The New York Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1865, Page 4

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HIPPOTHEATRON, Fourteenth strect.—Equesraian, = amp Acnosatio Bwreetawaanrs—Tua Euixin AMERICAN THEATRE, No. 444 Broadway.—Bauizrs, Pasroummns, SuRizsques, £0.—Jurr. Davis i Part 00a HOPE OHAPEL, 720 Broadway.—Tam AMBRIOAN STZREO- ‘scorricon. VANNUCHI'S MUSEUM, 600 Broadway.—Movino Wax Provass or Passipent Lincoun, &c. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— ‘Open from 10 A. M. till 10 P. M. New York, Thursday, May 25, 1865. ———— THE SITUATION. The advices reccived by yesterday's arrival from ‘Havana inform us of the termination of the career, un- er rebel colors, of the ram Stonewall. A fleet of our ‘maval vessels had collected outside of Havana harbor, ‘and Captain Page, the commander of the Stonewall, evi- ently concluded that it would not be prudent to attempt to got to-ses through these obstacles. Captain Boggs, of the United States steamor Connecticut, demanded the feurrender of the Stonewall, and offered the termsof Lee's Gurrender to Captain Pago; but the latter declined to accept thom, and handed over tho ram to General Dulce, ‘the Captain Goneral of Cuba, Captain Pago endeavored 40 extort a promise from the Captain General thal the Stonewall should never be given up to the United States uthorities; but in this he was unsuccessful, General Dulce informing him that he would grant no such coni- Gitions, Thus ends the cruising on behalf of the @ofanct Southern confederacy of this famous and formidable vessel. Previous to the surrender of ‘ho Stonowall to the Spanish authorities some cor- fespondence passed between Admiral Stribling, com- manding ovr East Gulf Blockading Squadron, and Gene- cal Nowton, commanding United States troops in Florida, on the one side, and the Captain Genoral of Cuba on the ether, in which the latter was informed that, as the rebel govornmont had no longer any civil or military organi- sation cast of the Mississippi river, the ram must be ro- @arded only as pirate. To this General Dulce replied that he could not treat hor as such, not baving received any instructions to that effect from his government. ‘The review of tho Army of the Tennessee, Major Gene- ‘ral Howard commanding, and the Army of Georgia, under Major General Slocum, comprising the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth corps, and form- ing a portion of the grand command of General Sherman, took place in Washington yesterday, and constituted equally as imposing » military display as that of the Army of the Potomac and Sheridan's cavalry, on the day preceding. General Sherman fode through Washington at the head of his mac- ident columns, and he, bis officers and the veteran soldiers who, after achieving miracles of valor in the West, with nif triumphantly “marched down to the sea,” and thence again up through the Carolivas and ‘Virginia, wore welcomed along their entire route through the strocts of the nation’s capital by such cheers and other marks of affection as the people are proud to be- @ow on the defenders of the republic. The troops marched from the Cupitol through Peun sylvania avenue, and in front of the Executive Maasion were reviewed by the Prestdeut, General Grant, the Cabinet, the foreign ministers, monbers of Congress, Governors of States, military and naval officers and a largo numbor of other persons of prominent official posi- tion. The line of march was as much thronged as on Tuesday, tho pageant was oqually 25 brilliant, and thero ‘was no diminution in the enthusiasm of the vast collec- tion of spectators, Two hundred thousand veteran sol- iors have passed in review through Washington during this two days’ patriotic pagoant. By our despatches from Montgomery, Ala, we have Feoolved tho dotails of Brevot Major General B, H. Grier- Gon's raid through Alabama, After a march of about four hundred miles, setiing out from Viakeley, Ala., on April 16, and passing through Greenville, Troy and Tus- Keogoo, ho reached Montgomery on the 7th inst having Gestroyed on the way a large quantity of atoros belonging to the late confederacy. On tho 2d inst. Governor ‘Watts, of Alabama, waa arrested at Union Springs, in that State, and reached Montgomery, under guard, on the bth inst. The people of Alabama appear to be disposed to Grevofully rouew their allegiance to the national govern- moot, now that they have become convinced of the Complote failure of thelr Southern confederacy chimera, Gnd largely attended Union meetings are being held in Various portions of the State, The rebel Genoral For- out on the Oth inst. issued at Gainosville, Ala., an ad- Gress to tho soldiers of his late command, advising them fo submit to tho laws and aid iu restoring peace and order. | Prom Toxas papers as late as the 10th inst. we have ome most amusing acoounta, which, however, are fntenasa®to look very heroic, of tho fantastic tricks hich the rebels of tho Trans-Missiasippi Department are Playing, At © meting held ob Chappel Hill, Washing. fon county, Texas, 8 Committoc was appointed to devise plans Cor assisting General Magruder in continuing tho yree, and they submitted to that ehief a propo. ition for tho consoription of all the males over