The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1865, Page 4

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Pavtommss, BORLEsQUEs, 40 —Tuz Goon ron orn ROPE CHAPEL, 720 Broadway.—Taw Auaaican Steazo- @corTiogn, VANNUCHT'S MUSEUM, 600 Broadway.—Moring Wax Ficunae or Pazorperr Lincoun, &0, W YORE MUSEUM OP ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— from WA M ule M i ni New York, Monday, 7/29, ee THE SITUATION, ‘Wo pobligh thie morning a list of the geceral officers wnd the colonele belonging to the Trans Mississippi amy of Kirby Smith, the surrender of which war announced in yesterday's Hsnatp. Smith's com- mand ombraced all the rebe! trcops west of the Miseissippt diver, estimated to number twenty five thousand. A New Driesns despatch of the 23d inst. states that Generals Price, Buckner and Brent were the commiasiopers who arrived im that city ou bebalf of Kirby Smith to negoti- ate for bis surrender, and that General Dick Taylor par- ticipated in the conferences which they had with Geoeral Canby, A full and interesting account of the little fight near Boca Chico, Texas—the last battle of the rebellion—is tarnished by our Brazos Saptiago correepondent, The ational force, under Colonel Barrett, was only threo hundred. It started ous for foraging pur- pores, and to surprise a rebel camp at Palmetto Ranch, and was in the commencement of ite movements very suocessful, capturing the camp.and making other ealuable seizures. Colonel Barrett's troops kept pushing om, driving parties of the enemy before them, till finally they found themselves conftonted by about a thousand fobola, and were obliged to retreat. It appears that Colonel Barrett had nove killed in the fighting, and only Qve wounded; bot on his return to Brazos seventy of his men were misting. Many of these, how- vor, afierwards made ti.cir escap? from the enemy, and coturned to camp. Therebel loss ia notknown Great sxcliement was caverd at Brownsville by the movements of Colonel Barrett's foraging party, tho rebels there tak. ing tt for an advance on that place The Twepty Ofth army corps, under Genoral Weitz, will, it Bald, commence embarking for Texas to-day. General Sb ridan arrived at St. Lovis on last Saturday aernoon and was serenaded at p's hit. Ho was Warmly wleomod by the citizens, Te ts said that the government has receotly become porsossed of additional evidence aguinat Yue Canada revol agonts Jacob Thompson and Sanders, showing not oaly thoir direct implication in the conspiracy to mucier Prosdent Lincoln, but also in Dr. Blackburn's infamous plot to Introduce yellow fever into this country from the Wout Indios, The removal by the Presitent of the restrictions on | rade with the South has already caused a groat business | tovival im Savannoh. The Custom Howse in that port | has been opened, lives of steamers are now running | foguiarly to the with the fotoror ie mpitly extending, coite wriving from the beck co .ciry, new stores are be! wpendd, a1 the city ie fart approaching ita busy ante ce- belliom Condition, It war expected that General Gillmore would insue ap Official order on the 26h inst, removing up river tows, communication All restrictions om trade throughout the Deparimeut of he South. ‘A Chiro deapateh states that the Mieriesipp! Legislature toet at Jackson op the 20th inet, and rected the dev. Sroot to appolet Commissioners to proceed to Warhing- Wo and request President Jonnson to cal a conte bo restore the State tc iif proper postition tp the Ue EM. Broce,» member of the late revel Congress, and formorly av officer om Dreckion from Augusta. Ga, Kontucky, fm which be counsels homes and the peaceful (ursus of life, to observe with serupalows Odelity the sipuls to faithfully obey the In Geveral Doward. (o ne of their paroles, and 9 of thelr country uamiseloner of the Freedmeo's Bu avenue A, was yesterday arrested and committed on sus- picion of haying ignited in his premises a fire which was discovered burning there about one o'clock yestorday morning. The flames were extinguished after doing tri- fling damage. Brother, in East Thirteenth street, were destroyed by fire which broke out therein about two o'clock yesterday’ morning. Tho loss is about fifteen thourand dollars, which is covered by ineurance. The-origin of the fire ia unknown. ~ wb ‘elerk on board the receiving ship North Carolina, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, committed suicide on Saturday night by shooting bimeelf with @ pistol. The deceased, bore a good reputation on board the ship and among bis, acquatotances, and the cause for the rash act is, not fully: apparent, c them ( eevurm to thoir | ‘crops are secured for the benefit of vators. A letter written on the 24th of last March at Washing- ton, Georgia, by that fire-eating rebel, ex Senator Robert Toombs, to a gentleman in Richmond, ia very interest ing, as containing a despondent prophecy or two which the tremeutors events of the past fow months have fully Toombs at that time had “the most painfal apprehensions for the future" of the, slaveholiers’ confedericy, solely from his “conviction of the total incapacity of Mr. (Joff.) Davis, and consequently the utter failure of all his petty schomes.'