The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1865, Page 4

4. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU OTS, Volume XXX Ne. 119 Now York, Sunday, April 30, 1865. EE j. IMPORTANT BUSINESS NOTICE. ‘advertisers are requested to send in their ad- , vertisements as early in the day as possible. All those received after eight o’clock in the evening will have to take their turn in publication. h f THE SITUATION. ‘ , The details of the highly important conference between Sherman and Joe Johnston, which resulted in the gurrender of the army of the latter, are given in the Anteresting despatches of our correspondents, The errival of General Grant at Raleigh on the 24th inst. changed the lamentations of the army over the death of the President to merry groctings of the living General, ‘}nd for a time Sherman’s veterans wore wild with joy at ‘the sight of their old leader. Immediately on the arrival of the General-in-Chief, and the announcement Of the rojection of ‘the torms of surrender originally proposed, General Sherman notified Johnston that the ' @erms were disapproved, that hostilities would be resumed 4n forty-eight hours, and at the same time demanded ‘his surrender, offering him the same terms as those granted to Lee, Afterashort conference on the 26th instant these terms were accepted by Johnston for the full limits of his command, thus embracing in the sur- render four armies of the military Division of the ‘West, but excluding the fifth—that of Dick Taylor, lying west of the Chattahoochee river. Among the gene- rals surrenderod is Peter T. G. Beauregard. Principal @mong the lioutenant generals is W. 8. Hardee, Bragg, ‘having been lately relieved of command, was not in- eluded in the surrender. Wade Hampton, of South Garolina, refused to be included in the surrender, and is Teported to have been shot by Joe Johnston in a personal altercation, though «more reliable rumor says he fled with Jeff. Davis, and is endeavoring to make his way out of the country. } The number of men actually surrendered by Johnston {is about twenty-seven thousand four hundred, although the number on paper is much greater. The surrender includes all the militia from South Carolina, North Caro- Una, Georgia and the Gulf States. General Grant returned to Washington yesterday after- ‘noon. . We have a report by way of Vicksburg of the escape of the famous rebel ram Webb from the Red river on the evening of the 23d inst. She is said to have passed all the Union gunboats and iron-clads in the Mississippi, going at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, and at- tempting to destroy the steamer Saratoga on her way down the river. Early on the morning of the 24th she swas seen fifty miles above New Orleans, It is supposed she is endeavoring to reach tho Gulf, and that Jeff. Davis ‘may be a passenger by her on his way to a foreign port. The body of President Lincoln remained at Columbus, Ohio—which place was reaehed by the funeral corvtge at half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning—until a few minutes past eight last evening. At Columbus admirable arrangements were made for viewing the remains, which ‘wore placed in the rotunda of the Capitol, the walls and ceiling being draped in mourning, relieved by the various ‘war-torn banners which had been carried through so many battles by Ohio troops, The sad procession will probably reach Indianapolis this morning, where they are Forrest had been captured at Eastport, Louisiana, after a hard fight. Those was @ report current in the city that the Mexican General Cortinas had captured the town of Bagdad, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. From lato Texas papers we havo a rebel semt-oflicial report of the result of the mission of General Wallace to Texas and his conference with General Slaugh- ter. The rebel account states that General Wallace, speaking for General Grant, offered the citizens and sol- diery of the Trans-Mississippi Department guarantees of liberty and life and the right of property in slaves om condition that they ceased all opposition, armed or other- wise, to the restoration of the United States authority over tho Trans-Mississippi States. It also states that General Wallace announced that the United States are determined to enforce the Monroe doctrine in Mexico, ‘and that the late President had proposed sending a fleet of three hundred armed vessels to the Moditerranean as a demonstration of strength. General Wallace is alse said to have invited the rebel armies of the Trans-Mis- sissippi Department to assist in the contemplated en- forcement of the Monroe doctrine. Of course if General ‘Wallace made any such propositions as are stated above they were not authorized by either General Grant or President Lincoln. On learning of the defeat and surrender of Lee the rebel Governor of Florida committed suicide. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. From St. Domingo we learn that the National Conven- diz on the 25th of March, after electing a legal govern- ment, to hold office until ninety days after the country ‘@ congress would meet, country. damages, his term of imprisonment is to oxtend two years longer. The steamship Ariel, Captain Jones, belonging to the Atlantic Mail Steamship Company's line, will sail to-mor- row, May 1, for California, via Panama, connecting at the latter port with the new steamer Golden City. The Ariel will leave the company’s new dock, foot of Canal | Street, North river, at twelve noon precisely. The mails will close at the Post Office at half-past ten A. M. ‘The famous Lawrence will case was yesterday finally decided by the Surrogate, that officer denying probate to the will, and sustaining the legitimacy of the Norton children, The property involved amounts to nearly balf @ million dollars, and the case has been one of much pro- fessional and public interest for many yoars, tho Logisla- ture in 1864 passing a bill with direct reference to the estate in question. The Brooklyn Yacht Club are preparing for an active time this season. The officers for the ensuing year were elected last Wednesday. There are about thirty schooners and sloops in the fleet, of which some are of forty to fifty tons capacity. The annual regatta of the club will take place on the 7th of Juno. The funeral of Dr. Valontine Mott is to take place this afternoon, at two o'clock, from the Church of the Trans- figuration, in East Twenty-ninth streot, near Fifth avenue, On Saturday morning a frame building in the rear of 116 West Fifty-third street, occupied by eight poor fami- lies, was destroyed by fire. Mary Brannan, one of the occupants, was burned to death. The fire originated in the deceased's room, and it is supposed she, by some acei- dent, set fire to her bed and was suffocated before assist- ance could be rendered. A fire broke out in the steam sawmill, 285 and 287 Monroe stroct, last night, extending through to the build- ings in the rear of 302 and 394 Madison street, occupied as a cabinot factory and veneer cutting establishment. A tenement building was also damnged, and five families burned out, The loss was about thirty thousand dollars, of which only a small portion was insured. Lewis Baker, a member of Hook and Ladder Company No, 2, fell dead yesterday while on the way toa fire on again to lie in state. Thursday, in accordance with tho Governor's proclamation, was observed throughout Drogon as a day of mourning for the death of President Vincoln. Astounding revelations are said to be forthcoming Pspecting the conspiracy for the assassinations at Washington, exhibiting the perfidy and cowardly expedionts resorted to by the leaders of the rebel- lion. Our Consul General in Canada has given notice to the authorities that all the criminals connected with the murder of Prosident Lincoln must be surrendered to the United States authorities. A letter written by the assas- @in Booth to his mother, dated on the morning of the 14th, has fallen into the hands of the government. Further news from Mobile gives mueh more import- ‘ance to ourcapturea’ Two hundred and fifteen heavy guns, ton thousand stand of arms, and thirty thousand Dales of cotton have been secured, besides immense quantities of corn, wheat and other kinds of grain. Besides this it is estimated that one hundred thousand ‘bales of cotton and seventy-five thousand barrels of rosin ere near the city and in swamps on the Alabama river, ‘most of which is undoubtedly within reach of the Union forces. Over ten thousand stragglers from the rebel ‘army have also given themselves up. Many guerilla bands, however, are infesting the neighborhood, and a party of to the Battle House on the night of the 14th, intending to assassinate Goneral Granger. They, however, fortunately failed to find him. Four vessels belonging to the Union fleet ‘were blown up by torpedoes on the 14th, and quite a umber of men killed and wounded. A transport, while Tunning to the city, on the same day, struck a pile and ‘was wrecked. A despatch dated April 19, on the United States fing- ship Stockdale, im the Alabama river, states that an officer on the rebel Dick Taylor’s staff had arrived at General Canby’s headquarters to make terms for the surrender of the rebel general’s command to the United them went States forces. No particulars of tho interview are yet known. The U: gunboats, in ascending the river, ‘were received with’ demonstrations of joy on the 6 part of the inhabitants, Several schooner loads of cotton had been cut out, and many hundred balos discovered on shore, The transport St. Mary was blown up by & tor- pedo which is supposed to have floated into the channel. The recent opinion of Attorney General Speed in regard $0 tho status of tho rebels is being practically exemplified {n the Shenandoah valley, Major General Torbert, the ‘ew commander, has fully entered upon his duties, one of which is acting upon the cases of many officers and goldiers of Lee's fate army returning to their former homes in Maryland or on tho borders of Pennsylvania, All such persons are not allowed to proceed on their jour- moy without taking the oath of allegiance. Many refuse to do #0, expressing thoir faith in the ultimate success of ‘the rebels, whilo others give up the confederacy and go on their way rajoloing. Several of Mosby's gang of guerillas have come into Winchester with the paroled Prisoners, among whom is bis second in command, Lieutenant Colonel Chambers. Reliablo reports say that Jeff. Davis was at Charlotte, N.0., an Inte as the 23d inst, It is therefore highly Probable that his route to the Mississippi has been cut @ff by Wilson, who was in possession of Macon as carly as tho 20th inst. It is supposed that, being thus cor. nered, Davis will attempt to make his escape from some point on the Florida coast to Cuba, Broadway. Upwards of two thousand laborers are now employed on the California end of the Pacific Railroad. Cars will be running thirty-six miles from Sacramento this week. The California papers record several earthquake shocks Iate- ly, and Mount Baker is now in a state of active eruption, its formerly sharp peak being flattened down a thousand or fifteen hundred feet. The stock market was active and strong yesterday. Government securities were higher and in the ascend- ant. Gold closed at 14654. There was little activity in commercial circles yester- day, owing in part to the comparatively