Phirtoon years of age capable of boaring arms, Prrite and colored, free and slave, Tho masters are to be | gaa to Grill their claves and to load them in bat- j And, oa this gonore! clearing out of (he masculine for tho tonted (ield will leave only the women at jome, even thoy, It te proposed, shall be supplicd, at the against the invasion of the “‘Worthera Vandals” Other ‘mootings in tho ecwi-civilised Trans-Mississ\ppi region have proposed similar measures, all of whioh aro submitted to the judgment of General Magruder, Genoral Kirby Smith or ‘thoPresident.” “The Prcsidont,” bat not tho President they foolishly allude to, has already taken the case of these Trans-Mississippi rebels inte conside- ration, and the dashing General Sheridan # now on his way to teach thom a little common sense, At the date of these meetings Jeff. Davis’ capture had not taken place; but, as they claim to be able to bring tuto the field eighty thousand wariore, and evow their determination never to lay down their arms while “the breath of a Yankee pollutes the free alr of the Sunny South,” possibly something even more forcible than that event may bo required te convince thom of tho power of the repubilo. The rebel blookade running steamer Wrea, with six hundred bales of cotton and twonty-soven passengers, arrived at Havana from Galveston on the 18th inst, . Wo publish to-day» letter from Major General ak ‘Warren, formerly commander of the Fifth corpa, Army of the Potomac, explaining his part in the battle of Five Forks, fought on April 1, 1865. It will be remembered that this genera! was sumeartly removed by Major Gea- oral Sheridan, st the time superiatending operations om ‘the extrome left, Goneral Warren's letter gives the formations and leading features of the decisive conflict atthe Forks, and states that his removal did not take place until after the battle was over, and ‘‘not even a fu- gitive of the enomy in sight.” Immediately after boing relieved General Warren was assigned to the command of the dofences at City Point and Bermuda Hundred. Ho now commands the Department of tho Mississippi. EUROPEAN NEWS. By the arrival yesterday of the steamships Edinburg, from Queenstown on the Lith inst., at this port, and of the China, from the same place on the 14th inst, at Halifax, four days later news from Europe ts furnished. ‘Tho question of the withdrawal of belligerent rights by the English government from our Southern rebels was to have been brought forward in the House of Commons on the 11th inst.; but, on account of the absence of Lord Palmerston, it was posiponod. The London Post saysa decision in tho matter must speedily be arrived at, as ‘‘it is impossible to avold the conclusion that the Confederate government has coased to oxtst."” ‘The news of Joe Johnston's surronder did not cause much excitement in England, it having boen regarded as ‘@ foregone conclusion. The rebel pirate Shenandoah was cruising off the Aus- tralian coast in the latter part of March; but a0 new captures by her are announced. A rebel pirate’s arrival at Manila was reported, but the date is not given. In the London monoy market on the 13th inst. United States five-twenty bonds sold at 64% 65). Tho rebel Joan was still quoted at 12 a 14. Consols closed in London on the 13th at 9034 8 905;. In Liverpool cotton was dull, and all qualities were slightly lower. Breadstuffs, provisions and produce were quiet, without matorial change. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship Morro Castle which arrived here yes- terday, from Havana on the 20th inst., brought us inter- esting accounts of the contest in progress between the republicans and imperialists in Eastern Mexico, along the Rio Grande border. The town of Piedras Negras was taken possesqion of on the 24th ult. by tho republicans without resistance, the imperial garrison taking to flight and attempting to escape across the river; but nearly all of them were captured, It was thought that the republi- cans would soon have possossion of the whole frontior. Further accounts of the contest for the possession of Matamoros are given, but it does not appear that the re- publicans had yet taken that place; and as reinforce- ments for the garrison were arriving, tho imperialists were sanguine of still holding it; but great consternation had been created, and the citizens were fleeing ac! the river into Texas. At the latost dates Nighting before the town was in progress between the opposing forces. Advices from Hayti of the 13th inst. say that a revolu- mmenced in that republic, the insurrection- 1 gained possession of the towns of Cape Haytien, Gonaives and St. Marks. The first named place, it is aid, was captured without tho fringof a single ePrenident Johnson bas declined to accept the gift of a handsome carriage, flue pair of horseagand accompanying outfit tendered to him by some wealthy gentlemon of thiscity. The President says that, while fully appreci- ating such @ manifestation of the esteem of loyal citizens, he is compelled to decline, solely from the convictions of duty he has ever held in reference to the acceptance of presents by those occupying high official positions. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon. A resolution was adopted requesting the Mayor to call a meeting of the Board of Health on the 1st of June, and providing that in case he declines to do #0 the Aldermen shall one week after that date organize themselves into a health board and proceed to the transaction of the necessary sanitary business. A resolution was also adopted ratifying a contract with Stephen M. Drew for the enlargement of the Battery. A petition was received from the Atlantic Mail Steamship Company requesting a postponement for twenty-five days of the sale of the Spring street ferry lease; but the request was not grauted. After transacting other business of Jess general interest, the Board adjourned till noxt Monday after- noon. ‘The Henderson trial for alleged frauds on tho govern- ment was interrupted by a strange cuntretcmps yesterd: ‘The foreman of tho jury, Mr. Clapp, a Wall street mor- chant, said to live in Orange county, was missing, and, though diligent search was mado for bim, no in- formation as to his whereabouts had been received up to the poriod of the Court’s rising. The case, consequently, was adjourned over till today, without any evidence being taken. The suit for divorce of Mrs. Mary F. Trust against hor husband, Joseph W. Trust, otherwise known as Dr. Felix Gouraud, was concluded yesteyjay in the Supreme Court, circuit, before Judge Welles, and resulted in a verdict for the plainti®, after a deliberation of about fen minutes’ duration on the part of the jury, Tho testimony taken was voluminous and of a rather spicy character, and tho final decision was received with audible manifestations of approval by the assemblage in the court room. In the court of General Sessions yesterday Robert Pilkey, who was convicted on Tuesday of grand larceny, was sent to the Stato Prison for threo years, Charles Ryan, indicted for burglary in entering the bouso of Mrs, Pullman, 177 East Twenty-ninth strogs, and steal- ing forty dollars worth of property, pleaded guilty to an aitompt at grand larceny. He was sent to the State Prison for two years and six months Charlea KB. Me- Croady, charged with stealing one hundrod and ninety dollars from the ticket ofice of the steamer Plymouth Kock, pleaded guilty to an attempt at larceny, and was remanded for sentence. Henry Croger was tried and convicted of stealing seven hundred dollare from Wil liam Heginan, on the 16th of May, at a lager boor saloon in Chatbam street. The only testimony against the accused, who was a barkeeper, was that he drank several bottles of wine with the complainant, who wasa soldier, and that he put bis hand on the outside of the pan(aloons pocket where the money was placed. Sen- tence was postponed. Ad unusually heavy calendar was disposed of this term by Judge Russel and Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Bedford, who prosecuted the indictments. Eighty cases were tried; sixty.six were convicted, two were acquitted and twelve of them were abandoned on the ground of Insufficiency of evidence. ® The Surrogate yesterday rejected the will of Michael O'Brien, deceased, where ono of the attesting witnosses wrote the name of the decodont at its foot, and also wrote the name of the other attesting witness, at his roquest. Each attesting witness must sign his owa name to a will, The regular monthly city auction sale of Scranton coal took place yesterday. Twenty-five thousand tons wore sold, There was a material deciine on the prices realized at the April salo. Stove coal, which then brought from eight dotiars to oight doliars and twenty. con's, yostorday sold for from six dollars an: three quarters to eix dollars and eighty-five cents, This coal, it must be remembered, {a deliverable at Kligabethport, N. J., the froightage thence to thie city being sixty conta por ton. It tn 1a contemplation to give a grand recbption in this | a | ment of the policy of his administration, at city to the returning veterans of tho natioual armies, and ty have a reviow en masse of auch of them as return to ‘and pass through New York, in which Gonorals Grant and Sherman and other distinguished military chiefs shall be Invited to take part, The plan is not yot per. foctod, but it is bopod that It will bo at an ouriy day. .. IEW, YORK HBBALD,- THURSDAY, MAY, 25, 1865. (ine was! discussed, and e comeitice of three was ap pointed to attend to the matter. ‘The case of Dr. Biaokbure, with « plot to in- trifle firmer. Whiskey was fo. lower, selling at $1 95. ‘The revenue tax is 69, ~ Prosideat “Andy Johavon” aad His Oabl- mot Meetings. President “Andy “Johnson,” Mke “Honest Old Abe;” is an industrious worker. Hoe has entered with the will of @ resolute, earnest man, upon the stupendous task of rebuilding the Southern States from the ruins of the late desolating war. Asan enterprising architect would look over the broken walls and piles of debris of the burned district of Richmond, so President Jobnson looks over the ghastly scenes of the rebellion. He perceives at 6 glance that there isa great work before him; but he sees that in doing it the time has come, and the means are at bis command, for vast and beautiful improvements upon the old order of things. He bas canvassed the ground, he has hit upon the general outlines of his system of reconstruction, and, with his coat off and sleeves up, he is already