The New York Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1865, Page 5

THE FUNERAL TRAIN. « ‘The Passage of the Remains from Columbus, Ohio, to Indianapolis, Indiana. ‘OBSEQUIES AT ° INDIANAPOLIS, dey &e., de. AnpiawaPouis, April 30, 1865. Governor Brough and his staff took leave of the train ‘st Columbus, and at eight o'clock it was on the way to Indianapolis, ALONG THE ROAD the people appeared to the number of thousands, carry- ing torches and kindling bonfires to enable them clearly to see the funeral car, or as if to light it on its way. AT WoopsTOcK * there was both instrumental and vocal music, and the tolling of bells and other manifestations of mourning. AT URBANA the people were congregated by thousands, The scene ‘was lit up with a hundred torches and bontires, guns were fired and belis tolled, and there was music from an in- strumental band, but the melody which charmed the most was from a choir, of both males and females, sta- tioned upon the platform, who sang a deeply impressive hymn. The train stopped a few minutes and several Young ladies came into the funcral car with floral crosses and wreaths and deposited them upon the coffin. AT WESTVILLE AND CONOVER there were large gatherings of people, and bells were tolled and minute guns fired, AT PIQUA was adorned with Chinese lanterns conjunction with dark mourning drapery. i IN THE STATE OF INDLENA, *" On Sunday morning over ten thousand people gathered at Richmond, Ind., notwithstanding the carly hour at which the train passed, the rain and the coldness of the weather. The train here pasved under an arched bridge ‘constructed for the purpose by the Air Line Railroad. It hada span of twenty-five feet and was thirty feet in height. The abutments were trimmed with evergreens, dotted with white roses and mourning drapery in close association. On this bridge was the representation of a ‘Coffin covered with the national fing, a female figure kneel- ing, as-if in the act of we=ping. A soldier and a sailor At either sido of the coflin completed the group. Major General Hooker was here made the recipient of ® photograph of Abraham Lincoln set ina gilt frame, “ornamented with white flowers interlaced with black and white rows of ribbon. , GOVERNOR MORTON ‘came on board at Richmond. The committee from Indianapolis follow us in a special train, AT DUBLIN the train also passed under an arch thirty feet high, dotted'with small United States flags. At the dopot there wero pictures, wreathed with flags, representing Wash- ington, Lincoln, Sherman, Grant and Ellsworth. Dubln is the place which gave Abraham Lincoln its emure vote atthe last Presidential eloction. Nearly two thousand Persons were assembled here, The'State is plunged’ in the depth of grief. This is shown, not by the magnificent demonstrations in hor cities and towns, but along tie line the farm houses are decorated with mourning, and their mmates gather in clusters, and by the light of bontires and torches catch glimpses of the train which was bearing from their sight ‘the lamented Chief Magistrate. ARRIVAL AT INDIANAPOLIS, On the arrival here, at six A. M., all the avenues leading to the depot were closely packed with people. Every moment the crowd increased in density, Every street poured out its contribution of men, women and children, eagerly seeking, with sad and solemn faces, to obtain a view of the tram. The military had been drawn up in open order, facing inward, extending from Iinois ‘ and Washington streets up to the State House doors. 5 After some little delay the corpse was taken charge of by the local guard of honor, under command of Colonel Simonson, and tenderly taken to the hearse, the city band playing a gad and mournful dirge, called “Lincoln's Funeral March,” composed expressly for the occasion by Charles Hess, of Cincinnatt. Through the open ranks of the soldiers, standing at present arms, the procession then took up its line of march to the State House, in the falling rain and amid the sound of tolling bolls, and tho occasional firing of cannon. All along the entire line of march the citizens thronged the sidewalks, balconies and doorsteps, eatch- ing fleeting glimpses of all that is mortal of Abraham Lincoln, ‘ ; The hearse conveying the remains is fourteen feet long, five feet wide and thirteen feet high, and covered with black velvet. It is curtained with black, trimmed with silver fringe. The roof of the car bears twelve white plumes, trimmod with black. On the top ie a beautiful eagle, silver gilt. Tho sides are studded with large silver stars. The car was drawn by eight white horses, with black velvet covers, bearing cach a black pluine, trimmed with white. Six oi these same horses were attached to the carriage, over for years ago, in which Abraham Lincoln rode through Indianapolis, while on his way to Washington to be inaugurated. All the streets bear the usual badges and emblems of mourning ; but Washington strect presents the finest dis- play. At all the intersccting streets are triple arches adorned with evergreens and national flags, arranged in the most tasteful and beautifui manner, This is the first time we have seen such arches erected over the carriage- ways since we left Washington. The inclosure of the State House square is being hung with wreaths of arbor vite. At cach corner on Washing- ton strect small arches trimmed with evergreens hat Deen erected. The main entrance on Washington street is a structure of considerable size, containing quite a variety of styles of architecture. It is about twenty-five foot high, forty fect in length and twenty-four feet wide, Underneath is @ carrlag*way twelve feet wide, with a six foot passage way on either side, The main pillars are fifteon foet high. Portraits of Grant, Sherman, Farragut and Morton are suspended from the pillars, while on the pedestals at the top, rest handsome busts of Washington, Webster, Clay and Lincoln. The entire structure is beautifully shrouded in black and white, relieved by evergreen garlands, with a fine display of flags. At the north side a simpls Gothic areh, decorated with the. usual draping of black and white, has boon erected. The piliarsof the south front of the Capitol are spirally covered with alternate white and black cloth, the latter edged with evergreens, while the coat of arma Of the State is placed in the pediment. During the performance of @ faneral dirge, the tolling of bells and the booming of cannon, the coffin is carried to thie interior of the S:ate House, in the presence of the military and civic escot which hgs accompanied the remains from Washington, Along the walls as we enter are likeassses