low price of gold, and in part to the fact that the last day of the week is proverbially quiet. Petroleum was quiet and a shade lower. Cotton was dull and Se. lower. Groceries wore quiet. On ’Change the flour market was dull and 0c. a 15c. lower. Wheat was dull and prices tending downward. Corn was scarce and firm. Oats wero dull and heavy. Pork was in limited demand, and a trifle lower, while beef was steady. Lard was less active, but frm. Freights were inactive. Whiskey was steady. The Government Reducing the National Expenses. Assoon as Lieutenant General Grant had secured the surrender ot Lee he at once started for Washington, without stopping to see the rebel capital he had captured, and reduced the national expenses a million of dollars a day. The important orders from the War Department, which we published yester- day, provide for a still further reduction. Judging from these orders of Secretary Stan- ton, we are inclined to believe that the finan- cial policy of the administration is to be a safe and persistent economy until the very heavy debt of the country be paid. If such a policy be adopted, and if the Secretary of the Trea- sury will act upon the suggestions we have given him in regard to lowering the rate of interest gradually, the nation will soon be in a most flourishing financial condition once more. The orders of the Secretary of War are that the heads of the various bureaus proceed at once to reduce the expenses of their depart- ments; that the Quartermaster General dis- charge all unnecessary transports and stop all purchases of supplies and transportation; that the Commissary General of Subsistence discon- tinue all supplies not needed to keep our troops in the fleld until the Ist of June; that the Chief of Ordnance cease buying and making arms and ammunition; that the Chief of Engineers suspend work upon field fortifica- tions and all others not expressly authorized by Congress; that convalescent soldiers in hos- pitals, prisoners of war on furlough or parole, and recruits in rendezvous, except for the reg- ular army, be honorably discharged and paid off; that all the departments reduce the number of their clerks and other employes, including nurses and surgeons in the Surgeon General’s burean, and that our rebel prisoners of war be offered freedom on taking the oath of alle- giance. These measures are very sweeping and very effectual, and will materially lessen the burdens of the government. No doubt they will be speedily followed by similar orders from the Navy Department. By the end of June the immense forces which rose, a6 if by magic, to save the Union, will as magi- cally fade away, their work having been fully accomplished; and our brave soldiers and sailors will be at home with us to celebrate Major Goneral Banks has arrived at New Orleans and fesumed command of tho Department of the Gulf. The pews of the assassination of the President threw the ‘@hole people into mourning. A despatch from Mobile hed bean received announcing that the rebel General that Fourth of July which they have made donbly glorious. We hesitate to decide whetber the sudden uprising of the North, or the swift, quiet, and orderly dispersion of our voot armicg and navies, ia the better vroof of tion, sitting at Santiago de los Caballeros, adjourned sine had been evacuated by the Spanish troops, at which time All was tranquil throughout the ‘The Prussian Consul General, Mr. John Wm. Schmidt, at the port of New York, has received information that Guldenfuss, the merchant forger, who was extradited under the order of our government in January last, has been tried by jury in Hallé-on-the-Saale, Prussia, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for twelve years, and to pay two thousand dollars damages; and in case of the non-payment of such NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1865. the anparatieled greatness of the American people. But while the proposed reductions of our forces are in progress, we desire to call the at- tention of the President and the Cabinet to the horde of lazy drones who have been in office during the past four years. We do not mean the provost marshals and their subordinates, who are also to be reduced by order of the Provost Marshal General, although these officials were quite unnecessary, as the result bas shown, and ought now to be dismissed altogether. But the unnecessary provost mar- shals did their duty, perhaps, as well as the circumstances would allow, and we exempt them from the charge of being drones. The national revenue officers, however, we do not except. They should all be turned out of office at once and their places given to our hon- orably discharged soldiers. The most of these revenue officers have thought more of filling their own pockets than of raising money for the government. Many of them have pre- sented the extraordinary spectacle of men ac- quiring great riches in a few years by collect- ing other people’s taxes, The government has paid too dearly for its internal revenue. Taxes have been enormously increased in order to cover the enormous expenses of these taxgatherers. The people want to see them all turned out, and worthy, consci- entious officers and soldiers appointed in their stead. The war taxes ought to be collected by warriors. Indeed, public opinion is in favor of extending this principle to all offices. If any- body isto be paid asalary from the public treasury, it should be the man who has risked life and limb for his country. Those officers and privates who are competent to fill positions under the government should at once super- sede the crew of place-seekers and office-brok- ers who are now fattening at the public crib. President Johnson