The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1865, Page 4

4 WEw YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR ~~——_—_—~ @7r108 NM. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. SOWBRY THEATRE, Bowery. —Usorr Tom's Cans. WIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway. —Kiongtisv. BROADWAY THEATRE, Brondway.—Dor; 6x, Tux @mocer on rus Haantu. WONTER GARDEN, Brosdway.—Conrona: Castovous. Zh, BOWERY TUBATRE, Bowery.—Ganuio Cauers— ens Bows. (WALLACK’S THEATRE. frosdway.—Ganz or Lire. OBYMPIO THEATRE, Broadway.—Lonvon Assurance. MUSEUM. .—Two Mawwoth Far wing SaxxTox—| jawt Bor—Msuenae oF Open Day and Evening. ‘ eer MINSTRELS, Mechantos’ Hall, 472 Broad- ea temente Goncs, Bumiasques, &0.—Ma- MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Eraoriun te (£0. —PeTsoLncwania, on Ou ON tHE Bean. ‘at Une o'Glook. wi MU 199 and 201 Bowery.—So: pen eo Mamas @aLLB LIQUE, 685 Broadway.—Ronest Hutiza’s An.omioms any so nakose Serer Back. <META, ht sSRRROUTMRATES, 2, et, petra —tassm New York, Sunday, April 2, 1865. THE SITUATION. ‘Tho engagement of a portion of the Fifth corps, Army Of the Potomac, with the rebels in the vicinity of Gra- wolly ran, on last Wednerday, was fully desoribed in yes- terday's Ou the succeeding day the national (woops continued te advance in that direction, notwith- Wanding the prevalence of a rain storm, but met with slight opposition, and had no severe fighting, the sounds of fring heard on that day at City Point proceeding from the immediate front of Petersburg, where the rebel batteries opened heavily for the purpose of ‘ascertaining if General Grant’s lines there had een weakened to strengthen his forces oporat- fing on the left. On Friday, however, the na- ‘Monal column advancing on the left, consisting of the Beoond and Fifth corpse, was again engaged with the enemy. The rebels, supposed to be directed by General (Lee in person, madean attack early in the day, and suce ceded in forcing back the national troops, who in turn mubsequently assumed the offensive, drove the enemy ‘and captured and held the works which he occupied fn the morning. We have no particulars of these engagements, our only information regarding them yot weceived being contained in General Grant's brief des- patches to the President. But it is evident from these that important advantages were gained ; and, what is pro- bably moreimportant still, they served to distract Gene- wal Lee's attention to a great extent from the work in which Sheridan's troopers were engaged further on the Jef, in the direction of the Danville and Southside railroads. Nothing positive regarding the result of Sheridan's movements -has yet been received; but when last heard from he was progressing fincly and meeting ‘with little opposition. We present to-day, as an illus (trative accompaniment to our despatches, a map showing the battle field of last Friday and the position of the Second and Fifth corps in the vicinity of the Boydton and ‘White Ouk roads. ‘The Petersburg Zuprese says Admiral Porter now has in James river, in the vicinity of City Point, a fleet of fifteen Monitors and forty iron-clads, besides innumerable other weusele of a lees formidable character. Later positive intelligence of importance from the na- Gonal army now advancing on Mobile is contained in the Gespatoh of the Hunstp correspondent from headquar- tore in the field, dated on the 23d of March. On that day the Sixteonth corps, under General Andrew Jackson Beith, accompanied by General Canby aud staff, was at Danbdy’s Mills, on Fish river, on the east side of Mobile ay, and ton miles distant from it, twenty-five miles by ‘water from Fort Gaines, whence it was eonveyed ‘om transports, and twenty.six miles by land from Mobile city. The entire Thirteenth corpe, under General Gordon Granger, was expected to join the Sixteenth at Danby’s Mills during the evening of the 184 One brigade of it had already arrived when our Gorrespondent transmitted his despatch. The Thir- eenth corps moved by land from Navy Cove, at the flower ond of the bay, = distance of forty miles, and in gil this march not more than fifty rebel soldiers alto- gether were encountered. In fact, no opposition ‘worthy of the name was made to the advance of either corps, and no rebel works were encountered, plaialy showing, as the few inhabitants in the @ountry traversed stated, that the movement fim this direction was entirely unexpected by the rebel commander, and was a complete surprise to him. His weason for mot expecting the national troops to advance ‘by this route was probably the almost impassable nature @f the country, The roads were found to be in a horri- ‘ble condition, and had to be corduroyed. General Can- by's movement of troops on the weet side of Mobile bay W probably a feint, Our correspondent states that heavy Gring in the direction of Mobile had been heard during the last twonty-four hours. This was supposed to pro- ced from an engagement between the Monitors and two @f the rebel shore batteries. ‘fhe national force whieh the rebels report to be moving from Knoxville on Lynchburg, Va., and which (hoy entimate at six thousand cavalry under Stoneman and Gficon to eighteen thousand infantry under Stanley, te ead by the Richmond Sentinel to have been as far east a8 Carter's station, within twenty miles of Bristol. ffenm,, on inst Sunday evening. The Lynchburg Virginian ways the country through which theee raiders ‘will maroh contains abundance of provisions, and calls qpon the iahsbitants