Department, Superintend- ent of the Bank Department, Insurance Department and Harbor Masters. The nominations of E. P. Brooke and Beman Brockway as Canal Appraisers were confirmed. In the Assembly bills were reported to change the boundaries of Prospect Park, Brooklyn; to incorporate the Army and Navy Savings Bank of Brooklyn; for the relief of holders of unsecured bonds of the New York and Erie Railroad, ang to incorporate the Fidelity Insurance Company of New York. An adverse report in relation to the construction of sewers in Brook- lyn was concurred in, Majority reports to authorize the construction of a railroad in Lexington avenue, New York, and to establish the New York Metropolitan Sani- tary district, were received. Bills were passed to confer legal powers of arbitration on the Chamber of Commerce of New York; relative to wharfage along the Hudson river; and for the better protection of seamen in the port and harbor of New York. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship Australasian, from Queenstown March 12, is duo at this port to-day. Her nows will b> threo ‘days later. The order of the 18th inst. from the office of the As- sidjant Provost Marsha! General of this division, directing thatgubstituies for enrolled or drafted men can only be mustered in by the provost marshals of the districts in whi on num P e fiye—abtit one-half what it had been daily Cor-eome time previous Yn some of the districts of the city volun- toéring iswery brisk, while in others vety little is being done at phesent towards filling the quota. Several wards now have ‘their recruiting committees actively at work, and in m of the others me.tifgs have beon held or are called to make arrangements for their appointment The draft was oot resumed yesterday in any portion of the city. ‘The opening of the United States District Court for the Eastern dist-ict of this State, the new judicial district created by an act of the late Congress, took place in the City Hall in Brooklyn yesterday, The officers of this aourt aver Indsa, Charlee Li BDemodtos; District Apion. ney, Benjamin D. Silliman; Clerk, Samuel T. Jones; Marshal, Anthony F. Campbell. No business was trang- acted in it yesterday beyond that necessary to its organi- gation and formal opening. The Unitod States Circuit Court for the new district was also formally opened im- mediately after the adjournment of the District Court. In the case of Charles McEntee versus Ralph Noble, in the Supreme Court, circuit, before Judge Clerke, wherein the plaintiff sued to recover five thousand dollars dama- ges for assault and battery, alleged to have been commit- ted on a Brooklyn ferry boat, as reported in yesterday's Herat, the jury yesterday brought in a sealed verdict for the plaintiff, assessing the damages at three hundred and seventy-five dollars. The horse case, In which Elbert Nostrand and Charles Burden, veterinary surgeons, were cliarged with having allowed permanent injury to be inflicted on two horses left in their charge, belonging to Sheriff Kelly, and which was on trial before Judge Brady for several days, resulted yesterday in a verdict against the veterinary surgeons for six hundred dollars. ‘The Merchant will case was postponed again yesterday, im consequence of the business engagements of one of the counsel. It will probably be tried to-day. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday counsel for Electra Potter and John B. Dennis, charged with produc- ing an ebortion upon Mrs. Elizabeth M. Adams, moved & postponement of the trial on account of the absence of a material witness, The case was put off till the next term, Alfred Bass Collingwood was tried on a charge of stealing English sovoreigns valued at eighty dollars from Wm. Me! , at « boarding house in Roosevelt street. There was «legal flaw in the testimony, which caused the jury to render a verdict of not guilty The Assistant District Attorney stated that he had another indictment against t’ ¢ prisoner on a similar charge; but, as the complainant was ypable to cloarly-cstablion -tho guilt of the jsed, he could not press for « conviction. Judge Russel, fn discharging the accused, cautioned him as to his behavior in futuro, stating that he knew his re- putation, and would know him again, and if brought into court on another charge the severest penalty of the law would be inflicted upon him. Fanny Wells was convicted of grand larceny, and sent to the State Prison for two years. Abraham Recht, a notorious youth, pleaded guilty to burglary, In forcibly entering the house of Jeanette Rogensber., 37 Crosby street, ou the 