could not do anything more popular than to rout out all the present office- holders, and give their places to military heroes. While our soldiers have been drawing the sword, these men have drawn nothing but their salaries. Let them be set adrift without delay, and let their positions be offered to those who relinquished their business to fight for their country, and who are, consequently, without trades or occupations, now that peace is de clared. Spain in St. Domingo—Triumph of the Republican Cause. In another column will be found some late and interesting news from St. Domingo, although the details are not very extensive. It will there be seen that although a sort of. internal revolution has taken place in the eountry and the old government overthrown, that a new and reliable administration has been formed, and the candidates elected have entered upon the performance of their duties without any occurrence of moment to justify particular remark. Like the government which has gone out of office, the new administration is firmly wedded to the idea of national inde- pendence; and though there may be occa- sional conflicts among different parties, it seems quite evident that, upon the broad prin- ciple of opposition to Spanish domination on their soil, the whole Dominican nation is of one mindand one determination—that none but Dominicans shall rule Dominica. In connection with this matter we are re- minded of an important debate which recently took place in the Spanish Cortes, when speeches were delivered by several Senators— the most of them being ex-captain generals of “the ever faithful island of Cuba”—in refer- ence to the proposed complete evacuation of the Dominican territory by the armies of Spain, with their views as to what will possibly be the result of such a course, of action. Among the speakers were such prominent names as those of Marshal O’Donnell, ex-Prime Minister of Spain and ex- Captain General of Cuba, and, as the “boast- ing Spaniard” delights also to call him, “Con- queror of Africa;” General Serrano, Duke de la Torre and ex-Captain General of Cuba; General Concha, also an ex-Governor of the same island; an ex-Captain General of St. Do- mingo, backed up in his reasons by an ex-arch- bishop of the same refractory colony, besides a number of lesser lights too numerous and too tedious to particularize. The debate was a lengthy and important one. through the long month of January, and even trespassed considerably on the fewer days of February; end, judging from the tone and tem- per of the speakers on either side of the ques- tion, it was easy to perceive that all their thoughts and ideas were founded on a whole- some dread of the irrepressible expansion in the force and vigor of the United States. It lasted all The question with the noble Senators was not so much the present abandonment of St. Do- mingo, where they have lost everything, honor included, but the prospective danger to the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico—the only re- maining pearls of the Spanish crown—from the overshadowing influence of this republic, Thus the great war against the rebellion, which all the nations of Europe supposed would end in the death of the only vigorous democratic com- monwealth of the world, has only caused it to wax stronger and more irresistible than ever, so that, from being too prompt to rejoice in the beginning of the struggle, the effete and tottering monarchies ot the Old World are now quaking and shaking in their boots at the mere apprehension of its future progress. Their theories as to the ultimate designs of the United States are, however, not always correct. They are dictated by fear, and are therefore presented in the most fantastic forms. Hear, for instance, the arguments of the “Conqueror of Africa :”—“The United States,” he says, “now about to liberate their slaves, but anxious to keep as few of them as possible, will find it an easy and simple plan to send those thou- sands of colored people to St. Domingo,” to form o great negro nationality and army there, and then, one day or the other, to march this force against Cuba, and with the torch of the incendiary to destroy the immense wealth col- lected there! This is the raving of an imagina- tion entirely possessed by fear. Were the United States disposed to conquer Cuba or any other Enropean possession on this continent, no dila- tory measures of preparation would be necos- sary. In a few weeks an overwhelming force of citizen soldiers could be ensily raised for such @ ploce of work without any interference with or diminution of our armies in the field, and in- stead of applying the torch to the wealth of the island, it would be gathered, with the will- ing people themselves, into the common pro- tective fold of our powerfal Union. JiJanendlees to offer ant comments on he other epeeches. They are all of the same ms- terial—ex uno disce omnes. It is, however, right to say that it is highly creditable to the Dominicana that they, by their own energy and determined resistance, have been able to defeat the vast Spanish army sent into their territory for their subjugation, and that so completely that the proud Spaniard is now only beating about the bush for some kind of a pretext to creep out of the difficulty with a semblance or show of decency. If it be true, as was stated in the course of the debate by General Rivero, the ex-commander of the Spanish forces in St. Domingo, that the revolution arose simply bo- cause he wanted the people “to wear clothing,” and not go naked, then it would argue that all the advantages were on the Spanish side, and yet they were beaten in every encounter. If, then, they could not make any progress