to destroy what (hey cannot use or end away. ‘The coccastonists in Montreal succeeded in stirring up @ueatderabdle excitement in that naturally quiet city yee (endag over the case of the Bt. Albans raiders, Their aewapaper organ there issued an extra charging the qembore of the Canadian government with having con enced 0 plan to have the raiders transferred to Toronto, to be tried before the same court which adjudicated the nse of Burley, the Lake Erje pirate, In this court it is thoaght they will be ordered to be given up to the United (ates government under the Extradition treaty. The poceasion nowapapér alluded to is very violent in its abuse of the Canadian ministry, and {te language is in tended to incite @ riot in the event of an -atterm)t to re. {move tho raiders from Montreal. = * It ie announced from Montreal that the St. Albans banks have received the money voted by the Cauadian Parliamont to indemnify them for their lonses by the rebel raid. THE LEGISLATURE. . fin the Sonate yesterday billa were passed relative to cavad the Ezaiov ow, prohibiting the axle ef Bauer 60 | corpshe asmiled, it would not have been nny con- Sunday. The dill to amend the charter of the Manhat- tan Gaslight Company wes altered so as to allow the company to charge three dollars ané Gfty ceats per one thousand feet, instead of two doliars and fifty cents, and then advanced toa third reading. muoh force and wasted o great deal of strength |: merely to drive Grant's lines @ few hundred In tho Assembly bills wero passed making appropria- | yards, and when he had driven thom and won- tions to repair the damage to the State canals caused by the late freshets; to amend the act relative to the regis- try of births, marriages and deaths in ths city of Now dered what to do next, they in turn advanced and drove bim, and even wrested from him the York; relative to the feca of tho Clerk of Queens county; | ground that be held at the commencement of to legalize certain acts of the Board of Supervisors of Richmond county; and to incorporate Worth Lodge of the battle. {f Lee hes not yet ecom-ble error |: of the . Freomasons of New York, A bill was intreduocd (| ho may try this advance’ again in atill greater cloge North Third stroct, Brooklyn. ‘The Soldiers’ Voting bill was ordored to a third reading. A joint resolution was adopted authorizing the election of a» state Sxperin- tendent of Public Instruction on Tuesday next. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The excitement among our firemen regarding the law for a paid department has to a great extent subsided and a dispositi-n ts mow manifested by nearly all of them to submit to it quietly and in # manner worthy of the high reputation which they have heretofore sus- ‘tained. A-meeting of foromen was hold last evening at Firemen’s Hall, Chief Engineer Decker presiding. The call for the mocting was an informal one, and had not Feached the knowledge of members until too late to make an effective turnout. This was not a matter of im- portance, however, a¢ no special action had beon taken bby the Common Council in connection with the question which new interests the department, As nothing could be done by the department until the Common Council reported, the mecting was adjourned anda freah call is- sued for Tucsday evening next, at eight.o’clock. In his call for this meeting Mr. Decker urges upon every mem- ber of the department to continue the performance of his duties until the new organization shalibe perfected. A fire occurred between nine and ten o'clook fast night in the photograph grooms No. 123 Bowery, doing damage to the extent of about two thousand dollars Another fire broke out in a stable on the corner of ‘Thirty-seventh street and Eleventh avenue, but was extinguished after doing trifling damage. At both fires the firemen were on the ground with their usual Ppromptness, and labored with their accustomed energy to subdue the flames. Drafting proceeded yesterday in the Seventh ward, Fifth district; Eleventh ward, Seventh district, and Nine- teenth ward, Ninth district, The quota of the Seventh ward was completed. On Monday the wheels will again torn for the Seventh, Thirteenth, Twenty-first and other wards. One hundred and four recruits were mustered in in the six city districts on Friday, and a number of volunteers and substitutes yesterday. None of the State bounty fund has yet been received by our Su- pervisora; but Governor Fenton yesterday, ina de- spatch to Chairman Blunt, promised that a portion of it should be placed to their oredit as soon as possible In the Board of Supervisors yesterday a resolution was" adopted requesting the Volunteer Committee to confer with the authorities at Washington and urge the accep- tance of the revised enrolment, by which the quota of the city will probably be reduced seven thousand men. A resolution was also adopted to request the Governor of the State to place two million dollars of the State loan at the disporal of the county to pay bounties, A discussion sprang up on the question of the propriety of refusing to take three years men, pending which the Board ad- journed. Colone! William Heine has issued an address to the re- cently discharged members of the One Hundred and Third New York regiment, calling on them to re-enlist for one year’s service. > At a meeting of merchants held yesterday at the office of the United States Assistant Troasurer in this city twenty thousand dollars were subscribed on the spot for the United States Christian Commission, and