25th of February, and was sent to the Poniten y for three yours. ‘The detective police have sueceeded in rocovering all of the Ofty-nine thousand dol ars worth of government bonds stolen on last Monday from th» office of the cashier of the Central National Bank, in Broadway They were found in a house in the upper part of the city. Three men have been arrested on suspicion of being con- corned {n the robb ry. Joe Coburn, the prgiliat, wag yesterday arraigned in the Tombs Police Court on the charge of having made an azeault, in a Houston street drinking house, on the’ editor of a sporting paper. Tho full hearing of tho case was postponed till uext Monday, William Richards, bartender in a Greene stroet drink- ing Louse, was yesterday committed to answer tho charge of having stolen three hundred dollars from a soldier named John White, while the latter was paying for some refreshments at the bar. The portions of the Erie Railroad in the contral and western parts of this State damaged by the recent freshet have beon repaid, ard trains will resume their regular trips between New York and Dunkirk and Buffalo to- day. ‘About one hundred and fifty houses, situated in the business portion of the town of Port au Prince, Hayti, wero desiroyed by an incendinry fre on tho 28th of February, entailing a loga estimated at seven millions of dollars. Some of the incendiaries wore caught and im- mediately shot. Advices by the last European steamer state that a famine is at present provailing tn the kingdom of fiam, owing to the failure of the rice cfop. Th J‘ Market was weak and lower yesterday. Gov- ernmenta wore quiet, Gold was firmer, and closed down town at 157, It closed at the evening board at 16634. ‘There was more steadiness in commercial aifaire yoster- day, and the impression was that Tuesday was the biuest day we shall see for some timo, The capturs of Rich mond, it ie beliored, tas been discounted; but that re- mains to be Feen = Cotton was down to 500. for middling. Petroleum was #curcely a0 firm. Groceries were dull and hoavy. The panic ip pork bes gubslded, and prices have steady atabout $27 for new moss, Flour was ‘ar, while wheat was in active request, wh WA dull but steady ta price, Whitey oiled baatey. tion of the Union. “The time has come,” says the Tribune, for a proclamation from the President, clearly sct- ting forth to the rebels his terms of peace. He desires to prolong the war, and to keep the Southern States out of Congrese, is the argu- ment of several copperhead journals, or he would have acoeeded to the proposition of Jeff. Davis for a peace conference between General Lee and General Grant. We think it can be shown, however, that “the time has come” when & proclamation from the President, defining his peace ultimatum, would be a superfiuity, and that no special authority from Mr. Lincoln is needed to enable General Lee, in a conference with General Grant, to put an end to the war. To this end all that General Lee has to do is to propose to General Grant that the armies of the so-called “Confederate States” shall lay down thelr arms, From this essential starting point a treaty of peace can readily be accom- plished. The rebel commissioners, in the Hampton Roads conference, were officially informed by Mr. Lincoln that with submission to the constitution and laws of the United States, on the part of the authorities and people of the rebellious States, they would be gene- rously dealt with—that a graceful submission would secure them many advantages upon col- lateral points, This peace offering is still before them, and it is as faras Mr. Lincoln } could go in a proclamation. the principals reside, bits hada depressing effect |. iting at the Supervisors’ headquarters. The |; af men eniistedithere yesterday wes ouly thitty- |) As for the copperhead argument in reference to General Grant, it is only a bit of party atrategy for party purposes, But the question before us is too large and comprehensive to be made an instrument of party trickery. After all our experience in rebel diplomacy, we think that President Lincoln has acted wisely in paying no attention to the proposition from Richmond for a peace con- ference between General Grant and Gencral Lee. It was but a shallow device on the part of Davis to gain time. Let him resign or be removed, and peace will immediately follow. As the best thing that he can now do for the suffering people of the South and for himself, we would advise him to resign and be off for Mexico as fast as possible. In remaining at Richmond he stands in the way of,,peace, and dangers thicken around him. Relieved