working likes Trojan, His frequent and protracted Cabinet meetings indicate the earnestness of his labors; and the initiative steps which he bas already taken, as made known through his proclamations and the orders emanating from the executive de- partments, show that he is beginning in the right way for a perfect and thorough accom- plishment of the business in hand. All the instruments and acts of the rebellion, whether of the rebel Confederate or State authorities, are declared nult-and void; and traitors and rebels have no rights except those which the goverp- ment may graciously concede them. The rebel masses, however, will be absolved, and even their leaders, notwithstanding the magni- tude of their treason, will probably be exempted from tbe extreme penalty, excep! such as may be proved guilty as fellow conspirators with those directly involved in the crimes of assassination, arson, and the deliberate mur- der by starvation of our poor Union soldiers held as prisonors of war. The rebel leaders who can pass the ordeal of these fearful charges will most likely, under an exercise of Executive clemency, be permitted to go into exile, although by the constitution they are traitors, and by the laws are subject to the penalty of death. The paper money issues, debts and contracts of the so-called Confederate government, and of the rebel State governments, and of corporations and individuals ‘under those governments, are wiped out; they are so much blank paper and nothing more. Slavery throughout the South- ern States, except in Delaware and Kentucky, is extinct; and in those States it will soon be abolished by the pending constitutional amend- ment. That bloody abomination of State sovereignty is also dead and buried. Thus far we know what is to be the policy of President Johnson in the reorganization of the rebellious States. He opens a new set of books, He begins a new epoch upon the con- stitutional platform of the supremacy of the government of the United States and the sub- ordination of the States to the Union, and with the abolition of slavery and universal liberty. Negro suffrage, it is apparent, is a question which he intends to leave the several States concernod. “Thus far he sails before the wind,” and thus far the Cabinet he bas inherited from his predecessor has served him, But as the rubbish of the war is cleared away, and as new questions arising from the new order of things shall come before him, President Jobn- son. will realize the necessity of harmonizing bis Cabinet and all the machinery of his adminis- tration so as to work in harmony with his own general views and designs, In due time, there- fore, we may look for ® reconstruction of the Cabinet and a government policy touching our domestic and foreign affairs as distinct from the administration of President Lincoln as was his from the issucs and policy of President Jackson. From the crudo and loose organization of the republican party of 1860, Mr. Lincoln, for the purpose of cohesion and strength, found it expedient to take two or three of his rivals for the Chicago nomination into his Cabinet. But two of them continued to hold the field for the succession (the Secretary of the State and the Secretary of the Treasury), until the one was ruled off by his more active Cabinet competitor, and this com- petitor defeated himself in presuming a lit- tle too far upon the good nature of “Honest Old Abe.” All this time, however, the President was onabled to keep his Cabinet in subordination to the paramount business of the war, and thus, in the presence of their direeting superior, the members of the Cabinet and all their little side scenes of rivalry and jealousy, though embar- rassing, could be tolerated. We cannot doubt, however, that, had President Lincoln’s life been spared, his second term would have been marked by a decisive reconstruction of bis Cabi- net, in view of that harmony demanded in its couticils upon the numerous questions of policy in our foreign and domostic concerns, growing out of the aweeping political revolution effected by these last four years of terrible war. President Johnson, at all events, as he gots into the deep water of the opon sea of reconstruction which lies before him, must yield to this neces- sity of ministerial harmony, resting upen his own general Views and policy as the basis of his Cabinet councils and decisions. He will not act without due deliberation, but we have acon enough of him to know that he will act with decision and energy, and thet in the develop- home and abroad, we shall have a new Cabinet, © new organization of parties, and now men ond new measures for the succession, wholly different from the old condition of things, muulle oxpenpe, Wii weapons to defeud thommelros ’ At ihe washing af the Kzcive Commissicnera xemers + \uried gader tho drift of the deluge. The nows from Havana aad Key Weat, which we publish this morning, is bighly important, and is fully.detailed in the letters of our oor- respondents at both those places. The ohicf feature of the intelligence turas om the movre- ments of the rebel iron-clad ram Stonewall, which has been safely moored in the harbor of Havana over since her arrivalat that port. We have already had occasion to allude to the marked