a committee was appointed to solicit additional subscriptions in Wall atroet and vicinity. Two young men, named James Mullen and William Williams, were yesterday committed to await the result of injuries alleged to have been inflicted by them on an old German, seventy years of age, named Saladin Kline, by Deating him on the bead with lager beer glasses. Mr. Kline was rendered insensible, and his recovery is con- sidered very doubtful. The Atlantic Mail Steamship Company’s steamer Ariel, Captain Jones, will sail to-morrow (Monday) at twelve o’clook M., for San Francisco, via Panama, from the com- pany’s new and commodious pier, No. 43 North river, foot of Canal street, The Ariel will connect at Panama with the steamship Constitution. The stock market was steady at the advance of yester- day. Governments were firm, Gold very steady, and closed at 16234 down town. At the evening board the price rose, the closing quotation being 154. Commercial affairs were very quiet on Saturday, and prices as a genera’ thing were steady. On ‘Change, how- ever,cihe downward movement of breadstuffs continued, the demand being very light, while receipts will soon be considerable, as inland navigation will soon be resumed, On ’Change flour declined at 20c. a 36¢., with a limited inquiry. Wheat was in moderate request, and 8. a bc lower. Corn and oats continued dull, and prices are tending downward. The pork market was a trifle firmer. Beef was steady, while lard was without material change. Freights were dull. Whiskey was dull, and 2c. a 80. lower. The Military Situaticn—The Fighting Near Dinwiddie—Operations at Mobile. On Wednesday last, at daylight, a heavy cavalry force, under General Sheridan, moved from the camp in front of Petersburg, and, as the enemy must by this time know, passed through Dinwiddie Court House, on its way to inflict damage on Lee at some point further west. At the snme time two corps of the Army of the Potomac moved out of camp, and also to the left, in the direction hitherto taken in the various approaches toward the Southside Rail- road. All the Army of the James and the Sixth corps were left in position in the lines hitherto held by the Armies of the James and Potomac. Doubtless the cavalry operation is the real and important one of this movement, since the infantry at most only threaten to do what the | cavalry is absolutely doing; but by putting the infantry outelde of his fortified lines General Grant occupies Lee’s attention, and may tempt him into some little blunder, while, having a | body of infantry there in the open country and | well in band, he stands ready to take | advantage of circumstances and to make the | most of any errors the enemy may fall into. | And Lee hae already fallen into one very grave one. It is a good rule that 4 involved | in the Napoleonic maxim, never to de what | your enemy wants you to do, and Lee has ap- | parently broken that rule by the battle fought | on Friday. The corps that moved out with the | cavalry were on Thursday night posted in posi- | tion in front of the Boydton road, a little way | east of Dinwiddie Court House. It is obvious | that they were only put there to invite Lee’s assault. Lee’s force was known to be at an- | other part of his lines, and, if it had been in- | tendbd to strike, these corps could have been | pushed on much further than they were on Thursday, and couldehave delivered their blow | before Lee could have made the most of his power of resistance. But they were purposely held to give bim an opportunity, and he took it, | Judging by the very dim light of the report, Lee assumed the offensive and assailed Grant’s lines at daylight on Friday. He supposed that Grant was ready; but he hit troops that had in actions on promirsory notes, bills of exchange énd checks; to incorporate the New York Fidelity f ) i Rociety; and to | he would interrupt a movement and hit before | | waited for him nearly « whole day. He | posed himself to the probability of a great dis- | aster by thia, while, if he had gnnihilated the ex- foree, drawing for that force on the troops he had'left in the Petersburg tines; and thea we remains in our works near Petersburg. While these stirring operations are'in pro- groas in Virginia, and while Sherman onco more gathers up his force for another advance, we receive the news of the activity of the Union forces near Mobile. Maury proclaims, and the Governor of Alabama proclaims, too ; but our iron-clads, nevertheloss, pound Away at the enemy’s positions, and on. the 23d ult. the Thirteenth and Sixteenth corps were within twenty miles of Mobile, ri route to take part in the operations against it. It will take’seme- thing more substantial than preclamations to stop those fellows. We may at any moment hear very lively news from that quarter. The Tone and Temper of the North and South. This war will abolish all sectional ideas. Hereafter we eball be but one people, instead of two different people under one government. When the war is over we shall be all Ameri- cans, instead of being divided into Northerners and Southerners. Hard fighting has made us much better acquainted with each other than we ever were before, The mistakes and mis- representations which have prevailed in the twe sections have been washed away in blood and burned out in the camp fires. There can be no misappreciation of each other’s character in fature. Forty years ago John Randolph, of Roanoke, began to impress upon the Southern mind the idea that the Northern peoplé were an