The New York Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1865, Page 4

—s en nate ces hee ee @ be aba a ty be SSS AMUSEMENTS 10-MORROWRVENING. POWERY THEATHE, Bowery Rag’ Wowas ano Uxe NIBLG'S CARDEN, Brpedway.—Paxcrox, BROADWAY THBATAR, Broadway. —Sotox Surtour— Live Typ. ; WINTER GARDEN, Broadwoy.—Tur Gave Lavy oF Punanvom, a 2 Ww TRE, Bowery. --M suinse's Com- wR SOMES One ai th Ht: WALLACKS THEATRE, Broadway.—Lovs ann Monry OLYMPIO PUBATRE, Broadyuy,—Paarsonon—Sixer- sc Beactr. © . BARNUM'S MUSEUM, Broadway.—Two Lavina Avr Gavors—Kar Wowas—Gunress, Tae ov tHe Liip- DEN Hovsr—Booxk Famity. Open Day Evening. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Mall, 472 Broad. way.—Erniotias S0aas, Dances, Buniesgyi or New Youx. , WOOD'S Joun, ao Oman BOOLEY'S MINSTRELS, 199 nad 2m Bowety—Sonay ANCES, BURLESGORS, &C.—ALL Cross OVER ‘ WELDERS HALE, 68 Broadway.—Saw Franosco Mix- ernais—lice wa 4 Puscussm RIPPOTHEATRON, Fourteenth street —Faregratan, @ruxastic ap Acxoratio Exreutatraans—TH9) Buicie or bia, Le Broadway, rarer as — Tus PA LAGE OF SosP. AMBRIOAN THEATRE, No. 444 Bros away —Bactars, — Moaiaiag’s, 20.—P. P, ow ris Man and THY HOPE CHAPEL, 720 Broudway.—Taw Amantchy Stzaro- OCOFTICON. VANNUCHTS MUSEUM, 600 Broadway.—Movixa Wax Provess or Pesivent Lincoun, &c. USEUM OF MY, O18 — x AS E Avase! Y, Broadway. NEW YORK ‘Open from’ A. : THE TRIAL. ‘The trial of the assassination coneptrators yosterday #howed no Sagging in the tnterest of the proceedings, aud the evidence taken mado diaclosuyes of @ very {m- portant charecter in connection with the case. The Girst witness exam'ned was Assistant Secretary of War Dana, who Identified the revel cipher arrangsmont, which ho took from the room {nm Richmond, formerly occupled by Becretary Benjamin, on the 6th of April. The contriy ance is a reel, to.be turned so as to substitute one set of letters of the alphabet for othors. Major Eckert was sworn, and 4 cipher was exhibited to him found in the trank of J. Wilkes Booth. He com- pared ft wth tho Benjamin elphor, and sald it was the same. Some of the rebel ciphers of othor par- ties had fullen into his hands, and they wero on the same principle, although the key word may be diffrent, The witness furnished translations of the cipher, dated October 13, It te to this ef- fect :—" We sain urge our gaining immediate ai- vantage fain every nerve for victory. We now look upon the r-election ef Lincoln as almost certain, and we teed to whip the hirclings to prevent it Ra sides, with Lincoln re-elected, and his armies victorious, ‘wo need not hope even for recognition, much less the help mentioned in our last, Holcomb: will explain this, Our friend shall te tmmedialely set (0 work as you direct.” This cipher was in reply to one of the 9th. The correspen- dence was carried on between Richmond and Canada, General A. J. Homilton, of Texas, testifed that ho ts acquainted with the bandwriting of Wm. G. Oldham, of Texaz, He identified a letter from Oldham to Jeff. Davia, in relation toa plan for burning the shipping, &c. Ol1- hem wes eiccted to the Senate of the su-called Confede- Tate States in 1861, John A. Ward, who lives in Bryantown, testified that on the day after the assasrination he went into the village, but could not say positively that he saw Dr Madd there, Revert Nelson (colored) testified that he found a knife pear Secretary Seward’s house, in the middio of the street, early on (he murang of Saturday, as he was going so market. Dr. Wilson testified that he examined the knifo re- ferred to by the preceding witness, and recognized it as the ono having been handed to him by the boy James B. Stuart testified that he was at the t cy atre on the night of the assussination, and saw the asecssin leap from tho box, and made an effort to stop him from run- ning across the stage. He passed several poreons in the passageway ao\l one near the door, The Iatter did not move about as the others did. Witness here scanned the prisoners in the box, and said the fifth one from the win- dow (Spangler) looked moat like the man to whom bo re- forred. : hr. Campbell, who resides at Montreal, testified that he ts the first teller of the Ontario Bank, and identited the bank account of Jacob Thompson; Thompeon’s ac- count was opened in May, 1864, the whole amounts of credits being siz hundred and for'y-nine thousand dvilars; witness stated sums drawn by Thompson at various times; he knew Thompson was reported to be the finan- eink agent of the rebel government; but he was known only as Jacov Thompson at tho bank; he knew Thompson hod large transactions with other banks ‘mn the aud referred to @ chek drawn by Thompson to of © GC Clay for fifty thousand dollars on the Dauk of Ontario; wituess remembered J. Wilkes Booth, who had « sinall nt at the dank fora bill of exchange for #ixty-ono proviuce, the order we pounds op Liverpool, which wes drawn to his order, Eo whether, in of capture, the Uujonisie could neke ‘ae of the exchange. Surgeon General Barnes testified as to the examination and identification of the body of Booth. The closing part of the court’s proceedings are, not al. lowed to be made public at present, it being und od that an important witnes*, whose testimony the govern- ment has reasons for withholding, was uncer cxan.ne 1 HE SITUATION. The captive revel chiefiain Jef, Davis aod fellow pris- onors arrived at Fortreas Monroe about tw o'clock on Friday last, from Hilton Heat; 8, C., on boord the steamer William @. Clydo, eenroyed