of Davis, General Lee will meet with no difficulty in securing a conference with General Grant and a treaty of peace. In dis- arming and disbanding the armies under his command the thing will be done. An honest and intelligent soldier like General Lee will know that in proposing submission to the Union he may ask a liberal ‘amnesty, and the full protection of the constitution to the States salting from this war: are subject to the deci- sions of the Supreme Court and a reconsiders- tion hy Congress. Best of all, with their sub- mission to the Union, the returning States, in | filling at once their vacant places in the federal Congress, will secure the balance of power for their own protection, and this is their only course of safety. We anticipate, too, the adoption of this pro- We believe that there will be very little more fighting—that Southera bayonetsare beginning to think, and that Southern soldiers will no longer consent to be uselessly led to slaughter. We look for an early report sf the mysterious disappearance of Jeff. Davis, and for acceptable overtures of peace from General Lee, inthe simple offer to lay down bis arms and give up the contest. Great Monat Reronu Movexent.—The time is ripe fora great reform temperance movement. Now and then such revolutions have come about with great display and much. éclat, but at no previous period was a movement in this direction more desirable or more appropriate than it would be now. We want a thorough temperance reformation in the Senate, in the House of Representatives, in the Cabinet, in the Albany Legislature, in Tammany Hall, and among all the second class, lower strata of poli- ticiuns, both republicans and democrats. There should be a grand meeting got up, and @ magnificent procession, to start the move- ment. We have all the material here, in some twenty or more temperance societies, who should turn out with their banners and their music, which are always on hand. The shade of Father Mathew should be invoked for the occasion, and the eloquence of Gough invited to infuse that spirit which is not always to be found at temperance meetings, . We are sadly in need of such a movement just now. = Our public men have fallen into wicked. ways. They have abandoned -worldly for spiritual things, which would be an excel- lent change only that it is the wrong kind of spiritual things they most affect. Fortunately for the country the President is of the cold -water stamp, a strict temperance man, in fact; for Mr. Lincoln is only intemperate in his jokes, and they are so good that people forgive them; in fact they would be very sorry if he “took the pledge” against making any more. We perceive also by a letter trom Mr. Hackett, the New York philosopher and comic represen- tative of Shakspere—who understands Jack Falstaff like a book, and knows exactly how much sack he took to his quantum of bread— that there is some hope of the Vice President becoming © strict temperance man also. He says that he is amazed at Andy Jobnson’s inde- corous speech, which he regards as an instance of “nature erring from itself,” because when he met Mr. Johnson some time ago in Louia- ville, he was not incoherent, but grammatical, and neither his manners nor his face indicated any low bred, immoral or intemperate habit. Other people, more ill natured than Mr. Hackett, have binted that it was nature erring from Bourbon; and, indeed, the Shaksperean philosopher admits as much bimself, when he says that the Vice President indirectly yielded to a swarm of heartless parasites, who seduced him to “putan enemy into his mouth to steal away his brains.” However, it {s evident from Mr. Hackett’s letter that the Vice President’s incoherence on inauguration day was a mere temporary lapeus linguw; and now that he has been on a visit to Silver Spring, and no doubt indulged coplously in iis pleasant waters, and cooled bimself off, he will be ail right in future, if he only takes care that nature does not “err agalnst itsolf” any more. Let tho temporance movement go ahead. The war is about over now, and there will bo plenty of time fora splendid demonstration. Tho moment is most acceptable to work a reform, and put a stop to “incoherence” —what a intid and pleasant word that isin our logisiative bale, Crbinet coun | After this is accomplished we would suggest fat a statue of Father Mathew be erected in the chamber and the House, in the Capitol gt Albany, in Tammany Hall, and in a little retfred niche in some of the depariments in Washington. Close ef the Opera Seuson—American Prime Deane at Home and Abroad. The opera season