inferior race. He persistently called them “pediers and pedagogues,” and as the Southern people saw only Yankee pedlers and pedagogues in their midst, they were soon induced to believe that all Northerners were of the same classes. When the Southern mind was once set in that direction, the Southern politicians pandered to it continually. From “pedlers and peda- gogues” we came to be oalled “ mudsills and greasy mechanics.” Those lordly. Southerners, who were accustomed to bully their slaves, thought that they could bully all the rest of mankind in pretty much the same style. In the opinion of the Southern extremists there were four races in this country—the negro, the Indian, the Yankee and the Southerner—and the Southerner was, of course, the highest, the noblest, the most civilized and the most chivalric. During all this time the Northerners went on about their business quietly anti without bear- ing malice. They did not like the Southern braggadocio, and they did not Hke the Southern slavedriving; but they remembered the glories of 1776, they respected the compromises of the constitution, and they fought gallantly, shoulder to shoulder, with Southerners in the war with Mexico. Through the old democratic party, the Southern politicians exclusively controlled the government of the country. They held all the offices, or if a Northern man held an office it was by their kind indulgence and permission. The nal treasury supported the South. Just as Northern boys were trained to become carpenters or masons, Southern boys were trained to become politicians and officeholders. At the South to_jpbor was disgraceful. The harder a man worked the nearer he resembled a nigger. So the North did the work and the South did the governing, and, on the whole, the country rolled along very smoothly. But in 1856, after several spasmodic attémpts of the same kind, the North resolved to try its hand at government, and the result was an im- mense amount of indignation on the part of our Southern brethren. Had Fremont been elected at that time the South would have un- doubiedly rebelled, although few persons then snspected it. Such « rebellion, however, would have been as easily crushed as the nullification riot in South Carolina. Buchanan was chosen, by the aid of the Northern democracy, and the danger was over for the time. Nevertheless it was only for the time. The Southern lead- ers were shrewd enough to know that the “mud- sills and greasy mechanics” clung obstinately to their favorite ideas. These leaders saw from the strong republican vote that the power of the democratic party was on the wane. They sur- mised and expected that a republican President would be elected in 1860. Conseqnently they used their last tour years of influence to prepare for rebellion, and when they were ready they threw Douglas overboard and deliberately con- nived at Lincoln’s election, in order to use that election as a pretext fer disunion. Conceived in treason, nurtured by theft. and strengthened by the basest betrayal of public confidence, this rebellion began hostilities in 1861. The Northern people were taken by eur- prise; they were totally unprepared; they found their small regular army far out of reach and their navy acattered to the four winds of Heaven. At the commencement of the war the tone of the Southern people was that of tremend- ous braggerts; but they were not braggarts, since they really believed their own words. They had been educated to think that one Southerner eould whip five Northerners, and it took some time to flog this conceit out of them. The temper of the Northern people was irreso- lute and conciliatory. They did not want to fight, and tried hard to find some way out of it; but, finding no such way, they commenced to fight steadily and coolly, They were like man who has some disagreeable duty to per- form. At first he endeavors to cacape it; then to compromise with it; and finally he takes off his coat and does it. The tone and temper of | the North and South have presented this con- trast all through the war. The North has been cool, steady, patient, determined, generous, in- vincible; the South has been alternately blus tering and cowardly, cautious and impulsive, liberal and revengeful, resolute and flighty. The North has represented the national feeling, and has warned all the rest of the world to keep out of the contest; while the South has represented the sectional feeling, and has re- peatedly begged for « foreign prince or @ foreign protectorate. It follows, therefgra, that ‘holding the batance of power in the world. Political Prejudice and Practical Patri. Otiam im this Metropolis, We have observed with regret the existence wards New York ofty among prominent po animosity is noticeable at W: on, Secretary Seward publicly zevilesthis metropo: lis at the President’s receptions. it is oqually noticeable at Albany, where any moasure which appears obnoxious to our citizens, or which poems calculated “to annoy our muni Cipal officials, is pretty sure of « atroug parti- gan support. We belicve that it requires but little argument to prove that this fooling, €0 prevalent among the republicans, is oxtromely unjust, and that New York city has displayed quite as much practical patriotism during this war as all the other cities in the country com- bined. The only possible reasons which can be ad- duced to justify the animosity to which we re- fer, are'the atterances of the New York rebel press and the large domocratic majorities which this city always gives. ft