of Washington, Lin- coin, Johnson, Seward, Sheridan, Hovey, Morton, Douglas, Grunt, Colonel Dick O'Neil, and Edward Everett, and busts of Washington, Lincoln, Jackson, Webster, Clay and Douglas are placed at inter- vals, their brows being bound with the ever-living laurel. Flowers and evergreens everywhere liberally enter into the artiatic arrangements. Hoavy black cloth is hung in the rotunda, looped at the pillars with large white tas- sels. Immediately beneath the dome hangs the chande- Her, with numerous branches, and from which a mellow light is shed upon the sombre scone, The platform is in the centre of the rotunda. On this the coffin is placed, surrounded by flowers, while wreaths and floral crosses Ne upon the lid. The remains were, soon after their arrival, exposed to the public view. The City Councils of Louisville and @ncinnati and a delogation from Covington, together with Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky, were hore to-day to take part in the funeral procession. Thousands of persons from the surrounding country thronged the city, When the ‘coffin was being placed on the dais in the Capitol to-day achoir sang a funeral hymn to the accompaniment of a plano. ‘Several ladies were in attendance meantime arranging flowers, pausing occasionally to wipe the tears from their faces. The heavy black drapings of the rouinda, and the soft light reflected upon the features of the deceased from the chandelier, gave to the entire scone & sopulchral appearance, and could “not fail to solemnize overy heart. All felt the awe that reigned around the presence of the dead. The Sabbath sohool children wore first admitted; then the ladies and citizens severally passed through the hall from north to south, It was designed to have a grand military and ‘elvic with an address by Governor Morton ‘the railroad station and flags in ‘and other exercises, this afternoon, in the vicinity of the Capitol; but the rain which has been Salling Vbroughout the day provented the consummation of the arrange- ment, Tho remains were esorted to the cars at mid- night, and we now leave Indianapolis for Chicago, which city we expect to reach by noon to-naorrow. Meeting of the Portuguese. TO THE EDITOR OF THE H&RALD. ComsuiaTe Geverat or Portoaat, } New You, April 28, 1865. In order tnat the people of the United States may know the sentiments of the Portuguese residents in this country, I beg you will have the kindness to have in- serted in your valuable journal the enclosed document— another favor which I take the liberty to ask of your already experienced kindness, T remain, sir, with high regard, your obedient servant, A. M. DE CUNHA PEREIRA DE SOTTO MAIOR, Consul General. Ata meeting of Portuguese citizens, held at the Consulate General of Portugal, on the afternoon of the 20th of Aj 1865, to give expressions of their feelings on the atrocious comimitied on the President of the United States, the follow: resolutions were passed :— Ived, That the assassination of Abraham I.incoln has awakened ‘the highest ‘among the Portuguese Pees Ceues Caen hereby offer to th molve hat we Portuguese yy offer 1e of the United States our sincerest spmpathy on the loss of Chief Magistrate of the country. the late President Resolves Phat to the family of offer a tribute of our deepest grief for the irreparal eulved, That we profound) the attempt made on we the lives ike homtar er Site Mr, Beward, and that of His son, offering our sincerest wishes for the recovery of Resolved, That we also offer our ardent wishes for peace Sng prosperity to the United States under the new adminis- Resolved, That these resolutions be forwarded to the ton of Portugal , to be transmitted to the government of United States, to the family of Abraham Lincoln, and to Sec- relary of State, Mr. Seward, and hin son. THE SEWARDS. Surgeon G ral Barnes’ Reports of the Condition of the Secretary and His Son. SATURDAY MORNING REPORT. ‘Wasnrxarox, April 20-9 A. M. Hon. E. M. Stayton, Secretary of War:— Sin—I have the honor to report that both the Secretary of State and Mr. F. W. Seward rested well and are freo from any unfavorable symptoms. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. K. BARNES, Surgeon General. SATURDAY EVENING REPORT. x Wasuineton, April 29—1¢ P. M. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secrotary of War:— Stm—I have the honor to report that the Secretary of State continues to improve. Mr, F. W. Seward is some- what exhausted to-night by hemorrhage f-om the wound, which occurred at three P. M., but which wag speedily checked. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. K. BARNES, Surgeon General. SUNDAY MORNING REPURT. ‘Wasurxaton, April 30—9 A. Bf. Hon. E. M. Stanrox, Secretary of War:— Sin—I have the honor to report that the Secretary of State suffers some inconvenience from the fractured Jaw; but in other respects is almost restored to his normal health. Mr. F. W. Seward rallied during the night, and is stronger and less restless this morning. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. K. BARNES, Surgeon General, SUNDAY EVENING REPORT. Wasmnxartox, April 30—9 P. Bf. Hon. E. M. Staton, Secretary of War:— Sir—I have the honor to report that the Secretary of State is doing well. Mr. F. W. Seward’s condition is more favorable to-night. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. K. BARNES, Surgeon General. ‘SHERMAN. we also ble loss Our Special Washington Deapatch. Wasmnctox, April 30, 1865. General Grant has returned in most excellent spirits, He expresses much gratification at the prompt execution. of the orders of the government in reference to the agree- ment between General Sherman and Joe Johnston. Gene- Tal Sherman met the Lieutenant General twenty miles from the front. Ho received the order of disapprovat with most commendable good grace. There was no hesitation, no murmuring, nor any expression of dis- satisfaction at the disapproval of the terms entered into between him and the rebel general; but, without any delay or argument in defence of the course previously pursued, General Sherman and __ his xenerals, with true soldierly spirit, set to work with alacrity to carry out the views of the government com- municated by General Grant. Within five minutes a despatch was sent to Johnston terminating the armistice upon the receipt of the notification by the rebel pickets, and orders were given for our troops in the rear to move up tothe front. Inafew hours General Frank Blair, with his corps, was in motion, General Sherman had informed Johnston that the government would not sane- tion the terms proposed, and that he