closes to-day wiih a ma- tinée, at which Fra will be given. In this opera two American prime donne appear. We have now so many native operatic artistes that we can send several abroad; while retain- ing a large number to delight us at home. Europe has just begun to give us gold again, and we give in exehange the best musical notes as well as the bonds of the best govern- ment onearth. Adelina Patti has all the Euro- pean capitals at her feet. Carlotta Patti, who sings only in concerts, makes kings pay dearly for the privilege of hearing her beautiful voice. Apropos of this, we published in our news columns yesterday a curious story about the Elector of Hesse. The Grand Chamberlain of this petty prince applied to Ull- mann, who has charge of Carlotta Patti, to admit the Elector free to the court box. Ullmann sturdily refused, saying that if the Elector wished to hear Patti he must pay his money like anybody else. “Well,” retorted the Grand Chamberlain, “the Elector owns all the gas in Cassel, and if you don’t let him in free he will turn out the lights.” “Let him do that,” retorted Ullmann, “and we'll sing in the dark.” When this Napoleonic reply was reported to the Elector he laughed, shragged his shoulders and observed, “Ullmann is ill-mannered, but he pleases me. We will pay.” The results of the story were a most brilliantly lighted theatre and a crowded house. The fact that this country has produced at least eleven prime donne during the compara- tively few years that the Opera has been estab- lished here is a complete justification of the musical taste of our people. Some of these artistes have been véry successful abroad; others haye been greater favorites here than their merits deserve; but all have been more or less creditable to the country. Adelina Patti, Madame Van Zandt, Adelaide Phillips, ‘Madame Whiting-Lorini, Carlotta Patti, Miss Lucy Simons, Madame Guerrabella, Miss Kel- logg, Miss Laura Harris, Miss Morensi and Madame Hinckley-Susini make up, on the whole, a brilliant list of names. Although Italy might produce much greater artistes than some of these, yet it would require at least a century for Italy to produce so many. We have brought out eleven prime donne in less than a quarter of a century, and have a dozen more: in training for the stage. Upon these jfregh voices the European capitals must rely ‘for their singers, since the trans-Atlantic critics. {ere already acknowledging that no young singers of any tarent-are_to be found in the art- (marts of Europe. The sensation which Patti has created proves the truth of this confession. Some women are always young; but European prime donne are not of that class; and the Cock- neys, the Parisians, the Spaniards and the Ger- mans all bail Patti as an operatic Venus, just risen from the Atlantic to wield a sceptre to which there seemed no heiress-apparent. It ts true, however, that “quality, not quan- tity” ia the rule in art, Judged by this rule the American prime donne are astonishingly successful; for out of the eleven names before us the majority are really distinguished. Hinck- ley-Susini, a most pleasing singer, is dead; and the recent decease of Madame Whiting-Lorini has hushed one of the purest and sweetest and most cultivated of American voices. Adelina Patti is a genius. Her singing and her acting alike excel criticism. Carlotta Patti, whom un- kind Nature has confined to the concert room, has a fine voice, trained like a vocal acrobat to accomplish marvellous tours de force. Mrs. Van Zandt has a “magnificent organ and an equally mafnificent execution. She is not a great actress; and neither is Miss Kellogg, nor any of the other American artistes, except Patti. But ber singing is delicious, ravishing, superb. It reminds us of Persiani. In any of the Euro- pean capitals she could readily obtain an engagement and create a furor. Adelaide Phillips is also a great artiste. She was very successful in Europe; but since her return she has sung but too seldom in. public. Mo- rensi has an excellent contralto; but it sadly needs careful cultivation. Two -years in Italy, or iha.game time spent here under the tuition of such masters_as Abella, Barilit—who first instructed Van Zandt—Muzio or Manzachi, would make Morensi perfect. Thus out of a list of nine living American -prime donne we have at least five who can justly claim pre-emi- nence in art, while the two who have left us had already established delightful reputations. The four artistes who remain to be considered are Madame Gucrrabella, Miss Kellogg, Miss Lucy Simons and Miss Laura Harris. Madame Guerrabella isa powertul