against such ® semi-barbarous people, without arms, ASHINGTON. _— fasearon, April 29, 1868. BETURW OF GENERAL GRANT. General Grant returned here this afternoon. He is satisfied with the condition of affairs in North Carolina, ‘and has come to headquarters convinced that the war is virtually over. JEVF. DAVIS BOUND FOR PORTO RICO. A letter was received here yesterday from Porto Rico, dated April 12, announcing that Jeff, Davis had already rented a residence there, formerly occupied by a prominent foreign official. NEW MILITARY POSTS IN MARYLAND, Military posts aro to be established in the new military districts carved out of Southern Maryland, and the peo- plo of St Marys, Prince George and Charles counties will for the first time begin to feel what is military rule, They have notoricusly harbored and aided to the best of their abilities the murderer of President Lincoln, and now relent. Their good intentions are too late, They must now take the consequences of their aiding and abetting the most heinous crime that has ever startled “MOBILE. THE CONDSTION OF TRE CITY: “TERRIBLE EFFECTS FROM TORPEDOES, — A Gunboat, Tug and Trane port Blown Up. b. LOSS OF LIFE. Ten Thousand Stragglers, Two Hundred and clothing, or leaders, what wonld be their | any civilized community. ‘There is no doubt that many | Fifteen Heavy Guns, Ten Thousand Stand ° chances of success against a first class military ilar neaty the fact pearprsasse Lowe! —_ of Small Arms and Thirty Thou-' and naval Power, As it ts, Marshal Narvaez, | 949i pipe . midst requires that all should share the sand Bales of Cotton Captfted. the Prime Minister, displayed bis good sense | punishment, unless they will point out and give up the in prosposing the immediate and final abandon- | guilty ones. ment of St. Domingo. No good has or can | LER’s SOLDIERS ORGANIZED INTO GUERILLA i come fromm it a RINE A 9, FSRAR DCT gia parties ae infest the country be- Monte ate Ge tests of all the Senators of Spain the nation must | tween Washington and Richmond. Paroled soldiers from Granger. accede to the proposition now, or prepare to deal with an arbiter whose mandates must be obeyed. While there is time let them, there- fore, accept their humiliation with the best possible grace, and withdraw the handful of soldiers which now represent Spanish power on that unconquered island. Lee's army have organized predatory bands, and prey allie on friends and foes wherever plunder invites them. ‘The residents in the counties adjacent to Washington are disposed to adopt the now ordor of affairs, and go to work to get up crops, but are,prevented by these rebel outlaws, Measures have been taken to clear them out, and teach thom that there is @ short shrift and long rope for all Mr. John J. Dawson's Despatch. such plunderers. oi ne pores ARRIVAL OF GENERALS INGALLS AND GIBBON ae cae » April 20, 1868, bir with Meanie bosib Army of | Othe morning of the 14th the Cincinnati's tug street jeneral Tagalls, Chief Quartermen ¥ Of | torpedo and was blown up, killing two men and wound> the Potomac, and General Gibbon, of the Socond corps, ing one, Shortly afterwards the Ida, commanded ty arrived here from City Point on ® special boat to-day. | Fie, wims, struck another torpedo, and had her past The latter brought up seventy-six rebel battle fags, | 14) completely broken In. Two men were killed, three which will be presented to the War Department. are missing and three were wounded. Captain Elms was RETRENOHMENT IN EXPENDITURES. at the wheol at the time, and he, with the pilot houss, ‘The government has already begun the work of re- was blown a considerable distance into the alr togethen, trenching with earnestness its expenses, and on the Ist | ring into the water at some distance from the beak. of May a large number of clerks of the various depart- | 2, received no injury. ‘The chief engineer was so badly ments will be dismissed. hurt that he had to have his leg amputated, and is now TRAVELLERS TO RICHMOND. doing well. Since the restriction on travel between this city and ‘While running across to the city, on the same Richmond has been removed, hundreds of persons from | tne transport Laura, which had been used as the North have passed through here for the latter place headquarters, struck a pile, and is also a wreck. on visits of curiosity or pleasure. At three o’clock the Itasca, Captain N. Green, was SOLDIERS KILLED IN BRAWLS. struck by a torpedo, and is a complete wreck. She waa Considerable disorder has existed here for the past few | 9 screw steamer, and carried four guns. She lost several days among the numbers of troops who have passed | yijJod and wounded. through thts city. Several have been killed by fighting | az gix o'clock another boat—the Rose—was blown ag, among themselves. having two men killed and three wounded. ‘Those casualties occurred south of the obstructions, ti KENTUCKY. the channel that was formerly used by boats going te Important Ciroular of General Palmer— Mobile. ‘We have seen that during the siege of Spanish Fost Protection to Colored People, &c. Lousy, Ky., April 29, 1865. the enemy had a-theans of getting to the city by Blakely, which, since the capture, our transports have travel- ‘The following circular has just boen issued :— led in comparative safety, and why the whole fleet @i@ Heapquarrens, DrrartMent or KeNTUCKY,} not enter that way is incomprehensible, Every pre . *e APTI 20, 1005. OF 4, | caution, nevertheless, has been taken, torpedo rakes functions of civil law in this department boing ALE Teena doa ieemtiat awe Sunken Uioitcey oC Ears Ome Tancn S00) LOWE OF all Vonselsy Sad Honma every officer to be scrupulously observant of public and working day and night hunting for