is true that we have a rebel press’ in thig city; true that the utterances of these eecession papers are treasonable; true that they could scarcely be more treasonable if the papers were published at Richmond. But,on the other hand, there are rebel papers at Washington, at Boston, at Philadelphis, at Chicago, and elsewhere throughout the North, and why should New York alone be blamed? It must be remem- bered, too, that we rather permit than encour- age the publication of rebel papers here. Their encouragement and the vast majority of their subscriptions come from the rural dis- tricta—those very districts the representatives of which are ao embittered against the metro- polis. Here the rebel papers have not the slightest influence. They cannot hinder re- cruiting; they cannot prevent us from sup- plying the govertment with the sinews of war; they are read by comparatively few of our people. Such papers are merely printed fere and find their subscribers and supporters in the country. Besides, the loyal prees of this city more than neutralizes the poison of the seces- sion sympathizers, and leaves us with @ large balance of loyalty in our favor. That our large democratic majorities should cause the republican animosity against the metropolis we oan hardly be induced to believe. The time has passed when any one could charge that to be a democrat was to be disloyal. The ‘Tammany Hall democracy, which carried this city at the last election, is as loyal an organiza- tion and has done as much for the war as any number of Union Leagues in the land. Parti- sanship may run very high ; but we cannot see how it can lead the friends of this administration to hate a city simply because its citizens pre- fer representatives of the opposite political faith. Indeed, we have been repeatedly aasured by republican authorities that all mere partisan- ship ceased with the beginning of this war. The republicans changed their name to that of the Union party, in order to signify their aban- donment of partisan issues. We have plenty of democrats in our army and navy. Many of them hold high places under government, and are part and parcel of the administration. They have forgotten their political prejudice, and have displayed their practical patriotism in rallying their friends and followers to save the country. Democratic as it is, this city has loaned more money to the government, has sent more men to the war, has beetmore stead- fast and unwavering in ite devotion to the Union, and has been of more real, earnest, valuable assistance to the present administration. than any other community—the whole State of Massachusetts not excepted. Without New York the war could not have been successfully conducted. Upon more than one occasion this city bas saved the national capital and the Union. But the animosity to. which we allude has been not less dangerous than unjust. It creates the very evils which it professes to deprecate. No doubt it is very absurd to say that this city is subjected to the draft because government officials wish to revenge themselves upon us; but really there is some foundation for the rumor when such men as Seward declare that New York is worse than Richmond. No doubt it is very foolish to suppose that Albany legis- lation in regard to this municipality is dictated by partisan malice; but the fact that leading republicans and leading republican organs in this State echo Seward’s remarks is the basis for all such stories. New York is a proud city, apt to resent attacks and quick to retort upon those who insulther. After having done more than our share, it is naturally aggravating tobe told that we have done nothing, and area nest of secessionists. Noris it lese aggravating to be subjected to a draft, while Massachusetts is allowed to fill her quota with South Carolina negroes; to be imposed upon by means of an unfair enrolment; to be trifled with by the Provost Marshal General, and to be scoffed at by those who bave benefitted by our exertions. We tell the administration that they have had no more bearty support than that of the intelli- gence, the money and the men of New York. We telt them that nowhere hae more practical patriotiem been displayed. The rebels under- stand thie, or they would never have tried to burn our city, and the sooner the administration understand itand act accordingly the better will be our chances of escape from the perils which already threaten the republic fn the period which is to follow the close of this war. Gottechalk’s Farewell. New York has beard the last performance of Gotts- chalk for many a day, and the largest number of ita citizens whieh the Academy could accommodate heard him yesterday, at the farewell matinée. Rarely, if over, has go fine a tribute, in point of numbers and applause, been paid to any artist ata concert motinée, and never, perbape, during hie career, did the artist exhibit more feeling, delicacy of touch and poetic sentiment than on, that occasion. These were remarkably displayed in his Murmures Bolins, his accompaniment to the cradle song, and the final piece, “Home, Sweet Home," in which he seemed to aspire to leave the memory of his sweetest strains with his listeners. In the duo on Un Ballo in Mavehera, Saridereon’s dashing polkas, and the paraphrase ‘on the “Battle Cry of Frecdom’ Gottachalk’s brilliancy and force were better ilhisitated, Miss Simons—whose vovee and execution have improved surprisingly since lier first essay in theee concerts—was very favorably received, and sang charmingly the two ballads selected for her, as well as the tripping tarantella, composed by and the brilliant waltz from Faw?, Evergahiftg, 80, was encored, and good naturedly repented, narcles from Faust aud Tannhauser, om sie pianos, included; so that the audience were touted ¢o two com corla ingygad af oud, | Point to listen 40. 