should immediately Tes.ime hostilities. Immediately upon the receipt of this notice Johnston sent back a flag of truce asking an inter- view with Sherman to arrange other terms of surrender, which was promptly made, upon the basis of the terms given to General Lee. May Term of the Law Courts. The May term of the law courts commences to-day. Bat little business was transacted last month in conse- qrence of the assassination of the President, and the result is the calendar for this term is unusually heavy and replete with cases of interest. The Strong divorce case in the Superior Court, and the Trust divorce cose in the Supreme Court, circuit, will probably be tried this term, provided the lawyers can agree. There will be two branches of the Supreme Court, cirenit, in session, also general and special terms, In the Superior Court there will be two trial terms, a8 usual; also general term and chambers, The Court of Common Pleas, which is con- siderably hampered with business, will hold two trial terms, under Judges Brady and Cardozo. The May term of the General Sessions commences this morning, Judge Russel presiding. Assistant District Attorney Bedford will prosecute the indictments. In consequence of the suspension of business last month, occasioned by the death of President Lincoln, the crimi- nal calendar is very large, and consequently the present term will be a very busy one. But the energy and efficiency which the City Judge and the District Attorney and his assistants have heretofore shown in the transac- tion of the public business, affords a sufficient guarantee that the large number of persons now awaiting trial in the Tombs, charged with various offences, will be dis. posed of during the month. COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY. Surnme Covrt—Cinccrt.—Part I.—Nos. 1419, 1421, 1423, 1098, 889, 905, 1126, 1475, 3H, 1490, 711, 1101, 1495; 1698, 47, 1435, 1909, 1627, 66034. 190. Part 11.— Nox.’ 1132, 1416, 1420, 1422, 1612, '1454, 1852, 1044, 1668, 1838, 1444, 1410, 1538, 1040, 124,” 1844, 922, 1820, 1504, 1426. Special Term.—Demurrere.—Nos. 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, Tamnes of law and fact,—Nos, 160, 173, 180, 182, 183, 184, 186, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 105, 196, 197, 258. wrzaion Cocrt,—Part 1.—Nos. 6058, 593, 6131, 61: 5136, 5187, 6139, 5141, 4993, 4615, 3139, 4326,’ 4649, 331 171,’ Part 11.—Now, 6674, 6008, 8100, '4078,' 4808," 5004, 5024, 4624, 1084, 4410, 2036, 4370, 3000, 3402. e19, 146, 804, 840, 061" 952, 083, 043, 90,821. Part Ihe , , 36, 821. bas gg 928, 4048, 800, 999, 937, 42, 206, 687, 8, 925, May-Day Estertarswent ror Carones.—The first of May is @ holiday in all the schools of the city, and people who are not turned out of house and home by the neces- sity of moving ought to make it a day of enjoyment for thetr children. If they have not secn the fairy play of Cinderella, take them to the Academy of Music this afternoon, where it is to We given for the last time. A more brilliant spectacle is rarely seen, and it will make children bappy for a month. The National Loan. Pars peLrnts, April 20, 1966, Jay Cooke reports the subscriptions to the seven-thirty Joan to-day, amounted to $4,254,600, The largest sub- scriptions from the West were, one for $205,000 from Chicago, and one for $40,000 from Desmoiner, Towa. From the East, one for $1,000,000 from Fisk & Hatch, New York. There were two thousand nine hundred and forty-one individual subscriptions for sums of $60 and $100. The total amount of subscriptions for the week foo ts up $26,425,700. Large Fire Boston, Bostox, April 30, 1865. The large building on Sudbury etreet, known as Minot Block, wes destroyed by fire th's morning, and two small wooden buildings adjoining were crvshed by falling walls, Among the occupants were Kiinbal! Vrothers & Co., car. rage repository; Burr & Co., rnbbe nfacturers; Mr. Collainore, auctioneer and commission hant; Hiram Tucker, spring bed manufacturer; Hinds & Williams, telegraph instrament makers, and others; also the Union Hilliard Rooms, Carne’s Billiard Table Rooma, The total Joss is estinoated at from $80,000 to $100,000; insured for about half tie awoant, NEW YORK HERA, MUNDAY, MAY 1, 1865. TEE STATE CAPITAL. Review of the Course and Result of the Labors of the Legislature. Its Action Identified with the War for the Union. New York as the Leading Northern State in the Great Contest. THE ‘SENATE AND ITS RECORD. The Princely Gift of Senator Cornell for the Endowment of the Cornell University. The Verdigris-Chicago Delegation and the Crash of the Confederacy. New York City and County Tax Levies, &., &&., &. Our Albany Correspon See Atsany, April’ 29, 1865. The proverb of the ancients, that you should never judge a man until he is dead, should be modernized for pplication to the Legislature, so as to read that you cannot judge of such a body until it has adjourned. The Senate (which is elected for two years) and the Assembly of the present and of the last year have re- solved theinselves in turn into the original ranks of the People from which they came. At this point of view to-day it can be said with positive certainty that no more creditable results have been presented of record by any Previous bodies in their places than that exhibited on the Journals of both houses for 1864 and 1865. The year 1864 was ushered in by aclonded and most disastrous aspect of national affairs, It could be readily shown that the Assembly of that year, under its then Speaker, now the Lientenant Governor of the State, led and directed the Union sentiment of the North, and, after Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet, proved the most effective abottors organ- ized in the country of that Union policy which has achieved the glorious result for the country now fully developed with the closing days of the present session, The last Assembly spent its concluding moments in the adoption of instructions to the Congressional representa- tives demanding the abolition of slavery by constitu- tional amendment. The Assembly of the present session closes with the ratification of that measure, voted regard- less of party, accompanied by the salutes of artillery throughout the continent for the end of the slaveholders’ rebellion, and the installation of an executive head and policy at Washington which will realize a new era in our relations to the empires of the world. It is from this standpoint that the Senate and the two late bodies of Assembly can aloue be appreciated, as to their actnally achieved work and purpotes. Their great body of bounty bills, their voluminous war and