by the gunboat Tuscarora. Not only arewenow oguin able to gratify Pudlic ooriosity by hocating Jef himself, but we are n!s0 has enabled to answor e question which pen very g wally asked of late, os to what bas become of tt Vice Presidout, Alexander Hi. Stephona, of a, vy the important annoanoement that be also is 4 prisoner, bind in that tntoresting capacity arrived at Fortress Mon- foe if Company with Davis. Two other important mem- dors of this captive porty whose nomes have not hereto- fore been given to this coancotiom are the rebel cavalry solder, Goneral “Wheeler, and Clement 6, Clay; of Alabama, whos as rebel agent tn Canada, ts bolioved to have beon.one of the leading consplrators In all (he robbety, incendiary B8d aagaesination schemes toncocted by the revels: there, and upon whose bead a price of twenty-dve thouomtd doliags has beon placed by Prtsldent Jobsson, Stoptioris, Wheeler and Clay were not captnred with Jef, but Wore takon at other potnte in Georgie by dotac’i ments of General Wilsom’s cavalry, and all wore brought on to Vortress Monroe from Savannah and Hilton Head together, Most intéresting otalls of tho parpuit and capture of © rebel | Felh tte given by 026 of the Zarary correspoatonss with h ied jas, £0. —Sth cers “| og bugmiliating to him,.ap narmaged by"onr corres : Goneral Wilson's cavalry, ‘Thore proves to bare RQOOR Treas | taken tn his wife's apparel andundor, ctoumsiancis The 1 | cut. Oa the tip North the President's proclamation jp. ARHeS oP er 29; bende thqusund dailare for | his capturg wag -ahown Ji wad, ater reading 1 LO ape, | peered lo be @lmoys overpome by his feolings at tho rea- Keaton of theyposition ia wich be ts placa, q Only elghy whouaama dollars 18 ‘shecté Lave yet been discovered amotig Jeff Davis! elfecis; but severe boxes hava uot yet been examined, Qn the porsou of Reagan, ais Postmasier General, howy er, there were seized Papers showlug © large amount of ap-cie sipped for Qn the: arrival of Davis, Stephens and the other dis- tinguished rebels at Fortress Monroe, orders were re- ceived from Washington, for thoir incarceration at that piace; bus tt Was thought taat they would soon bo aent on to the capital, ‘ i It ts stated that the governinent has recently obtained private lettere of Jeff, Davis cleariy iunplicating him ia the Infamous assassination conspiracy, } ‘The'stoamship Evening Star, which arrived here yes | terday from New Orleans, brought us our despatches .! qrow that city to the 18th Instant, Coloncl Sprague, of Generil Pope's atatf, left the mouth of Red river ou the 4th instant, and procecded up that stroam, tn company with officers of Kirby Smith’s staf, for the purpose of | holding @ conference with that reb:l chief, and submit. ing (o him, as the basis ‘for the surrender of his Trans- Missiseippi army, the torms granted to Lee and Johnston. ‘The result of the negotiations was not known; but Colonel Sprague’s return to New Orleans was daily looked for, Largo quantities of cotton were arriving in tho Mississippl river from up the Yazoo. The army worm has again made {ts appearance on some of tho Louisiana cotton plantations, Genoral Canby and staff and General Ostorhaus arrived in Now Orleans from Mobile on the 12th inst. Commodore Palmer, who took part in tho naval operations against Mobile, camo a passenger to this city on board the Evening Star. Proparations are making for a short, sharp and decisive campaign aguinst tho romp of the rebeliion beyond the Mississippl. General Sheridan is to command ail the Union forces to be concentrated in that region, and will make short work of Kirby Smith, Magruder end the romant of the ‘rebels under their control if they should decline to accept General Pope's torms and surrendor. Our Charleston ovrreapondent gives somo intercsiing particulars regarding the troubles among the people of South Carolivs relative to the reorgunization of social affairs and the reinstitution of State government. A moeting to take action in the matter was held in Chartes- ton on the 20th inst, ; but, through the triple contéat for the mastery between the chivalry, the poor whites and the negroes, itcame to naught, Onthe next day Chief Justice Chase arrived in the city, and was waited upon by crowds of people of different clacecs, all of whom he received respectfully and attentively, making to them am address of considerable length; but bis views did not seem to fully meot those of clther of the “confiloting parties. In the eren'ng a grand entertain. ment was given to the Chief Justice, and on the day fol- lowing he left for Hilton Hend. It is said that the rebel Governor Magrath, of South Carolina, and Wade Hampton, the rebel cavalry chief, were both at Columbia, the capital of that State, on the 10th inst., engaged im conscripting all tho males they could Jay thelr hands on, fora continuation of the war on their own aocount. As @ detachinent of Gencral Kilpatrick's cavalry left their camp in North Carolina some days ago ia pursuit of thissame Bayreth, be has probably cre this suspended recruiting for his new force of chivalry. The Hxeraty Mobile despatches to the 11th inst, give interesting accounts of movements and events in and aroved that city subsequent to the surrender of General Dick Taylor, By this guesmder over tweoty steamers, which had been run up the Alabama river by the rebels for safety, fell into the hands of the national forces. General Cauby issued an order warning the people of East Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabaina and West Florida against destroying or selling any of the rebel govern- sept cottom which fell into his hands by the terms of Teylor’s capitulation; but, in order to prevont afferiag, be bad given permission for the sales in Mobile of small parcels held by needy indi- videals, all such disposals to be properly accounted for to the United States officers. The news of Dick Taylor's sorrender caused great enthcriasm among the national troops ubroughout General Canby’s department, Accounts from Key West, Fla, say that on the 10th instant there was great excitement there, owieg to the anticipated appearance of the rebol ram Stonewall from Havana. In order to mislead her as much as possible, in case of ber arrival off the const, the Sand Key and Key West lighta were not lighted. In addition to tlie government vessels already named in the Himaty as watching the movements of the Stonewall, the steamer Paul Joues bas been ordered to go to sen itarnediately In search of hor, and will Ieave (hid morning for Key Wert, ‘Tho War Department has fesued orders for tho imme- diato mustering out of service of al! wLito troops of the Army of tho Potomac whoee terins of service expire pre- vious to the 20th of September next Though the order fe for their immediate discharge, some ten days or two weeks will be required to go through the necessary at- vendant routine, Dr. Piackburn, the person who, ft fs alleged, concocted the plan of importing the yellow fover tuto New York from Bermuda, wos yesterday admitted to bail at Toronto in four thousand dollarg, ard the cese was continued to eveble the prosecution to obtain more evidence agaist the accused. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Governor Fenton, In company with Mr. Rice, State Snpertntendent of Public Ingtrvetion, and others, yester- dag vieited the State Soldiers’ Depot, im Howard strect, and mode an Inspection thereof, He was received with much enthueiasin by the veterah inmats, and, after makine an address to them, shook the baod of each. The State Paymaster General bas issued an order, giving notice te persons who furnished substitutes for tho army prior to the Tet of January lest that their claims for reisbursement will be received and placed on file at the ofS. ¢, No. 644 Broadway. The Excise Commissioners held a mecting yesterday, at which thirteen licenses were granted. They adjourned til! Monday, ovhor sale of captured cotton, on government ac- , took place inthis city yerterday. Four thousand undred bales were sold, at from thirty four to y-clght come per pound, reatiaing the cum of $956,005, Yesterday morning as the steamship Golcen Rule, donud out for Greytown, Nicaragua, was leaving, hor ylor she collided with the Hoboken fotryboat James Watt, and was struck upon her starboard paddie box, re+ cotving some siight Injury, and 5 her departure. ‘The Presbyterian General Awombly, which’ has been in seasion ip Brooklyn for some days past, took tte first stops yomterday in the ecclesiraticnl reconstruction of the South. Three Preabytertes were organized in Kast Ten- nessee of ministers and churches which bave maintained their loyalty daring the war, They wore them constt- tuted into the Loyal Synod of Tennessee, This impor tant action was fatlded by all the mermbors of the As sormbly rising to their feet, The Academy of Mueic was crowded Inst evening, i being the covaston of @ public welcome by the Masons of Now York to Albers @, Mackey, of Charieston, 8.0, Grand High Priset of the Genoral Grand Chapter of the Mosonly fratoraity of she Custed Staton, The adele was internet wawohhibited sin the Orjects of thy assoc re Cajane wl se Commies appointed to" deft plan Joa, mado bis rey recommending that t Fatty J organization nm Club be postponed until ope huridyed annual eubsoribers, at one bu ae The Glud has. the 18 Weat Eigvonth steoes. ‘aud’ wil enter upon tte occupstion on the fret of Juus Tho work of organization is progressing rapidly. A New Orleans journal, professes. C have positive in- formation that ex.Scnator. Gwin, during his recent stay in Havana, on the way to Mexiro from France, exhibited to a gentleman there proofs of the ceasion of the Mexican State of Sonora to France by Maxiinitian, and of (he oon- formont.on Gwin by Louis Napoleon of tho title of Duke of Sonora, A few nights ago John Mangia, living in Oxk street, was robbed of 8 sun of monoy while in a lager beor saloon in New Chambors strevt kept by John Viguel, and suspected one of the gris belonsing there, named Catharine Sheppard, of taking it, A poticoman was sud- sequently despatched to the saloon to arrost the girl, whereupom he was attacked, and out and beaten ina severe manner by Vizuel and bis burkeeper, named An- toime Mulligan, alias More}, Finally other persons cam? to the assisiance of the ofticer, and Viguel, itorel and the girl Sheppard were secured, and’ yesterday they were committed for trial. ~ A’poldier named Francis Leopold was, 43 alleged, gar- roted and robb:d of his money anda valuable gold riug by Frank Sm'th and another man whose nam known, about two e’clock yesterday morninr, while he ‘was passing through New Bowery. Smith was arrcstod and committed for trial, but his nccomplice escaped, Two mon, giving their namos as Michae! Walsh and James M. Smith, were yesterday committed to the Tombs*for trial on charge of being hotel thieves, and stealing forty dollars from the pantaloone pocket of Mr. Henry Dixon, @ gucstof the Anson Houso, where the