courtesy and respect which the Spanish offcials—from Captain General Don Domingo Duloe to the Harbor Master or Port Admiral, or whatever he pleases to call himself—have lavished upon the piratioal oraft, No pains have on any ococasion been spared by them to set Captain Page at his ease, and to demon- atrate their warm affeotion for the last remains of oors of the United States Navy, on the other band, is.noteven decent. Their petty spirit of spite and {ll feeling stioks out in all thelr acts; and nothing but fear of the consequences bas indignity to our naval officers, they take’ no |. steps to prevent the: meanest of their popula. tion from acting in a gross, brutal and offensive manner towards them. Ta our Key Weat correspondence will be found an official communication, between the United States naval and military representa- tives in the Gulfand the Captain General of Cuba, in reference to the Stonewall. Admiral Stribling and General Newton tereely warn the Spanish Governor that unless he gives up the ram to the United States authorities the Spanish government must account for tolerat ing piracy. The Captain General gets out of the diffioulty by saying that he is acting under “old instructions” from his superiors; and promises that as soon as the steam machinery of the Stonewall was repaired he would cause her to leave the port, “ unless some unforeseen occurrence should give occasion for longer de- tention.” And, as he well know at the time, an “ooca- sion,” not altogether unforeseen, did speedily arise to cause the longer detention of the ram in Spanish waters. This was nothing less than the transfer of the ship to her Most Catholic Majesty as a present! It is the first time that we have ever heard that a captain er com- mander of a vessel had the right to make a government vessel & present to anybody. Upon this principle, inaugurated by Page and the Captain General of Cuba, Admiral Farragut would be entitled to give his flagsbip to the Sultan of Turkey, Captain Worden his Monitor to President Juarez, and all our other officers could follow suit, and go around giving away the vessels of the United States to whom they please. This is all nonsense. The Stonewall is the property of the United States, and Cap- tain Page had no right to give, nor the Captain General of Cuba to accept her as a present. Such an act on the part of General Dulce is ill timed and indiscreet, and will tend greatly to complicate our relations with Spain. The result is, however, very plain. The ram must be at once demanded and surrendered imme- diately, otherwise the Spaniards will get into a peck of trouble from which they will not get out except with the loss of their “ever faithful” island of Onba. The Grand Review at Washington—Its Lessons to Foreign Powers. The magnificent procession of two hundred thousand American soldiers was concluded yesterday. On Tuesday the gallant Army of the Potomac had its triumphal march, and yes- terday the veteran heroes of Sherman’s famous forces passed proudly in review. The foreign diplomatists, who occupied the stand with the President, the Lieutenant General and the Cabinet, must have found the spectacle both interesting and instructive. Seeing those sol- diers filing quickly by in numbers which almost defied computation, it was impossible not to reflect upon what they bad accomplished and upon what they might accomplish in the future. The foreign diplomatists could not but regard the imposing military display as an exponent of the invincible power of this mighty republic. The diplomatic despatches which go out by the next steamer will be read with unusual attention by the sovereigns of Europe. The foreign ministers have now plenty to write about, and the sovereigns will have plenty to read. Among the diplomatists we may suppose that the French Minister, the Count de Mon- tholon, was the most anxious spectator of the review. He needed no one at his elbow to remind him that if our two hundred thousand soldiers were sent down to Mexico the French occupation of that republic would come to a very speedy termination, The noble Count understands our people well enough to know how popular such an expedition would be, and how eagerly it would be prosecuted. He doubtless reflected as be beheld the glittering thousands of troops before him that this im- mense army did not compose half the forces of only balf of this nation. Three such reviews would hardly display all our soldiers now in the field, and yet the whole of this immense number came from the loyal States, When the armies of tho North and South come to be united—as they will be in our first foreign war—we can count upon five times two hun- dred thousand men at least. Unquéstionably, to the Count de Montholon’s inner eye— his “mind’s eye”—each one of the btave soldiers in line was the bearer to the French Emperor of a notice to quit Mexico. Those two hundred thousand notices to quit he will un- doubtedly embody in his next despatch to his imperial master. The posse comilatus which has just enforced the laws of the United States upon the rebellious South is in fine order to enforce the Canning-Monroe doctrine upon the French army in Mexico. These constables in blue uniforms and with guns upon their shoulders are irresistible. All