patri- otic resolutions, with the various other details of tnis | nature, stand as thelr proud peentiar monument on their | Journals, and in the history of the nation at large, during | ‘the dark nicht of its stragele, Whoever has songht for the drift of affairs here in the Jobs or arhemes, or the partisan aims attributed to the honr, has been inisied, if not intentionally purposing to misrepresent or demoralize the sentiment on which these bodies were irresistibly borne through the past two years, The time was too momentous to trifle, The scrutiny of the people, fixed upon tense to admit of any faltering. The vast impending dis- aster to the conntry wax too absorbing to allow of any other cares but the great care. which threatened rnin to the grand fabric of rev blican institutions. When this is stated all is sald which it ie of general importance to say of the legislat’on of the past and of the previous winters. TUR RENAE, AND 178 RECORD, Looking back upon the two years term of the Senate now adjonrued, every act ef any moment indicates the finpr'se of this body. It has exereised a complete and domineering control over the present Assembly, wnd last year tho rival bodies closed their session in a competition which vielded the precedence in ability w the Senate, but left to t bly a prestige of purity, industry and loyalty wi nt some forte members re- elected to the present body and mad» its Speaker Licu tenant Governor of the State, No Legislature for many years gained so much popular approvol. and so little of public censure and abuse, as that of 1864, of which the nate now adjourned deserves its full proportion of credit. At the conclusion of their labors there are no legacten left to the people or the dominant political party which can make their acts the subject of agitation among the people, or reprosch with the public opinion of the State. There have been no joos or swindles of much mo- ment put through, althongh there has been no want of urgency for thom, at a time when the inflation of the currency had set other localities wild with the th public plunder, Under Senators Folger, Bail phy, the judicial character of the seasion laws have pre served thesymmetry of a proper legal architecture. parliamentary aspect of the preacnt cession of the and of the previous gestion of the Assembly, unde same executive officer, Thomas G. Alvord, will be ma y in the parliamentary history the State. Under the fortunate direction of Senator Andrews (the distinguished editor of the Inte Grier end Enquirer) the municipal affairs of the citirs of the State, and expe- cially of New York, have obtained a memorable impulse in the direction of progress and intelligent reform. Se- nator Andrews, a New Yorker by birth, and for 20 many years identified with every aspect of the life, wants and growth of the metropolis, by his peculiar vocation, and now in the vigor of his life retired to the leisure of rn- ra! life in Otsego county, filled his exacting post, as chairman of the Committee on Munichpal Affairs, with a prepared experienced and ability never equalled at any time in this arduous position, Another term on his part, in similar control of the course of municipal reconstruc- tion and progress, would go far towards alleviating the grievous complaints ugainst the municipal section of our form of government. To his labors we owe the highly important work of poising our metropolitan police upon the non-partisan and effective basis of the present or- ganization, and the extons‘on of this system to the mn- nicipal districts of the interior of the State. The paid fire department and many less im t measures, he likewise shaped. Should the municipalities of the ftate be so fortunate as to find him for a second term at his post in the Senate, it is to be hoped that he will give the city of New York some simple and more efficient organi- zations for its sanitary and financial government. The great and vexed question of the can: polle; eflected in their ity a brill upon the patriarchal Senator Cole, of Orleans of the Committee on Canals; while th finally defeated the Central Railroad Restriction bill fitly derived {te most persistent animus from him, as the guardian of the locks and levels, the successor De Witt Clinton, Few instances of more im) tor romising work can be inted to in tl whole Foginlative hist of the country than the winter's labor achieved jointly by Senators Cornell and White, The foundation of the Cornell University is an event really worthy, in its way, of the other events of the jod at which it has been consummated, This work, in its legislative respeet, devolved upon Sena- tor White, who may well be envied the distinction of such a privilege. eo magnificent gift of half a million of dollars for this foundation, with two hundred actos of land in the town of Ithaca, presents a feature of ilus- trious liberality that woud alone entitle the body of which Senator Cornell hae been a member to memorable dis- tinction. This py i endowment, planted upon the national tof a million acres of public lands, must at last at the requisite means fora practical univer- rity system fitted to the xcope of American institutions, The minor donation of twenty-five thousand dollars made to Genesve College would mark with ordinary lustre the liberality of Senator Cornell, and deserves also to be noted, The cause of ecience, agriculture and the prac- tical arta, together with an’ American development of belies Ut'res, will derive in this genuine university movement an accession of strength which it og Nd ventured to predict that no similar foundation has hith- orto afforded or promised. It is generally conceded that in of ability the present Senate has not been excelled by any of its cessors. At able minds and efficient debaters, Folger, Munger, Andrews, Shafer, Morphy, Hamphrey, Fields and White have seldom been excelled in any foram in heir representatives, was too in- | the country short of the United States Senate, As men of practical business sense, Beach, Angel, Strong, Sax- ton Smith, Hobbs, Christie, Igee=4 ‘oodruff and the majority of the body have done credit to the theory of democratic government, in the superior SS. and prodence of their recor course, an a , daring the momentous period of years, ‘THE ASSKMNLY. ‘The most beg “ate Ong fact In regard to the Assembly, Jjust’adjourned, is, that it has been kept in wholesome check and under completo subjection by the older and abler body, the Senate, The previous Assembly was thoroughly and exclusively absorbed by the spirit of the war democracy, and lost everything else in Sap oe oe tions for the great strife