the torpedoes. Still individual safety, and to afford as far as possible complete | many hundreds yet remain in the bay, and it will Ow proteetion to the people. dangerous for some time to navigate the western cham The power of arrest will -hereafter be sparingly exer- nel to the city. cised and directed against real offenders. ‘There is no dignity or justice in the pursuit of foolish people for speaking foolish words. fo longer must there exist in this department any or- ization or military band hostile to the government. Fite ‘now prowling through the country aro simply erillas and robbers, and are to be treated as such. ‘hey will be allowed to surrender for trial. ‘All the loyal people of this department are to be pro- tected without regard to color or birth-place. Com- plaints reach theso headquarters of the beating of men and women for claiming the benefit of the amnest; oath and the act of Congress freeing the slaves of persons who have been in rebellion against tho government of the United States, or who have aided or given comfort to those in rebellion, and of the joint resolution freeing the wives and children of enlisted men, and others who have acquired rights under the laws, executive proclamations and rome f orders. All such persons are under the protection the govern- ment. Colored persons who come within the laws, resolu- tions, proclamations and orders referred to are , and whether free or not are to be protected from cruelty and oppression. in all casos where the state of the country and the or- ganization and rules of the civil tribunals will permit them to enforce justice, offenders the local laws will be handed over to them for tri In no case, however, will oA person or court be allowed to deprive any one of his or her liberty while the laws, acts, resolutions, proclamations or orders a} referred to remain {n force, or to harass by persecutions or otherwise those who may assist them in earning a sup- COTTON PLENTY AROUND THE CITY, Se. &e., &e. { Grave to Gay—Brilliant Prospect for the Coming Summer Season. Now that the period of gloom and sadness on account of our crushing national affliction may be said to have expired with the imposing and unprecedented demonstration of Tuesday, the metropolis awakens as with a new life to its wonted gayety and brilliancy. The opera, the theatres and all other public places of amuse- ment were reopened Wednesday evening, and were fully attended. The splendid dry goods palaces and fancy bazaars of Broadway and elsewhere in the city are again visited by multitudes of lady purchasers, all seeking after fashionable and costly goods, and pre- paring for the approaching summer season. The transition from gravity to gayety is as sudden with the American as with any other progressive people. They mourn deeply and sincerely when occasion requires; but their active natures will not permit them to succumb entirely to a morbid or melancholic sentiment. Their liveliness and goaheadativeness can never be permanently overcome; and now, we say, that the season of sorrow may be said to have fittingly passed, they are alive to their usual business pursuits as well as to the beauties and attractions that so bountifully surround them. But it is not to the metropolis alone that this revivifying reaction is confined. We hear from all parts of the country the welcome tidings of an auspicious and glittering summer season. The watering places are being put in order for an unparalleled influx of pleasure and health seekers. Places that were before capacious enough to accommodate a village of guests are being enlarged to mammoth propor- tions, and attractions of the most enchanting character added to those presented at previous seasons. Prominent among these may be men- tioned the improvements going on in Saratoga, already one of the most fashionable and allur- ing watering places on the American continent. Here we find that the enterprising and pro- gressive Lelands, besides vastly augmenting the proportions of their splendid hotel (the Union), have constructed a beautiful opera house, which will prove a charming and novel feature to their already lovely hotel grounds. THE CITY, to-day presents a dismal appearance, all the yeh | closed and many of the inhabitants in a most depl condition of want. Those who are in better circum stances, and were not compelled to leave, have kept doors. Nothing of consequence was destroyed v4 rebels before leaving. The day the city was taken it tho appearance of a charity-distributing falrday. ‘Tho robel authorities had collected large stores of corn, wl bacon, &c., for the slege, which were placed in cotton presses throughout the city. When the rear of rebel column passed through the streete leading from bile the famished women rushed to the warehouses frantically selted all they could lay thoir hands om, They been haif-starved for two yer and to them appear in the streets with a shoulder of bacon ‘a sack of corn meal, struggling to secure more than could carry, had it not been painful would have ludicrous, We captured over one hundred and thousand sacks of corn, fifteen thousand bushels wheat, ten thousand sacks of corn meal and large qt ties of other kinds of grain. "Among other captures, since the fall of Blakely, ten thousand stragglers have a themselves up, and is only a fair estimate that fifteen hundred men were the day before in the rebel trenches rei secreted in their houses, only showing thomselves whem our forces entered. The amount of artillery captured is computed to two hundred and fiftéen pend A ln rag stand of small arms. Tho city is tranquillity itself, : the the coun’ conversation and actions of of the citizens indicate that they are weary of and glad of its termination. This will make the Union Hotel at Saratoga | port or maintaining thew eps poz command of pa i, See ray . . tor loes equal in attractiveness to any hotel in any of | 5, psres picmsox, Captain and Acting Adjitaat General. | thirty thousand bales, and that was. sold. by the fushionable spas in Europe, and give to government a fortnight ago to an Englishman, for whie property he has claimed protection. GUERILLA OPERATIONS. Continued complaints come to headquarters of the depredations committed by guerilla bands now the neighborhood. On the 14th inst, Captain F. and Wm. Cleveland, of Alabama rogiments, by twelve men, went to the premises of Mr. of Mr. Murphy, with the intention of hanging them their readiness in taking the oath. Had it not been fest two colored men they would have put their threat inte execution. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE GENERAL GRANGER. On the same night another party of them wont inte the Battle House at night, with the intention of sh General Granger, but left without finding the object their pursuit, They told their story at a houso at be called, remarking that they should return some night and carry their project into execution. The whale party, was under the command of Captain Moore, of ifteenth rebel cavalry, who, ba 4 state here, often in our lines outside of Spanish Fort, and is a daring rebel. He has had several positions of high offered La the rebel oo Remlttpend them, ing to act as an scout position he held'up to the fall fobile. He commenced a series of depredatt on one and all, side and near the city, robbing friend and foe alike burning their houses, and also destroying he can find CONCEALED PROPERTY, ‘It is estimated that near the city there must Gred thousand bales of cotton. There are swamp on the Alabama river seventy-five rels of rosin, which there is little doubt succeed in finding. GENERAL VEATCH is in command of the post pro tem, It is thought will be permanently appointed. There has been a strict observance of the Sabbath day throughout the city. Never during the history any war has a city been oocupied by a besieging with such order and gentlemanly behavior on the the victorious. The attendance at church as usual, and, judging from the expression tenances of the people, they do not seem to they have made such a bad change after all. Personal Intelligence. ‘The report that Edwin Booth had gone to Washingtem to apply for the body of his brother is not true, Mm Booth has not applied for it either personally or by let ter; on the contrary, he has no desire nor intention interfere with the action of the in relation: GurMan OrERs—MatinEe.—Flotow’s Martha was given at the Academy yesterday at a matinée. It was admira- bly sung in the original Gorman version, the closing scene in the second act and the duoand finale in the fourth act being preserved. Formes was very fine as Plunkett, and a litelo more forcible, perhaps, in his acting than usual. There was an innovation in the first act which did not occur to us as in very good taste, although it developed ina very “striking” manner the pugilistic qualities of Mr. Formes. We refer to the knock down episode with which the act wound up. We prefer the Italian method of finishing this act, in its milder fashion, to the more demonstrative German style, and so, we think, did a majority of the audience. It isa pity that the voice of Mr. Himmer, the tenor, is so unequal and apparently unrelisble. In some parts of the opera he sang remarkably well, and fully deserved the applause he received. In others he was weak and uncertain. Mad ame Rotter and Mademoiselle Dzinba, as Henriette and Nancy, did all that could be" accomplished with thoir qualities of voice and the light parts they had to sus- tain. The choruses were excellent throughout, lacking nothing tn strength or precision. Tho house was not as large as matinées usually attract but we may attribute that to the fact that the public mind has not yet quite returned to its old channels of pleasure and enjoyment. ‘To-morrow evening Beethoven's grand dramatic opera of Fidelio will be produced. Saratoga itself a reputation coextensive with that of famous Baden Baden, celebrated as that is for fashion, frivolity and extravagance. We are already ahead of Europe in all the valu- able inventions of the age, including yachts, trotting horses, reaping machines, impenetrable locks and other things, and we have completely astounded her in demonstrating our ability to carry on a war that would be magnificent were it not so horrible. We will now outdo her in the matter of watering places, and hereby pit Saratoga for elegance, style, beauty, healthful- ness and water to suit all or any tastes, against any watering place Europe can boast of, beside throwing in a race track that is at once a model and a marvel for its completeness and finish. Congress Hall, the United States, the unique Clarendon, the cosy American, and all the other hotels in Saratoga, are undergoing im- provements in view of the coming summer sea- son, which commences there on the first of June, and which, we repeat, promises to be one of unexampled brilliancy. We should not neglect to mention in connection with Saratoga that the construction of a new and splendid drive to the lake, some three or four miles in length and one hundred and twenty feet wide, is to be commenced immediately, and will prove to that region what the grand boulevard from the Park around by Harlem and Hudson rivers, through the rich valley of Washington Heights, will to the metropolia, Besides Saratoga there are other favorite and long established watering places—Newport, iil Lis ki ag bE TH | i i Hrrrormeatnox Marrxee.