prisoners also were stopping. Aifred Scotland, colored, was yesterday locked up on charge of inflicting a severe wound with a razoron Fauny Bell, a Church street girl, also colored. Andrew Brown was yesterday required to give five hundred dollars ball to answer the charge of having bit- ten offa portion of the nose of David Barry, of 2604¢ Monroe street, while the two were engaged in a fight ta a Market street drinking saloon, On Thursday lost @ messenger boy, on the way to bank ‘with a large sara of money for deposit, was seized on the corner of Broadway and Thames street, in broad day- light, and in tho midst of the throng always in that lo- cality at auch time, by a bold thief who dispossessed him of all Lis funds and escaped with ther. The stock market was dull but steady yesterday. Gov- mont s*curities were neglected. Gold opened at 181%, and closed at 130% at five P. M. The closing quotation at night was 13074. Saturday was, as usual, a very quict day in commercial circles, and business was'on a moderate scale, save in & few instances. On 'Chonge, the feature was the break in pork, prices fulling $1 for lots on the spot, and $1 a $2 for forward deliveries, Tho demand was vory light, and the business was mostly made up of “pick up’’ lots, Flour was also rather lower. Wheet wagqniet, Corn and oats opened Ie. a 26. higher; just enough to check the export movement, but cloned heavy. Whiskey w: entirely nominal, at $2. $2 03. . The Southern Confederacy Under Bolt and Bar. The steamer William H. Clyde, which arrived ‘at Fortress Monroe on Friday last, convoyed by the gunboat Tuscarora, had on board all that was jeft of the so-called Southern confederacy. Jeff. Davis, the head of the bogus concern, with his family, Alex. Il. Stephens, Vice President of the same, John A. Reagan, Postmaster General, General Wheeler, the famous cavalry raider, and C.C. Clay, of Alabama and Canada were passengers and prisoners by the Clyde. The. public were already aware that Joff. Davis himself and family, with Reagan and fifteen or sixteen others, had been captured and were in safe keeping; but our despatches yes- terday gave us the first intimation of the cap- tare of Mr. Stephens and General Wheeler, and the surrender of C. ©. Clay, late of Canada. For Clay’s capture and that of Davis, both charged with complicity in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, the government had offered” reward of one bnndred thousand dollars for Davis and twonty-five thousand doilars for Clay. The party were brought from Irwinaville, Ga., by the way of Macon, Atlanta, Augusta and Savannah to Hilton Head, where they wero shipped for Fortress Monroe; and where they arrived, as telegraphed, yesterday. See our special correspondence in another column. It is doubtless the purpose of the govern- ment to put those men upon their trial for treason against the United States immediately on the conclusion of tho trinl of the agsascins already arraigacd, unieas indeed the evidence taken at that trial stiould so implicate Davis and Clay as aiding and consenting to Mr. Line eqin’s marder as to warrant the government im putting them on trial therefor, “Should this be an event of the present trial, ther that of Davis and the others would soon follow ; and quickly will retributive justice follow on all con- cerned in the foul Tre Emrmen anp THE ¥ Mexico, at this moment, preseuts 2 curious study to the world, In that country there are two digtinct governments, each of them pro- fesaedly strong—erch of them seemingly reeog+ nizod by the volce of a powerful pnblio opinion. On the some Foil we have an Austro- Franco Emperor, ieuing decrees, granting patents of nobility, and building ap for himself and his porterity a regal inhoritance, with in- creasing honors; and a bumble yet dotermined Prosident—ene of the modsiils of Mexican socioty, the dregs of the people—chased by the invader from mountain to valley, yet reso lately sustaining, as best be can, ihe aaalter- able principles of nations! independence. Between these two lesders, x the exponentaof great bat distinct forces and ideas, is the con- test in Moxico maintained. That both pariles are strong there can serrcely be a doubt. On the one hand we have Maximilion as the em- bodiment of the emp At hia back stand France, Anstria and Belgium, to eay nothing of the secondary offices of Romo ond England. Tuls ts what gives the Kiaperor euch strength aa he thinks he possesses, On the other sido the republican governmen!—of which Juates is the hend—has the sympathy of the people of the whole United Siates; and if thoir services wore needed and would be made available, two hundred thousand Amevicon swords would soon show what Is meant by tho sympathy of Amerioa for Mexico. The highest degree of Interost ts felt in the oven's now tranepiring in \icxico among ail lasses of our cltizens, and at no other time bas Moxtoan affairs beon discussed with mote ta terest than ab present. In tho meantime we have the champions of either party ddogsiot ally nppesling t os to publish thelr | offs at ttie first meeting, and an increased}. y Y > ; this port, without an excquatir—his goyern- “ment “not” being recognized by. tho “United States. ‘Tho other ts e letter from Colonel Juan Pogiio, vallaatly dofending Goneral J. C. Ov- téga‘agatnat “tho insidions and malevolent in- sinuations ofa hungty: French ‘thoot of this city. We ¢dmmend. these: documents tothe at- tention of our readers, forthey go to’ show that both ‘sides of the Mexican