trespassers upon this continent had better beware of them. They have arrested Jeff. Davis, and may yet clap Maximilian into « dungeon. This probability ought to be the burden of the Count de Mon- tholon’s next letter home. The English Ambassador, Sir Frederic Bruce, could look upon the splendid display with more compincency, but not with less interest. His recent cordial reception by President Jobnson has convinced him that Canada is safe, and ‘hot, nnless England should refuse to settle ovr ittle bill of damages for the building and equipping of tho rebel pirates, there is no dauger of on Anglo-American war, But at the same time he is not without ampie mate- Tlalé (0; auity upoaaational despatah to bis ears | f Ne the'attentton of England to this Canning-Mon- ment in Mexico. The grand review has shown him that the diplomatio assistance of Rogtand is all we require, and, doubtless, he is now in the frame of mind to advise Lord Palmerston to accede to the request of President Johnson whenever It be made. If this conjecture be correct, then the next despatch of Sir Frederick Bruce, like that of the Count de Montholon, will be one of the most important ever sent across the Atlantic. Then, too, the lessons of the magnificent review will not be lost upon foreign Powers. Oor Sovpmrs anv Governwent Orrices.— We atill insist that our gallant soldiers and offi- cers should be appointed to the civil positions under the government as far as possible, They have earned the gratitude of their country on many a bloody battle field, and are entitled to the offices under the government, Thero are numerous places which the officers, as well as men in the ranks who have been and will soon be honorably discharged from the service, can fill as well as civilians. All other things being equal, the soldiers, whether they have been wounded or not, should have the preference. Several soldiers were recently ap- pointed to places in the Navy Yard in Brook- lyn, but, we understand, have since been re- moved, and civilians appointed in their place. Why is this? Js this the way ancient Gideon of the Navy Department contemplates reward- ing our country’s defenders? REVOLUTION IN HAYTI. Cape Haytten, Gonaives and St. Maro Ocoupied by the Insurgents—No Blood- shed, &c. Boston, May 24, 1865. ‘The schooner Pomona, Captain Molineaux, at this port, brings advices from Cape Haytion to May 13, by which we loarn that a political revolution had taken place on the island. ‘The rebels, headed by a Colonel Salnare, took posses- sion of Cape Haytien on the 10th inst. without opposition from the government troops, and not a gun was fired by eithor party. ‘Tt wag a bloodless affair. ‘The towns of Gonaives and St. Marc had also been taken by the rebels, and the people appeared to acquiesce in the change. ‘The leader of the rebellion, Colonel Salnare, is the per- son who attempted to assassinate one of Prosident Gelf- rard's ministers some months since. NEWS FROM TENNESSEE. Monroe Doctrine Associations Forming— Expected Arrival of Gon. Ortega, d&c. Mampuis, May 24, 1865, The city is full of paroled rebels. Genera! Forrest is expected to arrive here to-day. The American Monroe Doetrine Association has been revived, and is working actively. General Ortega is expected hero hourly. The steamer Carter takes nine hundred bales of from here to Cincinnati. Test Oath for Public Officors—Guerlillas Disappearing, &c. Ciweinmatr, May 24, 1865. A despatch from Nashville says a bill was introduced into the Sonate yesterday requiring lawyers, doctors and ministers of tho Gospel, and all persons elected officers under the laws of the State, to take the oath that they have in no wiso aided or encouraged the enemies of the United States, before they can practice or hold office. ‘The Cumberland rivor is very high and overflowiag. Work is progressing on the Atlanta Railroad, Guerilla parties in the vicinity of Atianta have almost entirely disappeared. General Hobson, of Kentucky, has refused to receive the surrender of Champ Ferguson and other notorious guerillas, and notified them to leave his district imame- diately, cotton Mewems, May 24, 1865. The Bulle'in anya that the news from North Alabama {s oncouraging. Mootings are being held in all parts of the Btate, and strenuous exertions made to bring Alabama into the Union again. The mectings are largely at- tended. Potitions are circulating all through Northern Alabama for tho appointment of a military governor, NEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisoo, May 23, 1665. The Overland mail brings dates from New York to the 26th and from St. Louis to the 28th of April. In commercial affairs business is more buoyant. Freights over the Sierra Nevada Mountains are re- duced, and orders for goods are still coming in. ‘The stock market is still weak. ‘The bark Brontes, with Mexican emigrants on board, is still undor the survoillance of the military authorities, It haa been suggested that the party might be allowed to leave without their arms, but this they are unwilling to do, as they are confident the authorities at Washington wil permit them to go armed, as the order forbidding the exportation of arms bas been annulled. A large force of Inborers is at work on the line of the Western