—The Hippotheatron ts in full feather again, after the spell of mourning which threw all our places of amusement into temporary oblivion. The matings yesterday was not as uncomfortably attended as vofore the national bereavement; but this is equally true of every theatre in the city. The grand spectacle of the O'Donoghue was reproduced, and was as thoroughly enjoyed as ever. The fine pantomime and spectacular effects in this piece have established it as one of the best things of the kind presented here fora long while. It ‘will stil! be retained on the programme every night, and at the semi-weekly matinges on Wedneedays and Satur- Est ciel the White Mountains, Long Branch, Rockaway, | 47% toit, Mr. Booth remains in close setireniant ot hie su Schooley’s Mountain, Cape May, and we do Yachting. dence in this city, seeing no one but a very few intimate not call to mind how many others, that will be | THE OKLYN YACHT CLUS ELECTION or o- | friends. He is completely broken down by the events of FICHRS—ACTIVR PREPARATIONS POR THR com- | the past fortnight Mr. Booth is confident that his all in a blaze of glory the coming fashionable | xq geasoN—THR ANNUAL REGATTA FIXED brother, Junius, will be entirely exonerated from susp season—a season during which, after a period JUNE 7. Pe ea cion 2 a) Knowiedge of aang serostons lnlentions, om ‘The Brooklyn Yacht Club held their annual meeting 74 pe for the election of officers for the ensuing year at thetr rooms, No, @ Court street, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, ‘26th inst. The following named gentiomen were duly ‘soon as his arrest was based. Fr Kony to neither of his brothers did John Wilkes Booth dare to express his disloyal sentiments after him summary expulsion from the house of Edwin two years since. of woe and tribulation, the American people can rejoice in the resplendent sunshine of peace and a restored and revivified nationality. elected :— THE an Bren ‘atLuRE?—The Chi ¥ General J. A. Dix returned yesterday from Bu: te Hus W. aF 1 Chi- | Robert M. Whiting, Commodore; ‘Theodore W. Sheri- | which point, as Commander of the Department. of eago Convention, it will be remembered, in | dan, Vice Commodoro; P. W. Ostrander, President; Wil- | East, he accompanied the remains of the deceased Presi liam T. Lee, Secretary; Edwin Underhill, — dent. William M. Ringwood, ‘Assistant John vonetrachog) 2 Deven) oer ear” Col. Browning, of Washington, who for the last four ow failure. The prophets of that day, unlike the | Sewyer, Mensurcr; William Peck, Charles A. Meigs, Gil- | ace years has beon the confidential secretary of President rf " 4 Williain H. prophets of old, have not been sustained by Fone Jt Jones John Tayi rast nN. War. Sears ee een, A We Wises toe moet pe RS bsequent events. The sagacious, Dr. Lardner | !0#; Henry A. Gouge, J. Rogers Maxwel Committee on | Tivnd and adviser of the President et the present time, oceans Saige Membership. 5 And is one of his old tenatorial friends. There hat, bow: once pronounced trans-Atlantic steam naviga- tion an impossibility. So with the sagacious history makers of the Chicago Convention. Now, we request Mr. August Belmont to issue a ukase, calling the convention together again, to discuss this question, and answer to the country whether the war has been a failure. Mr. Whiting, the new Commodore, is promoted from Vice Commodore, which office he held last year to the entire satisfaction of the Club, in the place of Gilbert L- Haight, who last year filled the position with great ac- ceptability. ir, Whiting was elected without a dissenting voice, and will doubtless make an excellent as he beeen will a popular chief. The favorite Jennie Cable will dear his broad pennant saveily over all the waters of our bays and rivers hereabouts noxt summer, for the Commo- dore ja never so happy a8 when holding ‘the stick” of his nimble heeled Fn especially when it blows a little stiff, The clab incline to the opinion very strongly that they are going to have an active time this season. “They have some thirty yachts tn their floet—sloops (some of them well known and favored, others lately built and Surrender of Rebels at Cumberland Gap. Lovrsvinie, April 29, 1865. Nine hundred rebels surrendered at Cumberland Gap yesterday and were paroled. The Belgian Outward Bound. PonTLAND, Mo., April 20, 1868, ‘The steamer Belgian sailed for Liverpool at halineg* ‘Bix vtbluck Mae eLoLiRe ever, been no formal appointment as yet of a pri and is understood to be discharging some a“ the President. Lhers bette, Kane & Co.'s, No. 8 Place dela Bourse, and B. Moore, Charles C, Thompson, C. M. Thompson, Waltes with reputations yet to maRe) and schooners | M. Franklin, Mra. W. M. Franklin, Miss Ne for Jane 7 next, and Mesera N. F. Waring, John M. ‘and family, Chicago; Hudson E. Mew ‘Weeks, G. i t, Kdwin Underhill and We Pose Wi Bt Lou! We HB Kinnicut, W Lest retary to the Proekient; meanwhile Cel, R. Delevan Mes wr, ot the regular army, Lae Ug nae a the Prosident’s request, ‘veen ordered on du ith of the tial duties of private eecretary. nox, War Department, has also been assigned to duty with List of Americans registered at Mosara. Sandenbroscla Brothers’, 60 Rue de In Chaussée 4’Antin; M John Monroe & Co.'s, No. 6 Ruo de la Paix, ‘ars, for tag wok ending April 16:—Edward Robinson, Jr., Brown and family, Mrs. Loyel, Mr., Mrs. and Miss W. 8 Bailey, Captain Wc, Dearborn, Eltba Mary Gore, Wales building, trim and staunch, some of them ranging as high as forty | Mies C. Woodward, F. W. Hutchins, Wm. E. a ‘Tho annual regntia. ef the club was fixed | from New York; B., Wylie, Poiledelphin, W: Te L wore appointed the regatia commities 19 pake the na Nashville, Tenn. ; 0. A.