question are yet strong enough and of safficient mfluence to invoke and secure the aid of resolute eup- porters. ‘This is precisely the principle. thut has maiatained the dreadful civil wars of that unhappy country durlig the last half of oa century, i pain The Proposed Congress of Ail Wattons. The governments of Europe and on this continent are fast drifting into complication: alarming {n thelr proportions, It is essential that some joint action should be taken to avoid tho threatening dangef, or a revolution wili soon break out more extensive than any known to the history of the world, and involving ‘in know of no better mode for maintaining peace and order than by @ congrets of all nations, to early aday as posslble. As regards the United States, however, no danger need be appre- hended. We have just gone through a straggle of over four years’ duration with rebeliion and conspiracy the greatest the world ever sew, and a rebellion which would lave destroyed the strongest thrones extant. Our generals bave overcome, routed and destroyed armies such a8 would have conquered ‘king- doms and changed the destinies. of empires, Upon the heels of all this we have witnessed: the cold-blooded assassination of our President. and yet we have come out of it all without the least jar or change in our mighty .strides onward. We now occupy the foremost rank in the family of nations, and. fear m0 one, Bu! we have a deep interest in the peace, the law and order of the whole world. Nor is it poasi- ble for us to view the rapidly occuring even's withont seeing in the gathering clouds fore- bodings of s coming political storm appaling in its magnitude. At the close of the Crimean and Italian wars Napoleon proposed, congress of all nations of Enrope for the sake of the peace of the whole continent. But the other governments refused to unite with him, and the result bas been that complications and revolutionary proceedings extended into Germany and other nations, and bave not, as yet, fully subsided, The sndden collapse of the great rebellion in this country, and the signal triumph of the principles of democratic republicanism, and that, too, in the face of the combined secret opposition of the monarchies the world over, will rebound with such force that it will shake to its very centre every throne in the Old World. It is impossible to tell what revolutions, now in embryo, will be fired into fife and break forth with full blaze as the directresult, The excite- men! in our midst in reference to Mexico, the alacrity with which the soldiers of our war aro seizing upon that movement, bids fair to soon force the affuis of Mexico into a complication that will seriously embarrass France, and, through the French, every other empire in Furops. The fact that our Canadian neighbors have beon harboring rebel refugees, who have while there been organ‘zing all manner of piots and conspiracies to destroy our government, bas mado our relations with Canada somewhat pyrotechnical, and they may at.any moment explode, thus dircetly involving England. We know not at what moment the mutterings in Cuba and the West India islands may break forth in alarming proportions, and some rest- less American adventurers, accustomed to war, will consider the pear ripe, and only needing a shake at the tree for it to drop into their laps. This in turn will bring Spain into new complications, and through that nation involve many others. Thus it ts that the natural results of the rebellion in this country will bring about com- plications among the governments of Europe, which in themselves will be momentous. Followed as these will be by the rapidly occurring events on this continent, the natural sequel of pur four years war, there is every prospect that all Europe will be convulsed with a revolution and a twenty years’ war, In view of these facts it becomes the duty of Preei- dont Jonson to reorganize his foreign policy ‘on a more vigorous and decided basis. At the same time he should send a flect of our vessels- of-war to Europe, with special commissioners on board, with directions to visit every capital and invite each government to participate ins congress of #!1 nations to arrange for the peace of the world. We havo one of the largest fleets of vescels in existence, and there ia vo longer any work for it to do here. The appearance of these vessels in Enropean waters will have a wholesome effect, and will goa great way towards convincing the Powers of the Old World of the folly of attempting to in- tertere with the affairs of tho republics on this continent. Aside from this, it will place the United States as a nation, ina moral stand point, the first of all nations on the globe, having cruehed a rebollion and secured peace at home, and then leading off in the adoption of measures for the peace of the whole world. President Johnson should take this snbjoct Into Immediate consideration and ect upon it with- out delay. Tox Esors1 Press on Auerican Arrams.