90@Mications fur ofiie bere. and the steady inorease of a bitter animosity to- | 0 Pa eae Te SRE Baan 6 Oe Ek: tke Fa an ae Oak <3 eR ee Se oe OP A es SS A ER A SSS ee we abla OTL a? ore rou. | The Ryoridontts not cxpected back ups some time next week. - The fecrctary of State and tis} mey return to-maP” OF Monday ; but the President ling to leave bw Qees Of paramount importance». (City 788 0A OF 4. 0. Fr, NICHOLBON. ~ Tho. friends of A..F. Michotean, formorly Senator from Tougesieo, aro making: atebug efforts ta obtain por- meapion for him to take (hp osth; ander the amnosty proclamation, and bo rei: wed a p Jeges. This is resisted by Vice a oh #round that be has been tmadicted by the civit author ties of Tennessee for troasonable conspiracy. No decisiun has yet been mado by tho President in the case. THE KKCHANGE OF FPRISONKES OF Wan. ‘The exchange of prisoners is proceeding as rapidly as the means of transportation will permit. It ie believed that the bulk of the prisoners in the hands of the rebels have already beon oxchanged, and that thoy now hold not more than ten or fifteen thousand. The exchange will leave a largo surplus of rebel prisoners im our pos- ‘session, the number of which és daily being added to by the provent military operations. THE RAILROADS LEADING FROM NORFOLK. Phineas B. Tompkins, of the United States military ruitwaya, late from Temnossee, has been ordered to Nor- folk to take the auperintendency of the railways divorg- |, iug from that point—the Seaboard end Roanoke, from Norfolk to’ Weldon and Clarksville, andthe Norfolk and Petersburg road, both of which may be called in requi- aition to supply our armiea operating against Bichmoad | during the present campaign. BEORETARY M'CULLOCH'S OPLNION OF QALIFORNIA FINANORS, . The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. McCulloch, ina. reoont lettér to Thompson Campbell says, that he has no hesitation in assorting that in his. judgment Califor- nia wowld have been a much richer aud more prosperous State if her circulation bad been # mixed instead of an exclusively metallic one; that she bas aot only failed to co-operate properly with the other States in maintain- ing the government credit, but bas misapprehended her own interest in discountenancing the use of paper money within her limits, No country can prosper for any-con- siderable time where money commands so high a rate of interest as it doce in California, and nothing would tend more directly to reduce that rate of interest than the in- troduotion of a sound paper circulating medium. REOPENING OF THE POST OFFICE AT WILMINGTON. The Post Office Department yesterday appointed Mr. ‘Vaasal a special agent to proceed immediately and reopen the Post office at Wilmington, N. C. All its arrangements ‘are to be put in active operation with the least possible delay. THE NUMBER OF REBRL PRISONERS AT POINT Looxour. There are at present at the depot of prisoners of war, at Point Lookout, about ten thousand rebel prisoners, in- cluding three thousand received last week. Two thou. sand a week are being sent off for exchange. THE ENROLMENT IN‘THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Num+rous complaints have been made hitherto of the enrolment in this District, on account of its including a vast number of non-residents not subject to draft here, and thereby unduly swelling the quota of the district. By the assiduous labors of Major O’Beirne, the present indefatigable Provost Marshal, these errors have been corrected, and the supplemental drafts that may be ne- cessary will be based upon accurate and just enrolments: of only those who are properly subject to draft in the District, as far as this fact can‘bo ascertained. The new enrolment has the approval not only of the military bt also of the civil authorities. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT COLOGNE. It has been officially announced to the State Depart- ment that an international exhibition of machinery, im- plements and productions of horticulture, agrioulture and forestry, will take place at Cologne on the 15th of May next, under the auspices of the Crown Prince of Prussia, THE SOHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN FLAG. Official information ghas also been received that the cabinets of Vienna and Berlin, accepting the proposition of their respective commissioners in charge ad im of the administration of the duchtes_of Holstein and Schleswig, have agreed to adopt as the provisional flag of those duchies the colors blue, white and red, disposed in horizontal stripes, bearing besides a yellow field near the flagstaf. THE SUBSTITUTES AND SUBSTITUTE BROKERS. The Acting Provost Marshal for the District of Colum- Dia has published a communication in which he says:— It_is not neceesary for persons presenting a substitute at this office toobtain the aid of substitute brokers in so doing. The custom just discovered by which substi- tute brokers exact fifty dollars {rom principals who bring their own substitutes, in order to have such substitutes prevented and acce; must be broken up, and the ex- tréme of the law wiil be called in to correct the fraudulent system, which isalike disreputable to the prin- cipals and to the officeof the provost marshal. In such eases hereafter detected both the principals and brokers will be arrested, confined, and charges will be preiersed Pree them for violation of the rules governing the oat Marshal and the Evrolment act. Sub titute brokers have no influence, nor are they countenanced at this office in any way, shape or manner, except so far as the legitimate ‘of Dasiness is concerned. ‘The publication of this is made necessary inasmuch as ‘& public opinion to the contrary seems generally to exist, im detriment to the rights of the citizens of the District of Columbia, and to the speedy Ailing of the present call by draft. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL THOMAS 8. TRUM- BULL. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas 8. Trumyall, First regiment Connecetiut aniNery, who has been lying ill in this city for nearly five weeks, died on Thuraday evening. THE TRIAL OF MISS HARRIS. ‘The trial of Miss Harrie, indicted for the murder of A. Judson Burroughs, in thé Treasury Department, to which she on Thursday pleaded not gu!Ity, has been set down for the 26th of Aprik. PUBLIC OVFICKS DESTROYED BY FIRE. ‘The wooden offices adjoining the headquarters of Major General Augur, on Pennsylvania avenue, and occupied by the Commissary of Musters and the Provost Marshal of the Department of Washington, were consumed by fire thie evening, together with some of the furniture and papers. The roof of the building occupied as headquor- ters of the department also caught fire, bat received very little damage. The alarm wus at once communi- cated to all portions of thecity by the efficiency of the fire alarm telegraph, and had water been easily obtained the fire would have caused but little dainage to property. Ap it is, tt will not probably exceed five to ten thousand dollars. Manixus at Invine Hatt.—This hall was crowded yesterday at the Webli and De Katow ma‘inée; but, un- fortunately, Mr. Webli's health was such that bis physi. cian forbade him to leave bis bed. Tye medica certid: cate was read to the audience, stating that the artiet was suffering from severe fever—the result, we believe, of erysipelas—and that, though most anxious to fulfil his engagement, his doing so would endanger bis life. The audience accepted the apology, ‘‘more in sorrow then in anger,”’ and enjoyed the delightful perfurmance of Mie. de Katowgnone the less for the disappointment which de- prived them of the expected pleasure to hear the great pianist, who in so brief a period has established a brilliant Teputation in this community, Mr. Bareford, with a kindness and fraternal feoting for the dirappointinent of a brother artist which does bim credit, took Mr. Webli's place at the plano ata moment's notice, and was moat favorably received. Mme. Motte and Signor Poulicchi were the solo vocalists on the occasion. Te the Discharged Soldiers Handred and Third Reg York Volunteers. Soupizne—You have had twenty days of rest. Tis i tufficient for a good soldier, Many of you have visited me andsannounced your readiness to return to the field. the One ent, New This spirit is most gratifying to me, bub I ex- pected nothing less from brave men who, even under the most dificul ‘umetances, never failed, but did their It circ the fast. has come. Rally round our old colors, stilt ving before the enemy iu the midst of our comrades stil in the ficld ‘The last of the work is still to jo done, but the wo ean eS all may retern ome and live in an bes ness. Re-enter for one year; this will be more than sufficient, and offers. advantages to you. Those who are ready can rej to Lieutenant Charics Dietrich, office of Captain jee Baner, Fourth Regt ment militia cavalry. An extra hand money of twenty- five dollars will be given, in addition to the ordinary Dounties and hand money, and veterans or recruits who offer themselves will derive the benefit of this hand money. Office No. 1 Centro street, Tyron row, base- mont, corner, te City Hall, 1 intend to lead you in person, be it as regimental or higher commander. In tho time the battalion in the field is under command of our best and bravest officers, Captain Wifliam Redlich, who will be oted as soon as the rogiment is sufficiently strong to Fave lim mustered io m Boldigrs, the time Las come Wp wginn, Se flag! i] Major Gonorx! A. J. Smith’s Corps at Danbyis Mills, Ala. ne The Enemy Unprepared for an Aé- vance from Fish River, and Only Encountered in Small Force. HEAVY FIRING AT MOBILA, &e., &e., &e. ‘The mail steamship Fung Shuey, Capt, J. B. Hilaretm, from New Orleans 25th ult., arrived at this port yester day. We are indebted 10 tho purser for the prompe | delivery of our despatches and fult flew of papers. Mr. Henry Thompson's Despateh Dasnr's Mauss, Foe ivan, Ae, Mapoh Sor iabep The corps of Major Gonoral A. J. Smith is at this poing, having arrived on transports from Dauphin Island ‘Major General Canby and staff are also here, THE LOCATION OF THE CORS. Danby’s Mills is situated on the left bank of Fish rives, about ten miles from Mobile bay, and some twenty ex twenty-five miles from Fort Gaines. Fish river is a narrow, deep and tortuous stream. The water is very dark, and im appearance resembling that of the Black river of the Dismal Swamp of Virginia, ‘The country in the immediate vicinity of ite banks te rolling and picturesque, and covered with pine. Establishments for the manufacture of rosin and tar- pentine were mot with every few moments as we steamed along. There are also saw