actress; but we heard her sing under certain disadvantages, to which it Is not necessary to refer, and she now seems to have withdrawn from the lyric stage for the preeent. Miss Kellogg has been well trained; but her voice does not grow stronger with training. It is a parlor voice. People at the Academy complain that they cannot hear her. So pretty a singer might be better appreciated ina much smaller hall. To Miss Lucy Simons—who is to become Madame Muzio before her tour around the world—we have not had the pleasure of listening in Opera, and therefore we cannot speak of her. Miss Laura Harris has surprising facility of execu- tion, but no strength of voice, and'is a greater favorite at concerts than at the Academy. This ends our list, and it will be noticed that even those prime donne whom we cannot conscien- tiously class among the first native artistes have peculiar merits, and are leas deficient in thorough musical education than in those natural gifts which come without labor, and are not to be gained by any efforts. With these prime donne, and with such a quartette of native pianists as Gottschalk, Pattison, Pease and Sanderson, this republic may well be proud of its advance in musical culture. When the Academy troupe leaves this metropolis it will visit Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston, and Manager Grau has engaged it to open his new Opera-house at Chicago In April. Thus the in- terior cities begin to rival New York in their devotion to art, and no doubt the Far West will sogn send us firgt-class native singers to con- tribute to our enjoyment in the metropolis, and then to be transferred to Europe and keep the operatic foreign exobange constantly in our favor. Pav Nuvws Tock Sercer.sTors.— p vii, Wwaugucayuus end political Wig rpms. § “gpanies Lave,” 16 ge Leele pied inile “UV TOS GOO | Upuigeen ann Wares woulmom singly, but in platoons.” The force of the adage : pMgpnltoagenire di 4 numbers nae WASHINGTON. ‘Tha late feeghete ets SHEBIDAN’S TROOPS ieee rion and settlements, far and near, which were lo- BE PUT IN MOTION. cated upon streams, also visited the oli regions, Pg teony fin oil naar ce and, according to eccounts, swept barrels and | and, although ‘huleseaie- te nehusus, EG octamasd tenks inpomerable to destruction, overflowed peal it will Farid by pie Ir pe of the rebol ai ‘ick d boring para geroun: rsburg mond, and will inflice bade laid fo other vibenens pets oe som the ee punishment and disasier equal to that to the ofl production in Pennsyivania to the | ony rosacco srEcuLations amount of millions of dollars. This, coupled spam rae with the rapid decline in gold, and the recently FO ny sega pearing dai. divulged fact that hundreds of augers, which serene intention of auietagt have for months past been boring into the very as oe eee bowels of the earth ina vain attempt to strike | eum conrRasaND TEADE ON THE LOWER POTOMAG- such operations. lying idle, produced a panic among the specu- | for the yrotection of the contraband trade across the lators, and the shares. of most.of the doubtful Secihene sam, peprere ot Hapeahesnony, ond Reie- companies—which term embraces nineteem- pasod er de Deen sent ros the smail paacd imthas twentieths of the whole—have experienced ® | region, bubthus far without-success. material decline: GENERAL FHOMAS’ REPORT OF HIS eAMPAIGM, The French Embassy. Major General Thomas, in hiwofficial report of the ope SRETCH OF M. MONTHOLON, THE NEW MINIerER vo? | Tations of biearmy from September 7, 1806, to January WASHINGTON. 20, 1965, saye:—There were captured from» the enemy More than a year ago the French government—or |: during the various actions thirteen thousand: one hun- rather the Emperor Napoleon—named M. de Chateaure- |’ dred and eighty-nine prisoners of: war, including sevem nard Minister to Washington, in place of M. Mercier, who |' general officers and nearly one thougand other officers of had retired from that responsible office. The arrival of | lower grades; also seventy-two pieces of serviceable the new minister was constantly expected, but as fre- | artillery, and battle fags. During the same period over quently delayed. We now learn that the procrastination | two thousand deserters from the euemy were received, in filling the vacancy, on which al} had reason to com- | to whom the oath was administered, Ourown losses will ment, arose, not from any§political reasons, but entirely | ot exceed ten thousand in killed, womnded and missing. from the pressure of family mattersover which M. de { The larger number of the ammunition chests captured Chateaurenard