both at the polls for tl - dential contest and in the fleld of battle for the very existence of the nation, In the Aseombly of this winter a large number of the old members reappeared and were put inthe most discordant connection with a consider. able body of the eoyperhead persuasion, who were transferred from the ur and Chicago platform to stand in the fall biaze of Colon victories and forced to awallow the daity acclamations called forth by anecessive doapatches, announce ot the “failure of the war,’ but the wonderful succession of events, from the march A Graut throwgh the Wilderness to the aight of the torchlight funeral of the eaeassinated Lincolu, and tho final crash of the confederacy, announced im the sur- render of Joht upon the statute book. GENERAL RYSULT! OF THR UROISLATION THIS SKB*ION, The veto of the Central Railroad iaeves tho legtstative score om jobs almost 4 clean slate for two or the term of the Senate. No railroad bills of Feonveaonce have been passed, nor, indeed, serounhy i and except the Champiain and Chenango tanals aud & f-w minor matters in that line, the determination to keep clear of all issues of this nature during the great trial of the nation has been rel'gionsly carried out. The bounty bonds and bounty bilis really represent the great bulk of” the business of the ‘‘people of the State of New York in Senate and Assembly convened.’ The rapturous accla- mations which rang through the chambers of the State Capitol on Friday oon, upon the reading of the wel from the War Department announcing the sur- render of Johnston, and that Jeff. Davis was begging in vain for his life from General Grant, dissolved this Long Parliament, with a just appreciation of its protracted and ing in the great conten Setwane the ade ceaa, ween, jor on constitutional liberty. sa art a THE CTTY DFLEGATION. The city of New York has far less to complain of this ar oon heretofore in the legislation for its benefit. Laimbier has deserved well in this connectione| for his laborious fidelity and diligence. Ii Van ren, 4 Somes, Pig el hee Salmon, ani’ stil er house, have also made commendable and effective endeavor in the improved treatment of questions affecting the metropolitan district. But if the citizens of New York would have their interests reached as they should be, Mr. Perry, of Bi should be persuaded to colonzie in New York, and'take that city in the same care which he devotes to stituents of the left wing of the metropolis. GOVERNOR FRNTON. Four months have , and the course of a legisis- tive session has in some degree the qualifications of Governor Fenton for his position. ‘His tion. in the great business of suppressing the rebellion, and the zeal and efficiency of his words and work ip this vital duty stand forth in as strong end happy contrast to the course of Seymour, as does the aspect of our national affairs to-day when compared with the clouded hope and threatening condition of the’ country under Governor Fenton’s predecessor, Unter his influence on the do- mestic questions in the State, the’ principle of protecting the popular rights in the low fares om the steam and city railroads strikes a democratic chord which will be heard again from many variations of its key im the ranks of his personal party in the State—the war democracy. He has a om are well thus far, and will be faithful 10 the en YALEDICTORY. In the closing communication thie year, of the cor- respondent of the Hxraxp, he will be pardoned for renew- ing his acknowledgments to his associates of the Assem- bly of 1864, for many favors then, and in his capacity as a sero continued in many ways @uring the past esion. Work of the Legislature, NEW YORK CITY TAX LEVY. The Board of Supervisors are empowered to order and'cause to be levied on the taxable property of New York county an amount equal to the aggregate of the several sums hereinafter stated :— Advertising for the Common Council $30,000; and no payment shall be withheld for non-performance of the advertising in season, unless the copy thereof shall have been farnished to a newspaper at least twelve hours be: fore the time of its regular issue: Provided, however, that the newxpapers selected in. the year 1865 shall con: tinue to be the official papers of the city and county of New York, in which shall be published the proceedings of the Common Council, the Bourd of Supervisors, and all notices required by law to be published in the different heads of departments and other public officers in and for the city and county of New York. Aqueduct repairsand improvements $58,200; Board of Health, $6,000; Battery improvement, $50,000; cleaning streets, $500,000 an- pualiy, the work to be done by a contract which is hereby authorized and required to be made by the Mayor, &e,, ‘a'ter advertised proposals of ten days, to commence ten days after the passage of this act; such contract shal! be for a term of not less than five years, and the Comptraller is hereby authorized to pay all arrearages for street cleaning until the contractor shall be prepared to proceed with his contract, the cost of same to be included in the Tax levy, For work done on Fifty-ninth street Court House, $1,575; for deficiency in the Central Park grant for the Vears 1863 and 1864, $88,121; cleaning markots, $16,000; city contingencies, $75,000—sibject to the approval of the Mayor of said ety, and no payment shall be made therefrom without the authority and consent of sald Mayor being first had and obtained, except $35,000 set aside to pay the expenses ineurred inthe funeral obsequies of President Lincoln; city dispensaries, $11,000—$1,000 of which is to b® paid to the Manhattanvill Dispensary, To pay judgments recovered by Spencer G Judginent recovered by John J, McLaren New York Asylam for Lying-in Women,. New York Infant Asylum, Ladies’ Union Society. To the House of Mercy, To New York Woman Election expenses, Fire machines. . Fire alarm tele For completing park Interest on Revenue bonds Interest on Volunteer bonds, number four. Lamps and gas Lands and pia Monument in Ca 2 Opening and wid>ninj 110th street to Harlem River Rent of Police Station houses Contingencies, Mayor's office. Comptroller's’ offi Law department, Street departmet City Inspecte Croton Aque eh Charges on arrears of assessm’ Charges on arrears of taxes, Blasting and removing Diau Donations. . Society for the Protec Catholic Children... Orphans’ Home and Asyluin. Demilt Dispensary........... New York Fire Department Fund Rose Hill Ladies’ Relief Association New York Infirmary for Women and Children’ Five Points Hose of Industry. Five Points Mission. a Soct RERESS £85332 85588 Saronk 8 882285 eet 33285 0-4 9919. 