— ‘The contrast between the tone of the Bngliah press npon our affairs et the present timo and that which it assumed when discussing the same question a few months ago is almost as ro- markable as the wonderfal revolution which bas just occurred in this country, and which the events crowded into the past four yoars of our history have produced. Heretofore it has been the custom with the English newspapers, espoclally those representing the aris‘ocratic end governing classes, to speak of us as “Jeffor- oon Bricks;” to taunt us with our boasting, and claiming to be able to dive deeper, come up drior, and swim faster than ‘any other people on the face of tho earth, and so forth, Now we hare ehown them that we can doa good deal of what we bonst about, and have just ac- complahed the greatest foat of any nation of ancient or modern timos, Recognizing this fact, the comments of the English press have Assumed quite another spirit, Thus we find the organ of Lord Dorby and tho arlstoeratie } party, tie Loadog Jerald, spéaking’ of Mr its maelstrom ‘every-nation of Earope. We | assemble either in Paris or New York, atas’ showa¢hose who. were wont to scoff at us that wo ard not mero braggarls afier ail; that’ we pan’ conduct "a devastating wer’ and come ment greater, stronger and moro permanent than ever; that) wo can contract a gigantlo debt-that would swamp any otber country, and pay it off without oppressiag or embarrassing our people, or straining our resources to ex hangtion. Haying done all this, showing them that we can “dive deeper and come up drier” than any other people, perhaps we : will prove that we can ewlm faste: ; The Sagactty of European Financelera. When: the late rebellion’ broke out a rebel soven.per cont cotton loan of félecn millions of dollars was started in England by the friends’ of the rebel government, who wanted to see tis,country, many were deluded into londing thelr money on Confederate bonds, gnd the amount was accordingly subscribed. The. oan .wes brought out at ninety - per the news of the fall’ of Richmond arrived the price fell to eighteen or twenty per cont, and with the news of the surrender of Leo’s army it tumbled down td eleven. Tho war being) now completely over, it will, of course, vanish altogether out of eight, and the’ unfortunate | dupes, who listened to the vain borstings of the rebel sympathisers and ‘the fellows intet- ested {a blockade running and other nefaifous schemes against this government, will lose all the mohey they invested in the Confederate loan. ‘Now that the war in this part of Amorica is at: an end, and another war is going on in Mexico to establish an empire there, as our war was, to start another republic, France, like Joff. Davis, has started a Mexican loan, which, it ap- pears, fs to We conducted on the lottery principle, as Mexico has no cotton as‘a basis for the scheme. The following plan for the new loan will explain iteelf:— : LOAN OF THE MEXICAN ‘GOVERNMENT. “Subdsorip tion of 500,000 shares of tive hundred francs each; authorized by his Excolloncy the Minister of Finance, 'These'bonds are issued at tho rate of threo hundrod and forty francs per ehare, with interest from the first of Aprit, 1865. yy produce an aunual interest of thirty francs, able Bi tho rate of fiftoon francs every elx months—namely, the first of April and the-firrt of of each ‘They are'to be reimbursed ative Qotobor year. hundred francs by wey drawing by lottery in fifty years, dating from the of Ociober, 1865, every em ce onic = Fe They will bo ae bearer ‘and-qui xchange an Dopart- menta, both for cash end time bargains, rurses, ‘Theae bonds give the rixht to prizes amounting to three millions of francs per anaum, or iift on bundred thousaad francs every e'x moutha, div ‘a8 follows: Frane:. At the drawing, every six months, the drawn will be reds rsod at. . -» 600,000 ‘The two following numbers at 100, 200,000 The four following numbers.at 60,000 francs each 200.900 And sixty numbers at 10,000 francs each....... 600,000 Independently of the above drawings by lot, sev hundred and fifty-six bouds will be. relmburved, for the first six months, at five bundrod franca each. This num- ber will go on ng. geemmaly months, acoording to wtable annexed -to the bon ‘Phe frat drawing will take place In public on the 24 of July next, and ths pence jing drawings the 24 of January and 2d of July of each year, down by the subscribers, will Be ited-at the Cainse des Dep‘ta and Consignations in Parts, and enrolled in iu the name of the the Grand Livre o! the Public Di subscribars to the loan, go that the already roilm- bnraed, either by the drawings by lot or at five hundred franes each, in consequence of Leap po every six months, will receive, at the expiration of the fifty years asecond reimbursement as the rate of three hui aad te right to u's premium {s ted by a apectal 0 rig! 8 Jum {3 represen a cortifi.ate to each bond. Peon! ption will be opened at the Comptotr d’Kecompte de Paris, No. 14, Rve tre, and in the departments of the cortespond- ents of the Comptoir, speciall) mted for that pur- pose, and at the offices of wovlvers. General, on Suturday, the 23d of April, and will continue open the Sunday and following duys, froin ton o’clock iu the morn. ing til four fn the won, until Wednesday, the 26th of April following, at the latest. ‘The amount of claims tor shares will bo mado up iatty, without any dedretion, go Len ty the sul<crip tom list not filled. The @ay on which the number of bonds re- quired shell exceed the number of shares or bonds re- nuaining to be disposed of the subscription will be closed, and tho demands for shares of this last day will be re- d:cod in ion. ‘The sum to be paid down on subscribing 1a fixed Franc. at sixty franca per share F; ‘Tho rest in the following From the 6th to the 16th of Anguet next. From the 6th to the 1:h of Octob r next. From thé 6th to the 16th of D-cember ne: From the 6th to the Jéth of February, 11 ‘Total, The yon of October foxt will be reccived in doduotion of