Pacific Railroad, which is the connecting link of the California and Pacific Railroad between Sacramento and San Francisco. Despite the favorable prospects for the crops four still holds at $14 a $14 50 per barrel. Arrived, last evening, ship Wild Hunter from New York, ship John Jay from Manaimo. Sailed, ship Panthor for Baker's Island. Wooo's Minwraara,—The new fairy burlesque, Uroon- baking, is drawing largely. It le cloverty put together, being arranged so as to bring into broad relief the talent Of all the different members Of the company. The wit is, of broad, and the satire at times trenchant, but they are all the more ofective If provoke a hearty laugh and send people away content be the aim and snd of auch pieces, thon itcan be said to futfll tte ohjoots, ‘Thore aro Cow things in tho shape of an oxtravaganza, in faot, thas enjoys & more legitimate muccosa Of the man nor of its presentation we cannot spouk im terms of too high commendation The soonery ts overything that taste and a profuse expenditure could produce, and the last tadloau ts quitea triumph of artistic skill Petro- Mamania, attractive as it was, is throws into the shade ‘us thie freeh effort of the manacomonk, | THE BOSTON SPLURG Handel and Haydn Musical Festival. THE HUB OF THE UNIVERSE IN A HUBBUB) Now York Largely Bepresented im Crinolines, Contraltes and Critics, &, be, Our Spedial Boston Correspondence. be. sical habbub, Tho. grand festival of Woe Bantet ond Haréa Sosiehy commmaneet to-day at tho Was Halt, Whee Tho prinoipal feature of the occasion was ite quamitig, 4 Boston is great om quaatiy. fn ite oratory, its Jiternture :] Aa@ tte ert tt aapiros more to length ahd welght ‘then to quality, Thus we have Mendelevhe, Haydn ond Haedil ‘| interpreted by a chorus of elx hundred singore and ad Orchestra of one hundred instruments, Ib te w goiden rute that a given aumber of instruments or voices—ang that a Hmited one—ls sufficient to produce harmony, while the immense multiplication of the same effectd very littic for harmony, but a great deal forsound, Thig was in ® measure illustrated to-day. Haif the strength would have produced all the desized effect. In additien to the vocal and orchestral forces there was also the Great organ, of which the Bosten people are so proud What would Boston be without her organ, and what would the organ be anywhore else but In Boston? Everg great city hes ite specialty, New York has hee Park, Philadelphia ber Independence Hall, Baltimore her monument, and Boston has her organ. Although the great excitement for months past has been this mu- sical festival, # nursling of half a century—for this the Oftioth anniversary of the Handel and Haydn Ge- clety—it is surprising how little show thoro is here out- aide the Music Hall, If such am event were to come of in Now York wo would have the papers teeming with it on the opening day, and the walls and fences placarded with announcements; but, strange to say, there was net an Introductory paragraph about it in the morning papers here, nor a placard even in the windows of the musi¢ stores. The philosophy of the modern Athenians, f presume, d'sdains such artifice, relying upom the consciousness that whatever they do must be woll dono, and requires no factitious ald—thas “good wine needs no bush.” It is evident that & Cecilia is not in favor on Olympus, for could not im duce old Jupiter to withhold his aqueous maledictions om this city, It rained in torrents all day, and consequently the inauguration ceremonies were not very largely attended in tho forenoon. There was, in fact, no jam, am was anticipated; but, on the contrary, a large number of empty benches. This may have been the result of the weather, or probably because the same performance waa given at a public rehearsal on Sunday evening, and thus lost the interest of novelty, However, there were probably twelve hundred people present, many fashionabics, and quite a number of intelligent, music-loving and critical folks, Five-sixths or more of the audience wore ladies, Im, deed, the male attendants were so thinly soattered the gay costumes of the othersex that they looked like ‘spate on the disc of the sun. About one-third of the foor and lower balconies was occupied as a stage, in front of the monster organ, beforo which stood the splendid —_ statue of Becthoven crowned with a wi ‘and drape in garlands of flowers. American flags hung from thy nc\pal pillars ‘of the organ, upon which were modal- ions of Handel and Haydu decorated with flowers. The appearance of this end of the hall was exceedingly beautiful, and when the performers took their seats the coup d’cxit was very fine. In the centre of the the orchestra of one hundred performors was and rising up on either side to tho was the fomale Piled upon so chorut ing like multitudinous Pel teeny Omen, and clothed in all the tints of the rainbow, anda many more, The male choriaters occupied, the balconies, presenting in all solid mass of humanity seven hundred ane or about one-half as many as were seated in the auditorium. When they rose at the tap, the leader's baton they reminded one of the Pees | Roderick Dhu's clansmen. The effect of oh although it was remarkably well trained and does credit to the conductor, Mr. Carl Zerrahn, was such