383s 2: > Orphans’ Hom Orphans’ Asylum. Ladies’ Educational! Union Honse of Good Shepherd. . Saiar.es—Fire Department. Board of Assessors. . o . Board of Revision and Correction of Assessment City Courts. desea Stationery and blank books. . Street improvements. ... Sewers, repairing and cloanin, Seworage system surveys Street rey eae ties * Society for Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents, Supplies for and cleaning public offices... Water pipes and laying...... o Cleaping and eer a Wharves, piers and slips. Pier Manhattanville... Pier foot of 188th street, $2 828 Hs 3 2880 #8 8 = & Bass 3358282 BE eRS.82 000 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 ,000 000 500 15,000 Repairing Jaune 2/000 Salaries—Legisiative 000 ‘126,000 48,760 -162,380 178,790 101,842 Law Department........ 41/579 City Insurance ment. . 87,909 Commiasioners of 9,850, of Chamberia‘n, . 500 (The Chamberlain ts also allowed to receive one- eighth of one per centon the amount received and disbursed.) Printing for Common Council. ... «» 40,000 NEW YORK COUNTY TAX LEVY. The following is the Tax levy, as passed by the Legis- lature :— Advertising. Contingencies, Coroners’ feen. . Connty contri Children’s Af Construction of Net Incumbrances tp t—removal of. Lightiog, cleaning and supplies for county, Officers and Wipness’ foe8....... 2.06. -6+5 . Fonsi ea to county buildings and county offices, ni saseseees Salaries—Legislative Department. Salaries—Executive Department. supplies heretofore furnished “Supreme Court, Support of detained witnesses, dno. W. Kamonds,. Representatives of tt a as Judges of the Supreme Court, by the of Supervisors. AMENDMENTS TO THE CODR. The following are the amendments made to the Code by the bill which finally passed the Lagisiature on the 2th: i. Ame sbatitute allowing ngesitan tt avolrlapvesanm tony of any Taw 2. 13, Amended by Og & provision that vn ® second re ai and directed to be paid the Sheriff shall ttlement shall be settlement cmmloyment of steno- also Of the slanographes io art of New tore etuy: also vis wit lenogrep here providing thet ell such compensation shail be ond Piss, a fourt fund, instead of being a county churfe: alse ty in, Bec. 267. Amended by siding a provision that if the dect- sion be unreasonably jed the Court may on motion ask au order for a new and conditional. Costs to event 5 Ame! striking out the words in paren. ghosts iencept whee’ ae datenden te am intnnt or abeceioey; also 80 a8 to provide that no person shall be appointed referee to whom pay pert shall by yd antil ten persons have been suggested by the Court and objected to; ulso so ante provide hat if the referee doos not report in alsty” days, ‘elther party may serve notice upon the that he elects to ¢ the nee. Sep. 08, By striking out the first part of the last sentence and fuserting’—“In dificult and extenordinary onses, where & defence has interposed, or in auch eases where a trial has been ‘actions or proceedings for the partl- had, and in appellants secerity to ‘Sue. 894. To increase Se. By Amended by striking out the wor tigated wherever it occurs, and inserting in ite stead “for which Judgment is demanded by either party in his pleadings;” also. by including under the provisions of the last sentenoe of the section actions for the recovery of sonal papery, the value of which, together with the dem: ‘ages, shall exceed fifty dollars: also by striking out the word “county” and inserting “appelate;”’ also’ by adding » proviso: that in New York city appeals ‘from marine and district courts shall be as heretofore. . $60! Amended by adding at the end a proviso that re_the amount tigated oF property, recovered exceeds testimony need not be returned, but only the eens ‘and proofs of service, the pleadings, proceedings and judgment, w brief statement of the amount and nature of the claim and’a aotice of appeal. ! ‘Src. vialon fv vision that the Court ended by adding at end & pro. may low elther amend his Pleadingn, ard that either party ‘may servedpon ihe other an offer of compromise with the aame effeot ax in section Sec. 367. 80 48 to make the notice of appeal with any offer, ‘verdict, decision of the courts, excentions, case and all orders and papers ip any way involving the Marita and nemesariy affecting the J part of the judgment rol Src. 300. First sontence amended so as to inclitde all courts, tribunals and officers acting judicially. At the end there is added, “And nothing contairied in section eight of this act shall be held, or construed, to affect, or restrain the operation of this section. City Intelligence. Tax Fresr oy Mayr—Movixa Day.—To state that to- day is the Ist of May is very much like telling people that the rebellion is crushed. Everybody knows it per- fectly well without being reminded of the fact through the newspapers. The moving trains of beds,. bedding, pots, kettles, pans, ehairs, tables, stools and other articl of the domestic economy that were to be seen on our streets on Friday and Saturday must have warned the most thoughtless of the approach of fhe annual distrac- tion and desecration of the household gods and goddesses, The Lares and Penates, riven from their sacred altars, appeared wandering about in search of new shrines, where they might yield their aceptres more securely and- more comfortably for another twelve months or longer. ‘The guardians of the deposed deities, the carmen, were in their glory. They were and are tho real divinities of the hour, and have more todo with ‘shaping of our ends,” to say nothing of “rough hewing,” than we are happy to confess. On Saturday the moving was very general all over the city, and the carmen received enormous remuneration for their services. We heard of one case where as much as twenty-five dollars a load was paid for removing furniture from a heuse in Fittteth streot up to Harlem. Peoplo who secured cheup places in the country, to avoid high rents im the city, will be likely to find their expenses not very mach lightened when they come to settle up with the carmen. The latter have resolved to profit by the extensive emi- gration ruralwards, knowing that their aid is indispensa- ble to movers, and that they can command what they like before placing a stick of furniture on their vehicles. ‘While many are in this way m a fluster, changing theirlo- cal habitations, many others are In a very diffrent fluster, because they have not yet succeeded in finding houses or apartments. Thus their time is up; tho landlord bids them be off; but they know not whither to go in search of shelter. We are inforined that the number of persons | thus circumstanced this year is exceedingly large. The exorbitant rents asked by landlords is the principal cause of this strange state of affuirs, It is not easy to foresee how the difficulty will be met to-day; but ft is to be hoped that a liberal spirit will be exhibited on all “pn both on the part of the old tenants, the new tenants au the landlords. A good deal of the customary moving may have to be postponed to-day in consequence—a re- sult which might commence the breaking up of the absurd custom of general moving on one day. Reorcanwtxa THe Court oF SrEctaL Skseons—Tum Naw Law.