mills in abundances, Nearly all the mills are now useless, as the machinery has either been carried off or destroyed. Owing to the shallowness of the water on the flats at Bon Secour and Wick’s bay, vessels drawing more thas between four and five feet are unable to enter the river, and remain at the entrance of Mobile bay, We aro about eight miles from Great Point Cloer by land, and twenty-six from Mobile. There are but few habitations along Fish river, an@ these, as a genoral thing, are of the poorest kind. The enemy evidently did not expect our army te ad vance on Mobile by this route, as they ‘had mado no preparation whatever to receive us, and scarcely rebol has been scon, even by our pickets; with the ex- ception of a squad of cavalry which dashed Into oer picket line yesterday morning, exchanged a few shota, and rode off. GENERAL GRANGER'S THIRTEENTH ARMY CORPS is expected here this morning. It marched by land from Navy Cove, Colonel Bertram's command (the First brigade of the Second division) left Navy Cove om ‘Thursday last, one day in advance of the main columa, and arrived here yesterday. Knowles’ scouts discovered smal! squads of the enemy while en routg, who instantly retreated as he advanced. Not more than fifty rebels were seen during the entire march of forty miles. ‘The roads were almost impassable from the late heavy rains, and a great portion of it required corduroying. The troops acted nobly, dragging the artillery and wagons along by means of ropes. But four or five families were seen during the magch, and they expressed much surprise at seeing such a large force of the “Yankees” advancing through their country. This “ large force,"’ your readers must bear tm mind, was only one of our brigades. HEAVY FIRING DY THE DIRECTION OF MOBILE, During the last twenty-four hours we have heard heavy and almost constant firing in the direction of Mobile, I8 is supposed to be our Monitors engaging Battery Gladden and Spanish Battery. Newspaper Accounts. YROM DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA. [From the New Orleans Times, March 25.] We have the Demopolis (Ala.) Herald of the 14th. The Herald had just been removed from Uniontown, and im consequence of recent interruptions of railroads and tele- graph was forced to go before its new patrons nearly de- void of news. The citizens of Demopolis were.to have a war merting on the 14th, to enkindle the fires ‘“‘upon the altar of liberty.” The Heraid estimates the federal force aiming at Mobile at forty thousand. It was in possession of rumors of a fight between For- rest and Grverson, but had no particulars. Resumption of travel to Meridian was expectod om the 1b. The rivers were unprecedentedly high, and the planters subjected to great ee ee City Intelligence, ‘Tue Finest or Arrt.—All Foots’ Day was. kept up wit & good dea) of spirit by Young America yesterday. Tricks of every description were perpetrated upon upon w people Mdoors and outdoors. Placards 6 rn vais = the backs of fee ey clea and the writings thereon of course were of a very com soe § character. Long, taiis hung from the akiete of Indies, many an unthinking mortal knocked his toes against @ suspicious bundle on the sidewalks. Tax Cmmstiax Conmrmox.—A meeting of merchants to raise finances for the Chrietian Commission was held yes- terday afternoon, in the office of the Assistant Treasures. Mr. George Stuart, Chairman of the Comtnission, stated that the funds stores of the o1 were almost exhausted, and that one hundred lars would be needed to carry on operations. Twenty thousand dol- lars were bed on the spot, and a committee wag appointed to Bolicit subseriptions in Wall street to-mor- row. A Haxveome Teatmoxrat.—Mr. J. 8. Parcells, who for the last ten years bas held « prominent position in the Post Office in this city, Was presented on Friday evening last with a handsome bis friends im the department, on the oecasion of his reiring the superin' tion ter of Mr. Parcells, who carries wi life the best wixbee of bis associates. After tation the conm}ony were hospitably entertai recipient at a choice collation, and tbe balance evening Was spent in the interchange of kindly senti- ments by the host and his friends, Finn 1x tam Bowrny.—Between rine and ten o'clock test night a fire broke out in Bauleh’s photograph gal- Jery, No. 123 Bowery. It originated in the operating room, and apparently was caused by a gaa stove, The entire room yras burned out, and we Reais damaged to the extent of about $1,200. * Lnswred for $1,900 in the ‘St. Mask's Insurance Comymny. The first deor and cellar are ocoupied by Perkins & Bro., dealers in earpets. Their stock it damaged*about $500 hy water, fully insured. The bailding i owned by C. V. Andersen, and is aged about $600; fulle insured. Some slight ¢ by water was aleo doue to ihe furniture store of Bi Co., No. 125 Bowers. Fike iy Tarnry-aevesrn Steeet.—The alarm of fire for the Second district, between eight and nine o'clock, orig. inated from ‘he corner of Thirty.seventh street and Bleventh avenue, in a frame siable owned by Patrick Dougherty. Loss $100; no insurance. At both cf the above fires the fremen were on band with their ‘ssa promptness, and worked faithfully in ex- tinguishin g the flames, thus preserving their former repa- tation a4 setting at reat the many rumors which havé been cli culated by their enemies. Whe Penobscot River Free of Ice. Baxcor, Mo., April 1, 1808. The ice loft the Penobacot river last yight, and navigm hou ig now open tq this city, < Tosat Se