astomako you wish that there was only half thom there. § A curious, and for occurred belore the formors were observed as by one instinct to post selves carefully, and fix their eyes in the direction of the ceiling at the rear of the hall, Mr. Zerrahn at the same time leaping on his music stand in an attitude distant resembling that of the Lycian Apollo, and gazing stead- fastly on the samo point. Thus thoy remained in deep silence for several minutes; the audience meantime wondering what it all meant. The uniform of an officer being visible in the balcony, it was soon whispered aroun@ that General Butler was present, and that the artists were waiting for his speech, But it soo dawned ow them that they were only having their ghetcgreete taken by some unseen camera placed near the roof—and 80, indeed, they were. When the mystery was explained ‘as the performers relapsed into their natural positions there was a genoral shout of Iavghter and applauge.. The festival overture and chorus on Martin Luther's choral by Nicolal was then given, and the proceedings were regularly opened. The president of the vocioty, Dr. J. Baxter Uplam, then delivered a lengthy and rather tiresome addrese, which, with the exception of & few facts concerning the progress of the society since 1815, when it had only sixteen members, to the present day, when tt numbered two thousand, was comprised of @ tedious criticism on the works-of the Gorman com- posers, and mal apropes allustons to “the Proteatant Pil- grims,"” and othes indications of Puritanical sniting — out of place. It was boasted that the Handel laydn Society's festival was not for Reston, but for all America, It is x pity, thereiore, that Dr. Upham, whe has really done Iniinite service to the society, should have attempted sq evidently to Bostonize it, Mendelssoha’s Hymn of Praise, with its fotroductory symphony by the orchestra, was then perfermed; the io movement of the latter being exquisitoly played. The cantata was not so good in all its parts. In some of the os it became evident how cumber- Bone was the musical machine which the conductor ua- dertook to bape although, considering the number of vocal: he heid it in pretty good control. The solos ia this work were sung by Miss Houston, Miss Goodnow and Mr. Hazlewood, all Loston people ‘The chorus was made up from the different smaller Handel aud Haydn sociction around the vicinity of Boston, About half the orebeeice came from New York. Indeed, Ad far as leadit soloists are concorned, New York bas a largor share this festival thag Boston, There are, for instance, thé popular prima donna Mrs. Jennie Van Zandt, Mrs. Kemp- ton, contralie; Mise Brainerd, Mme. Fredericl, of the Jate German Opera; Hermanns, Himmer and Farley, Formes and Perring were annoaaced, but disapporated us. Nothing could be greater than the house in potut of numbers in the evening. The ball was tmmonsel; crowded, and the effect from the mass of brilliavt I above, and the variety of costume and color below, was mi mitcent. Haydn’s oratorio of The Creation was sung to the evident satisfaction of the audience, who were by | Zandt appeared to be she astonished hor audi the trio bo Moses. Farley wh. a siae aie many are thy works,” wore 4] again. Mine Brataert, ‘oor dams in fore fair share of approba- tion. The instrumentation was snperb, and some of the choruses better {han at the performance. To- morrow there will be grand afternoon concert, and om Bea oncarh seta he te erty t. Crowds aro ng. - aight, ‘and Isbould not wonder if the palmiest days of the featival were yet 0 come. _———— Nmmzo’a.—We regret to learn that the loss by the recent fire at this establishment will be heavier than was at (rss estimated. Bosides « large amount of private property, silver plato, &0., Mr. Wheatley loses the greater part of his extensive theatrical wardrobe, the fruita of many years’ accumulation, both here and in Philadelphia, ‘There can be no groater proof of the esteem in which he ia held by the profession than the fact that as soon as the result of the conflagration was made known ho re- coived lotters from all his brother managers, placing their wardrobes and properties at his disposal. So far aa the public are concerned, they will observe no change in the appearance or operations of the house. The Ore was scarvely extinguished before Mr. Wheatley bad all bis scene painters, decorators aud wardrobe people at work replacing such portions of the property as were indispom- | sable to his season, The coolness and energy which he displayed throughout the Gre contributed In ao small degree to arrest its progress. Had hebeens man of weak nerves the damage occasioned by 4 would unques Uogably dave been mack larger. New Bowser Tusatee.—Mr. &. Rddy ia playing » vory anooossful emgegrment at this house. He appears every evening «a a now piece, by Mr. Honry Loalio, ontitiod ‘The Martaer’s Compass, which, from ite highly dramatie situations, wakes ap tho enthusiasm of the spectators, Thoro ian feature in the management of this cstablinh- mens which we would be glad to see more generally imt- tated, and that ts the carofulnoss with which new dramas are put upon the stago, It ia tho more to be commended , fever We Crequeuce with which Una oieoes are chanced, mw