the fret instalment, Provisional bonds, payable to bearer, and negotiable for cash and roe bargains, will be delivered to tio sub- seribers in roturn for their receipt by mame, for the first instalment, from tho Ist of May next. ‘The holdors will have the option, from the same day, of discounting the whole of the periods not yet due, with a bonus of #ix per cent interest per annum. Tho payment of the interest every six months of the of the bonis drawn tlesess 2 Jota drawa, and the reimbursement by lot, will take pince in Paris, at No, 15 Rue Monthabor, ab tho offices an nder the inspection of the Comuission con, cormspondence, Thoy uired to be accompanied by the amount of the fret instalaient, All offers addroened to tho Comptote @'Escompte or the Receivers Geueral before Saturday, April 22; will be in- cluded in tho list of eubucribors fur tho frst day. It is pretty evident thet the reenlt of this loan {3 destined to be just the same as that of the rebel conoern, and yet we presume that many of the financiers of Burope have gone into it with great confidenes, regardiess of the lesson they have learned from the result of the rebel loan. It is impossible that any empiro can exist on this continent except Prazil, and that is to far south that it does not fatorfere with our institutions. The shaky con- cern of Maximilian cannot last many months, and with its downfall the Mexican lottery loan falls to pleces, With these palpable facts be- fore their eyes it seems oxtroordinary that the sagacious financiers of Enrope should touch this Mexican Toan, The fifteca millions in- vested {n England in rebel bonds are all gone to the dogs.. Nota dollar will be realized on the transaction, and many will probably bo rained by having anything to do with It, The attempt to establish 9 separate republic in the United States has proved o miserable failure. What, then, can we expeot of the enterprise to create an empire in Mexico? It must fail more miserably still, and every one who fnvests a frano in this Fronoh loan will enffer, a4 the sad- guine and thoroughly , vietins aid in England, who invested in the rebel loan. ‘Tom Loran Pursa i ran Sovra.—Wherever the Union armics have gone throngh tho South aperP have been immediately established in tho national cause, superseding those jour nals whiob, during the war, had been support- Ing the rebellion. Threo-fourths of tho now journals bave been established by volunteers Cte from the army—for our armies could ‘boast of a large proportion of the typographi- al professloa—while the oditorial tripod waa in Most canos Aled by army correspondeats, geo ve out with our country’savofl, with our, govern-,, Wilmington Herald, New Oriea: ostabtished another biican government In, | #™ Sis = tributed much material ald towards bringing cent, and at one time commanded a pre-'} mium on that price of five” per gent, ‘When | P crs outside of it, thus rendered material to the gay ernment by giving good counsel/'to the rebelsy and fornishing them with news which it wee advantageous for them to receive for tho bettee understanding of the certain ,diseomfiture to ‘which their falling cause was destined, and thus hasien a submission which was, sooner or later, inevitable; Among the Sonthern papers started in this way we might mention the Savannah Flerald, the Richmond Reniblic\and Bulletin, Times, Port Royal Herald, the Sixth Journal, of Danville; Port’ Royal New Sowh; Macon Herald, end other papers published under similar auspices. at Mobile, Charleston, Trod- ericksburg, Wilmington and other places, Meny rebel’ journals—ench as the Richmond Whig—remained under the old proprietors, but beeame Union papers upon the ccoc- pation of those cities by our troops. Thea the press, as represented in the ranks and © ong ite“army correspondents, have com fr Port a senso of its duty. WASHINGTON. Preparations for an Active Campaign * West of the Mississippi. General Sheridan to Cou:smand Our Forces. Aen eee Genertl Sherman Visits tho President and Secretary Stanton, key Bey &e. ‘Wasarsatow, May 20, 1668, | PREPARATIONS FOR A CAMPAIGN IN THE TRANS MISSIRSIPPL. Major Genoral Sheridan has been assigned to the com- mand of all the troops weet of the Missisalppi, and will shortly leave for that part of the country. Ininediately after the grand review here next week @ force will be sont to the trans-Mississipp: for the purpese of clearing off the debris of tho rebellion. GENURAL SHERMAN IN TOWN, Major General Sherman was in the city to-day, avd bea interviews with the Prosident and Secretary of War, ab the request of the latter. ARRIVAL OF VANCE, RERRL GOVERNOR OF NORTE CAROLINA. ‘The rebel Governor Vance, of North Carolina, whe was arrested goveral days ago at the house of his father-tw> law, in Buncombe’ county, North Carolina, by # detach. ment of Géneral Kitpatrick’s cavalry, undor command ef Captain Hayos, on ordors, it is understood, from Wasb> ington, arrived Lere to-day ou the steamor Commodore Vanderbilt, in charge of an officer anda strong m‘Htary puard. Vance is a fine looking man, but bold and de» Gant in his manners. He has been committed to the Old Capitol prison. RECONSTRUCTION OF NORTH.CAROLINA, W. W. Holden, M, G. Mason, W: R. Richardson, J. 2% H. Russ, J.G. Williams and Robert P. Dick arrived t= ‘Washingtom this’ morning from Raleigh, N. 0. Their object {s to confer with President Johnsen in relation to the interests of the loyal people of North Carolina aa@ the recoguition of their State government, MATIONAL