had no control. Some persons supposed | were filled with ammunition in a good condition, and six that the cause of the long-existing vacancy in the repre- | wagons loaded with-powder were captured before Nash- sentation of France at Washington was to be accounted | ville. Other important captures are mentioned. for in the coldness of the relations supposed te be exist- Major General Thomas says to Colonel Palmer and his ing between the two countries. The true explanation is | command is accorded the credit of giving Hood’s army to be found in the withdrawal of the name of M. do | the last blow of the-campaign, at a distance of over two Chateaurenard, on account of his family responsibilities, | hundred miles from where we first struck the enemy om. and the nomination, by an imperial decree, of the | the 18th of December, near Nashville, He says:—“To Marquis de Montholon, the present minister of France in | all my commanders, Major Generals Schofleld, Stanley, Mexico, to the position of minister of the French empire | Rousseau, Steadman, Smith and Wilson, and Brigadier’ to the United States of America. General Wood and their officers and men, I give my We are thus to havo, very nearly at the same time, a | thanks and gratitude for thelr gencrous self-sacrifice and new French as well as a new English minister. We have | manly endurance under most trying circumstances; an@ also a new Austrian minister. M. Montholon, the gentle- | in all instances toe much praise cannot be accorded te man on whom the choice has at length fallen to repre- |“any army, which, hastily made up from fragments of sent the French empire, is well known in New York, | thelr separate commands, can successfully contend whore he was French consul for many years. His wife, | against a force numerically greater than. itself, and of as we understand, is an American lady. M.tMontholon | more thoroughly solid organization, inflicting on tt a is supposed, from his long residence among us, to be | most crushing dofeat—aimost an annibilation."” very well acquainted with American politics, and the in- | DIRECT RAILROAD ROUTE..BETWEEN WASHINGTON formation he has gained during his residence in Moxico AND THE WEST. during the early days of the new empire will, doubtless, ‘Washington is to be favored with anoth er railroad eoa- be of service to him in his more elevated position. His | nection West. One house of the Maryland Legislature acquaintance with the English language will also bea has already passed a bill authorizing the constructios of great advantage to him in the discharge of his new a new road to the Point of Rocks, where is will connect dutios, with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, giving—what je Of the antecedents of M. Montholon, beyond the few much needed—a direct route to the West. facts hero stated, we have nothing at present to Bay. He ARRIVAL OF MR. MARSHALL 0. ROBERTS. is, we believe, in some distant way, related to thefor- | Marshall 0. Roberts, of New York, arrived here this tunes of the. Napoleons, and has faithfully served the | evening. present Emperor since his elevation to power. When he | PosTMASTSE AND NAVAL OFFICER OF comes to Washington and there Rsaumes the reins of |. LEANS, ” public life we shall, perhaps, hear more him, and ‘The President has appointed R. W. Talliaferre Post- (then his antecedents will, perhaps, be fcily de- | master and TM, Wells Naval Officer at New Oricana, tafled! é t A ARMY OFFICERS’ QUARTEES ON SHIPBOARD. last night in Brooklyn with Don Giovanni, in which the | Maretzek’s company will make their last appearance ot ® | water, Any officer violating this order will be liable to grand malinge, when Fra Dievclo will be produced by ' summary dismissal from the service. Particular request. ‘This is the first time that a matinés | wwayrpy INTO THR CONDITION OF THE RED MBN. has beemgiven on Thursday; but the immediate depar- Senators Doolittle, Foster and Nesmith and Windham ture of the artists for Philadelphia, Washington and | 4 Habbard, Higby and Ross compose the committee ap- Baltimore, combined with the earnest desire of the pub- pointed under the joint resolution of Congres direoting in- No—the ladies and our country friends especially—to | quiry into tho condition of the Indian tribes and their hear them once more at a matinge, renders the perform- | tregtment by thecivil and military authorities. They areto ance to-day almost a necessity. There will no doubt be | hear the complaints of Indian chiefs, and examine fulty an immonee crowd, and an early attendance is advisable. into the conduct of Indian