—Among the acts passed by the Logislaturs during the lat» session was one reorganizing the Court police magistrates (instead of eight as heretofore) shall constitute the court, and names Justices Dowling and Kelly, of the Second and Sixth Judicial districts, as the mombers of that court. These judges lave the appoiut- ment of clerk, deputy clerk, interpreter, stenographer, and officers of the court, Under the new law, which takes effect immediately, it is expected that there will be less buzzing and buitonholing members of the court, and thus retarding business, if not acfeating the ends of justice, than have heretofore been the case. Tycenprary Free in Amity Streer.—Between nine and ten o'clock last night a fire occurred in the dwelling house 56 Amity street. The fire was found burning in a bed. By the application of a few pails of water by tho inmates of the house, assisted by the firemen, the flames were subdued and the fire ultimately extinguished. The property destroyed consisted of a bed and bedding, val. ued at about fifty dollars. They belonged to William H. Joues; no insurance. At about seven o'clock that morning a fre occurred in a bed, on the second floor, be- longing to Alexander Marshall. The fact of these two. fires occurring within a fow hours of each other led to the suspicion that premises was fired by some one residing in the house. Mr, Marshall's loss is about twentyilve dollast; insured $,600 in the Commonweath Insurance Company, The damage done to the house is about $10; insured for $3,500; in the Atlantic Insuance Company-’ Fire Marshal Bakor was would called to the premises, and the matter is undes iuvestigation. Fextmen Particucans or THs Moyroe Stuer Free, Patterson, Strpnghan & Bishop estimate tneir loss at $15,000; insured for $3,000 in the Rutgers and Jersey City Insurance Company. The cabinet maker's loss is #aid to be $3,000; insured for $1,000 in the Brevoort In- surance Company, on machinery only, C. W. Houghton, vencer cutter; loak estimated at about $1,500 on stock and machinery; insured for $2,000 in the Globe, and $1,000 in the Peoples” Insurance Companies. Warxine to Boys Rinna Beniwp Coactes.—On Wed- nesday last James Mohoncy, a lad seven years of age, who resides with his parenta, at 131 Mulberry street, jumped on the rear part of a coach which was passing up Hester street, near Mott, for the purpose of taking a ride. He had proceeded but a whort distance when one of his Jegs caught in the wheels, injuring him in a serious man. ner. He was removed to the New York Hospital, and his friends, fearing that death would ensue, notified Coroner Wildey to take his ante-mortem deposition, which was done. Andrew Molony, driver of the coach, was arrested, but, it appearing tat the occurrence was accidental, Coroner Wildey discharged him. SurrrinteypENt Warp, of the city line of the American Telegraph Company, has established an office at the new pier of the Albany Steambout Company, connecting with all the hotels in the city and with all the lines of the country. ‘Travellers can thus order their stateroomag) prior to the starting of the boats, ‘Taaves, Eastwanp.—The railroad and steamboat con- nection between the Now York and New Haven steam- boats and the New Haven, Hartford and Springfeld Rail- road, commences May 1, the train running to and from the steamboat wharf at New Haven. Nothing could better suit the convenience and comfort of travellers in that direction.. Discovery oF Quicksi.ven in Nevapa.—The Reese river (Austin) Reveille a Varney, superintendent: of the Pioneer mill, of this Ay ae ‘a sctenti ee mator, has lately been op a visit, fone, the ital of our neighboring county of Nye, and during his stay made a most astonishing discovery. The new mill of that city had been able to extract but about $25 per ton from what had the reputation of being rich ores, and Mr, Varney went down to. see what was the matter. Upon an analysis of the ore he found it to consist of sul- hur, antimony, arscnic, silver, and what he believed to uicksilver. Of course such an ore could not be worked without roasting. A rude furnace was formed, where a few hundred pounds could be roasted at a time, and tho- Tough experiments on several ledges were made, The result was that the rock was made to pay, without selec- tion, $140 per ton; but the most singular of ail was t great abundance of quicksilver that the roasting devel oped. Having ascertained that quick, T was present, freeing it gather on the iron poker used im stirring the roasting mass, and smelling it in the fumes, an saomes, ‘was made to ascertain the quantity, Three and a pounds of the qvartz—not einnabar—was placed in a re- ‘tort and heated, and nine ounces of pure quicksilver ob tained, being over eighteen per cent, Upon a thorough examination of the-lode large quantities of rich cinnabar, the ore of quicksilver, were found. The rock experi- mented on contained this aseful metal in a native condi- tiow, The extent of these cinnabar bearing lodes was found to be great, indteating that we shall be able to fur- nish our own supply of quickstiver, and probably have it to export. ue Cexta ty Anunpaxce,—For the first time stnee the sus- naion of specie payments the supply of conte at the int exceeds the demand. Though the coinage of them went on seein though two cont pieces were made in large numbers, the demand, until now, exceeded the supply,and at times the scarcity was sueh that articles never dreamed of as currency were often ured in our markets. It was no unweual thing foe carrots, ontons, turnips and aj be used in making change. The searcity no doubt arose in part from hoarding and specu- lating im Cg FF yas bys b Negeew oe ee often as even twelve cant e rise to the tes of tickets or checks by shop bocperatane high as some he 4 taten Ah] ‘eager es fe sa een bomen filment of wih! re baxe Gemeente — po hay official source that cents can now be obtained at the Mint sev ea found In aren ‘minates after bd Blan.” as tares cons ow will bs resdy toraic. | ane ery ‘ya alge “aur to ets la. a tration tne few dave. Phoadanva Ledger, 99, | Intethe Dowels Feice Bh genta | he | Per Hangings, No. 61 Dey street. 