BANKING CURRENCY, ‘The item in Priday'’s Hxraxp, in rogard to the Itniftm tion and distribution of national bank capital, shoulé have.rcad national bank currency. There ie no I'mite tion to the amount of capital of national banks; but the cirvalation is by law limited to three hundred milliiona, and of this two hundred and thirty-five millions have already been ordered and assigned, leaving but sixtye five millions for those banks that now come ia. PRESENT FROM GENKRAL. ORANT TO COLONES MARKLAND, Lieutenant General Grant has presented te Colonel A HL Markland, the agent of the Post OMice Department, who has boon during the whole war with the armies, the Grimsley saddle, riddey by General Grant im all the bat tlea in which he-has becn engaged, from Fort Henry, im 1962) to the surrender of Genoral Lee, City Intelligence. Sam or Savaxnsw Cortoy.—A large sale of cotton, from Savannah, took place yestentay at the Exchange Salesroom, No. 111 Broadway, onder the orders of the United States cotton agent, Mr. Simeom-Draper. The transaction Included 4.900 bales, being @ total of abous 2,600,000 pouads. It broucht from 34 to 48 pound, and realized a product of $985, agency. Cuams vor Forstsnixo Sunerrrotes,—The following cents 62 to oMcial order has been promulgated by the Paymaster persons who furnished substitutes price to January lasti— Stace or New Yorn, New Yorn, May 20, 1866. All who Curnished substitutes prior to the ‘their claims for reimburse at), under the isions of chapter twenty-nine, Ia General of this State. It is of especial Interest to those Paryasrrr Gaxcn a's Oseor, 544 Broapway, day of January, 1865, are, by order of the Paymastee General, hereby notified that prov’ 1865, will be received and fled, subject to the geners claim to be made pa county for excess of years, and to the tlecision of the Board of A) peal conttituied by we above act, ‘cHas. W. DARLING, Acting Assistant Paymaster Gonoral ‘Tas Srrerr Coranixe Conreact.--Tho bida for contracts for cleaning the streets of the city are to be opened t» morrow by the street cleaning commission, provided for the legislative enactment of the Ist of May last a CO! jasion consiats of Mayor Gunther and John T. Hoftoxn, Matthew T. Brennan, Fran Boole and John &. Noveltn, aif prominently connceted with varius d: ments of the ¢ goverme mont. The Legislature bas givon these gonthmen fad roforia in this at present micky condition of our citizes ts certainly to be expert laced around those whe is clean, to the that powor to make a ra heglected, but for ti sani vory important matter, and i that every eafeguard will be contract to keep the moti a “ they fulfil their borid to the very letter, The public cone dently expects that they will fultifully carry ovt whab they consider to bo the Taw on the anbject, and allow the Utmo#t latitude for competition, to the end that the good of the people be considered, and that the city be kept t= a state of cloaniinese and puriteaiion, Whoever invy be rolected to do the work, the people will demand that the contract be promptly and efficiently performed, It * @ matter concerntug the beakth of a mitilion of m women and children, Let the city have parity, am health will follow. Let purity cost the city as little se possible, but it most be had at all havarda, A Bana Moseevcar Rornep,-—On Thursday Int rome gontlemen, passing the corner of Thamos street a 4 Rroadway, observed a struggle between a boy a roughly dretsed man, which took place near a froie stand, the prize being, na they su , the poazesy sete eticle whih tne Tad. bad wtolen trom. the dealer tn “rusty aus minaty oranges and terra a'b@ confectionery. oy naw the man sieze pometbing fromm bis ant nist and leave, the latter remaining an@ biubderiag Like a whipped schootboy, When questioned the Ind revealed the rather tuterest'ng fact that he bad been robbed of several hundred doilars, awum which, 1m Dis ca) wy of bank mossencer, he was carrying to am eatebile ment on Wail sireet. This, too, inopen ‘ny, the minions of the law quite convenient Search wae nace by the police for the robber, but he has not et beon aus covered. ‘Phat thief can travel upon hit audacity—untm {t Drings hita ap’ standing in the Mentlary, Bavraurr ov rite Pouce Scuoous.—A female tescbew r in ond of the Fifteenth ward public schools is accuse@ of having some ten days ago beaten in the moat shocking manner one of the pupils under her charge. It te aul@ that the child's nomesty i 0 banda Were RO sorere! injuted an to draw. blood ; tie. unfortunate p.pa fainted from weakocrs afler reaching home, and thas the effvctsof tho beating, remain to aman If thie atory be true the Board of Exueation would to well to eee lo it. Paronts haves right to expect at leant that their children wil! be treated ike haman while Mi sehen}, abd not like slaves under the lash of an over. feor, Wi in from, publishing, any na’ im co nection wit! Wie mils preferring for the present te leave the matior in the of the Board of Educatica, where it properly belongs. © Farat Acctognt ix tem HARBoR.—A man, supposed te be Georgs Krieg, from the papers foand in his pocket, wan drowned laat evening In the horbor, off Twrentioth atroet, Deceased wee in @ small bot, and waa being towed opr the steamtix Madison, when the Dost was tugeet, Bho accident occurred abont three hundred yaraa from the shore, Wm. J, Tice, employed on the tu end-avor to the anfort men, rt sale. Jida nok wate toe fap Seeuneh: ansste haven mierwarda h end the Coroner aovided, gogery