agents and superintendents, for ‘nd into the management of the Bureau of Indian Affaire. Brooxirw Art Association. —The second reception the present season of this society took place on Tucsdey THE MONITORS. evening, at the Academy of Munic, Montague streets The | 4 number of the Monitors are to come to the Washing- ball was, as usual, inconveniently crowded, rendering paratory circulation difficult. This, however, was of less conse- pea bein pep ay eee am ? quence to the interests of the exhibitors, as the collec- $$ tion will be kept open for inspection during the remain. | Subseriptions to the Seven-Thirty Bonds. Partaperuia, March 22, 1866. der of the week. Of its merits as a whole we have a less favorable opinion than we had of the two preceding exhi- Jay Cooke reports the sale of seven-thirties to-day at bitions of the society. There are fewer really good pic- | $3,105,000, including one from Chicago of $133,000 and tures and a greater number of positively bad ones than | one from Philadelphia of $200,000. There were over twe were there collected. Among the former we may notice | thousand individual subscriptions. the large landscape by the president of the society (Gig- A Horse Ca: Important to Veterinary noux), which 1s, as usual, carefully and broadly painted ; Surgeons. acamp scene, by Gifford, in his happiest style; a medi- COURT OF COMMON PLEAS eval episode, by Leutze—a good deal after the manner of Before Judge Brady. the Belgian painter, Leys; a noble sea piece, by De Haas— Mancu 22.—John Kelly vs. Elbert Nostrand and Charles one of his best works; a couple of small companion pic- | purden.—This was an action to recover damages for in- tures, by Nehlig—painted in his usual vigorous tone; ® | suring a couple of valuable horses belonging to Sheriff contraband scene in camp, by Homer Winslow—admira- | Kelly. The case tasted several days, and created unusual bly drawn and grouped, but not offective in color; ® | excitement among horse doctors, jockeys and turfmem breezy, vigorously painted court acene, by William Hart; | generally. The defendants are veterinary surgeons, and another, by Shattuck, equally to be admired; a genre | had charge of the plaintiff's horses when the accidents picture, by Guy—excellent in treatment and tone; a sun. | Cccurred. Horse No. 1 had his back broken ho of firing, and was permanently disabled. pot, by R. W. Woir, and alarge and rather pretentious | {10'S volt through'a wooden grating in (Font of the stable picture, by G. C. Hull, with some strong qualities, but a = wee cut vary badly, 80 ne aes cs Jon he use of " im for an entire season. Mr, who conduct. want of judgment and recinement in ite manner of treat. | o1"h,9 cave fo the ‘Plata, ‘contended instead of ment. : being hobb! ‘cast’ to the ind in Areal that The New Rebel Privateer. oe eck” 1 mae <i a HEMYISIT TO THE WEST INDIKO—WHAT 18 BHE? @ more modern and less barbarous mode of treaunend ‘We announced on Tuesda; ing the prese and attributed yd co gre the ifs on e ST Pi does greedy account, Ae to horse No. 2, it could be be denied 2 there was ndgligence in allowing the grating te-rsinain such ap-insecuts stats; ‘Tié animal was Mr. Kelly's favorite roadster; and as he was deprived of his services for an entire season, the fg! Bige bore gong a, = him for the loss at the rate of five dollars per The deve which was conducted by Edwin James, was ime elotorese, the ‘small amount im- vol and was very int witnesses were exam! rebel privateer in the West ica during the present month. She was reported as being at Bermuda on the 11th inet., by Captain Peltigrove, of the British bark Sea “Gem. She bore a new pame, which does not seem to have beda reported ; but from the appearance of the ves- sel, the captain supposed her to be the Tallahassee, a privatecr already pretty familiar to our readers, Other advices from Nassau up to the 14th inst., report a rebel privateer, called the Confederate States, off that port on that date, and unable to enter that highly neutral port in consequence of the refusal of the authorities to grant to horsemen. A num- oe Geeta ene ho Npon Ses ere . done or ree und, as was SO ia wi wi was whee the operation, wes ‘said the ‘“cast- i her right of asylum. She is therein described as being a | ing”? waa done well, gave as his opinion that the injury to the animal was done dur- double funnelied steamer, bark rigged, painted .black, | ing the Pi A strnggles and plunges which © and of about 809 tons burden. This is evidently the same | made while the operation oe was being performed; rted at Berm: a instant and the counsel cited