5 THE STONEWALL. et | Her Arrival Looked For on the Coast. . PREPARATIONS MADE TO RECEIVE HER. . The Harbor of New York Well Detended, &c., &e. The rebel iron-clad ram Stonewall, Captain Page, which sailed from Lisbon the 28th of March, is evidently on her way tothis coast. As the frigate Niagara, Com- modore Craven, and the corvette Sacramento, Captain Walke, were debarred by the twenty-four hour rule from giving porsuit, she was to get away from the coast and so far ahead that chase was useless. From Lisbom the Stonewall proceeded to the Madeirds, where she coaled and took in-supplies, but was ordered away after’ the expiration of twenty-four hours. From’ Funehal she steamed to Tenerife, where she again coaled and'pro-! visioned, and was compelled to go te sea again im twenty-four hours, on the Ist of April. She is evidently making her way to some of the islands of the West Indies, where she will again coal and prepare fora raid on our coast. Norebei port is left here that she cam enter, as her draught of water is too great for Galvestom She may make a dash into some of our Northerm ports, and the Navy Department has made and isanaking every preparation to meet and destroy her if she attempas: the feat. Tron-clads have been quietly placed in the different harbors, and other measures taken that will render abor- tive any raid on our seaboard cittes, The Roanoke and other iron-clads will care for New York, and a torpedo boat will also be kept ready for imm- mediate service. It was rumored yesterday that the Stonewall had been. spoken om Friday last, but the report is entirely um founded. Great vigilance is, however, maintained by the naval vessels in the harbor, and they are always ready for action. Our citizens may yet have an opportunity of witness ing a naval combat in the bay of New York, but ther chances are very shadowy. Our next advices from Nassau may bring us intelligence of the whereabouts of the formidable pirate, and we shall then know where to look for her. Dx. Gwix.—When Dr. Gwin, in Paris, speaks of bis father-in-law's “hotel,” he will’ designedly aim to con- vey the impression that it is a “hotel” in the old style French sense of the term—the city residence of a mam of rank, OldMr. Bell, his father-in-law, only kept an excellent roadside inn, seven miles from the Mammoth Cave, in Kentueky—nothing more. —New pendent. MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC. The Honors Paid to the Remains of Presi- dent Lincoln—Arrest and Death of the Assassin—The Surrender of Joe John- ston and His Rebel Army=The Latest News from Europe, é&c. The steamship Ariel, Captain Jones, will leave this port at noon to-day for Aspinwail. The mails for Central America and the South Pacific will close at half-past ten o'clock this morning. The New Youk Hxnatn—Edition for the Pacifie—will be ready at half-past nine o'clock in the morfing, and will give a full report of the honors paid to the remains of President Lincoln in the cities and towns through: which they passed, with full details of the magnificent manner in which they were received in and escorted from New York city; Account of the Arrest and miser-’ able Death of the Assassin, J. Wilkes Booth, and of the arrest and imprisonment of his accomplice, David Har- old; Account of the,Surrender of Joe Johnston and his Rebel Forces to General Sherman, in North Carolina, &e., | and important and gratifying intelligence from the Union of Special Sessiqns. The new law provides Yhat two | Forces in all portions of the country; Late and import- ant News from Burope, and reports of ail important ovents of the day. Single copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, six cents, Prizes Cashed In all Legalized Lotteries, "i 1, broke it oiliee, 176 Broadway. A.—Lottery Prizes Cashed. Circulars, drawings and tnfermation sent. J. R. CLAYTON, 10 Wall street N. ¥. A Clear, Smooth Skin and ul complexion follow the use of HELMBOLDS CONCENTRATED FLUID EXTRACT Sait RILLA. It removes biack spo pimples and all eruptions of the skin. A Beautiful Com closest scrutiny, HELMBO PARILLA Is the remedy. exion Stands the EXTRACT OF SARSA- ts S18; Boys’ All 4 Fourth avenue. Moth De- sale by all druggists, A Good Number.—Heads of f Swedenborg, Melancthon A.—Use the Bei STROYING PACKET. Fo Beall i in MA NOLC cents, Newsman have first post by FOWLER & WELLS, 889 Broadway. A Hint for the Incredu fellow citizen, that you enn’t find a ha in until you have seen tie fifty varietion of style in dress and undress HATS at GHNIN'S immense establishment, SIS Broadway Batche Dyec—The Best in the world, Harmless, nsiantaneous, The only perfect aye. Factory sl Barclay sireet,. Best 3 Litys ; i Cinderella. Second aud last ntation. THIS CHARMING LAY OF THE PAIRIF! P IER, PERFORMED BY TWO HUNDRED CHILDREN, WHICH WAS RECEIVED WITH 8O MUCH ENTHUSIx ASM ON THURSDAY, will be given once more at the ACADEMY OF MUSIC, : B o'clock next MONDAY AFTERNOON, May 1, at 3 o'clock P. M. ‘Admission to the house $1. Fifty cents extra for reserved be obtained at the office of the Academy and at. Mack's, under Fifth Avenue Hotel. J ate and CHARLIE, 760 Broad - F's Life for the Hair Restoves toy fal keape ompartson with nny other Mores and at my office, It'h., CHEVALIER. St, Corns, ae all diseases of the feet, cured by Dr. way. Cristadoro’s Hair Dye, Preservative and Wig Depot, wholesale and retail, No, 6 Astor House. ‘The dye applied by skilful artinte, Gouraud’s Italian Medicated Soap cures pimples, freckles, eruptions, tan and all blemishes. At his depot, 453 Broadway, and-dimigginte, Gald Haunting Watches, to six hundred dollars each, for Ee TAVERN ug ‘wroutwny, “one door alow Canam atreet, formerly 11 Wall street, Helmbo! ‘Those who une it save botir time and money. it hest Premium Lock Stiteh Sewing: Machine or) Butt ole Mackine. - Wwindhe ER.& WILSON, @25 Broadway, N.Y. Janeway & Co., Manufacturers of Pas jee o Few, At f the Worst Ro go Q ine of the blood. : HOLDS RUTRACT OF MARSAPANILIA ba teredy of ‘the utmost value. Ne Pimples, no Darknesss Under the Betfair yo rama Piles, Pilese=Dr. Witmer's Pile Suppost= Yue Sek ibe eure Be Bleeding or Itohing Piles. Agent Rid Yourself of Humors Puated berevcr sxkear ut Sleeve Rattons nud Stads, New Styles, from f to two biundred ® net For ais Lacan, fot and bre iranddway, one dove ‘Bee low street. ‘ ELMBOLD® CONCENs, LEA TE AROS The Injurions Kffects of Aleoholtc SRNNULS's Berke aecteimtta 7 oe United state same as gold, by F. P. ‘We Pledge Our Reputation for the Ful-