some wou known French authori- vessel repor at uda on the Ith i it. Pre. to onmain the theory, He did aot cisely what sho is we have no means at present of know- | Henginy defenoe in the case of horse No.2, but in the ing. She may be the Ajax, which left Kingston, Ireland, | case of No. 1 he was very tenacious of his client's inno- about the 26th of February, for unknown ports, as re- poo the prosecution as cruel and ported by the American Consul at London, who visited | "Wt" sery, anter sabe tek Moen, indicia, Ireland to ascertain her character and destination, but | verdict forthe plaintiff, aasessing tbe damages at $009, reached there aftor her departure. ‘The description of the | which was about one-third of the amount claimed. Ajax, as given by the Consul, gonerally agrees with that Explosion of a Powder Mill. we have given of the privateer off Nassau. The Ajax | TWO TONS OF POWDER DESTROYED—-NO PERSON IN- sailed unarmed, and if she became a privateor she must JURED—SINGULAR KFFEOTS OF THE EXPLOSION, have taken on board her armament and munitions in mre. othor ports; but in regard to all this ye are in a cloud, | ojfTam the Hartford Tivening times, Mast Md Probably the next arrival from the Bahamas will give us | morning about eight o'clock. additional facts in regard to the strange vessel, and en- the taking fire able us to decide what craft she is. One pleasant feature | Ca! asad Loge) in te and uo ove wes (a Bands in the mite, all succeeded in mad of jured. The Out, and off to a safe distance, before the ex; curred. ‘The Hazardville powder works are in @ deep valley, in the news is, that the authorities have refused her right of asylum, and she will therefore be unable to coal and continue her cruise. Meanwhile, we hope some of our fast cruisers may come across her and make her a Prize. Coxoxat ay N1sto's Satoox.—To morrow evening Mile. de Katow and Mr. Webli, after returning from Boston, will give a farewell concert at Niblo's Saloon, previous to their departure for the West. On Saturday they will gn & grand matinge, in which they appear for the about four miles east of Thompronviti, ana const of and 7 st of thea opet and most of elegant 8 ance, The “mixing mill,’ whore tho fire origi: |, had asmall brick structure ining, which contained the — boller and engine. at high mn from this = harging or store room, where ore Was @ ofr powde aaoated a v0 oom The pod etn issolv’ oy wi the ‘charesal and sulphur, Reins torn previgualy re duced to fine powder. In applying the steam to the salt- ‘an iron pipe has to be connected with a large irom Arrivals and Departares. ARRIVALS. Havawa—Steamship Morro Castle—O Knille, F 8 Van Bos- | Kettle and to remove tho dissolved ihe pipe Niiserson d Weta, ¥ seholsonec, ‘yaefren, Ad. Latha must bo taken out. It was in replacing this large pi and lady, KO Tray ¥ Half, b Mares, © Tecate that the fire was caused; the pipe was let down (a Foy. BS, R'Scitner, Je, Fabian, HY Moki | eit Woo suddenly, the'contact of the iron ailing @ ch niran a eS ee de Mole, @ i hel HL Monely, spark, whieh ‘sot ob fire the “green” of unfinished pow. Mair, J Muy “S Garola, G0 Mum Revd . ore, ‘P Bantord mere, ‘This unfinished powder burne too furiously to be road!- Soontin, W Brown and ibaa, Mr gh ga cre wo dang. | ly oxtinguished, but not so rapldly a to yrovent the mem tora, J M Ravel. from escaping; and the empl nine in number, fled it on pt ane 34 w Wa fae mee stood mt a safe to ee the com- Mts Tal hey Kerr, Helly ie trose, BW Aiton alan? | "Ming ‘mixing mill was immodiately in and in teloaon:b pyeplens Blane, BCabtore, Fr 45 Alfaro, Me | few moments the fire, communicating to the cs em Pee PR Psat | Sect ananh eg a erat We ee Bakaly and | vas to. bave Deen requond bak ois criginal olohente Livgrroo' ba—8 ‘ and mado over of a different sizo. 10 @: Campbell and ae. uJ vat New york Ryton ine of course destroyed the building and shattored the glass fod? H sre rooulye Miss Rosenbaun and servant, 36 of many of the surrounding buildings. Yet the force baum New Yanks M Hiegeuheimy, Heh da: | it was ‘muck more sens(bly felt in Thompaonyilio, Hl any U 5 tng W Bich! laces some tiles away, than it wasin the valley tien Franch | Capt Recon! 6 SMOKE arose vertically, In a vast, dense re Jo Aion Gr ape Srambte vu hie sir sng mie uomenty ming © end sctvamt: Bt ‘aiveron ert Setretee, teetamston went booming evor tho hifls and down the sa aa heavy ten naitos distant Senrancr, London; Sai hitadetphia: Me avd | Connecticut valley, Boom! _ y ane " Ty Bow colette ti a c ietagres re rk cts as et | meee aie alam eo 0 det Val Hevana; & ay rane