* Davis him- self was regarded by Toombs as a complete failure, their prosent culti- realized. people on his favorites, and their only salvation was in bis overthrow, General Leo Toombs did not thiuk mnoch more of than of Joff; the enlistment of nogroes to fight for the confederacy, which he considered @ disgrace that must lead to the } most fatal consequences, is characterized as ‘‘a piece of imbecile stupidity, as well as treachery to the cause, well wotthy of Davis and Lee.” Toombs concluiles:— “Wo can win the ght if wo can get rid of Davis; if not, not.” and Some further important iculars have been gathered regarding the murder-on Saturday in the woods near the Brooxlyn city line, noticed in yesterday's Heraup, The mame of the murdered man was Antonio Devotati. He was an Itatian, and had been lodging for about two Moaths previous to his death at 87 Oliver street, New York. The family, however, know little about him; but from papers found among his effects the police'ascer- taiced the names of many of his acquaintances, in this city, from whom much has been learned which it is not deemed proper to make public at present, as it might frustrate the plans for ‘@pprehending the murderera, The body of the mur- dered man was taken to the Brooklyn deadtiouse, When fouad it was/still warm, there being a pistol shot wound in the back, the mark of a heavy blow under the right ear, acd the beed had been nearly severed from the shoulisrs by a slash with somo sharp iustrument on the back of the neck. Avcoroner’s investigation of the case ‘will bo commenced to-day. The coroner's investigation in the case of John Stewart, who was killed by being shot with a pistol during a feati- val at Jones’ Wood on the 23d inst., was conctuded ata late hour on Saturday night, The Jury’s verdict is to the efiect that the fatal shot was fired by Patrick Curran, and he was committed to the Tombs to await the action of the Grend Jury, The jury further say that they consider Joues’ Wood tsa public nuisance, and they suggest that tho authorities should close it up. James Quin and Joseph Lynch were yesterday com- mitted on charge of assaulting and stealing two hundred and twenty-five dollars from Peter Smith, early yester- day morning, in a drinking house on the corner of Canal ‘and Allen strects, John Whito was yesterday committed, charged with ‘abstracting-¢wo hundred dollars from under the pillow of oné of his fellow boarders, a marine named Richard Broderick, in their boarding housé in Madison strect. F. W. Boontgen, keeper of a lager beer saloon at No, 4 ‘The throe upper floors of the distillery of Simms & A young man ‘named Calvin §. Morse, paymaster’s Kirby Smith's Barrender=The Last of the Rebellion—What Next? The war is over; the rebellion ia crushed. The surrender to General Canby of Kirby Smith, the rebel general in command of their Trans-Mississippi Department, with all bis forces, including the men and matériel of the rebel army and navy on that side the river, closes the contess and gives us peace. Never has there been a more formidable rebellion than this in the history of mankind; never such fanaticism and such tenacious and desperate fighting in so bad a cause ; never such threat- enings of continued war to the issue of inde- pendence or extermination, and never such a comprehensive, overwhelming snd complete collapse. just what we have predicted o hundred times over since the beginning of the war as the event which would surely follow the capture of Richmond. This was not a bapbazard prophe- cy, bat a logical conclusion drawn from the situation, the necessitics, and the inberent weaknesses, military, fnanc‘al, moral and. po- litical, of the rebel government. . It was this apparent from the beginning that with the ex- pulsion of Jeff. Davis and his Confederate rebel establishment from Richmond, there was no abiding city for him, no place of refuge this side of Mexico. We have always con- tended, too, that the overthrow of Lee’s army would carry with it all the svbordinate armies of Davis, ¢nd that, with their surrender or dis- persion, those hordes of guerillas which, ac- cording to Davis and the London Times, were to continue the war twenty years longer, would in reality vanish, like Macbeth’s witches, “into thin air.” In all these things, as in the great soldier who has done the work, our foreshad- owings, from the simple deductions of co:n- mon sense, have become fuels of history. Bat stil! there appears to be something really miraéulous in this sudden avd complete col- lapse of a rebellions organization covering five hundred thousand square miles of territory, and with three hundred thousand fighting vete- rans still in the field two short months ago. Where are they now? Surrendered, disbanded and dispersed—regulars, irregulars, armies and guerillas, they are no longer to be found. | General Canby’s despatch from New Orleans of the 26th, announcing the conclusion of ar- rangements for the surrender of Kirby Smith, was recelved in Washington on the 27th, which shows that, right through from New Orleans to Washington, the telegraph is in operation, and that not even a straggling rebel guerilla re- mains in the field to cut the wires over all this line of over thirteen hundred miles through the heart of the late confederacy. Never in all tho world has a rebellion so powerful and defant | been so thoroughly beaten or so decisively put down. What next? President Johnson, in his work | Of reconstruction, has the labors of Hercules wat, has issued | y nodroes te the rebel soldiers from | upon his bands; but, from the gracefal submis- sion of the masses of the people of the late rebellious States, it is apparent that these la- bors will be materially lightened, Tho bnik of our soldiers and sailors withdrawn from the war will be quietly blended again with the masses of (he people in the arta of peace, So ean, has tssued an order annovncing that the disloyal former owners of abandoned plantations in the South now beiny cultivated by freedmen will not be allowed to Gispossess the latter, which they are in some of the States making efforts to do, at loast not uniil after the growing: who was wildly squandering the resonrcos of the! torest;amy three This unprecedented collapse, however, is |, NEW YORK’ HERALD,’ lands, wi'l be an irresistible temptation, Espo- troops, regulars and bushwhackers, of Kirby Smith’s Trane-Misstasippi Department. Thou- sands of those men,98 wild and nomad’o in their ‘habits asthe ancient Scythiang, will find their way as emigrants into Mexico; and then what disposition can be made. of them, we ap- prehend, will become a question ‘66 very per- plexing to Maximilian and Napoleon as to drive them from the country in disgust, New Financial Views=Prying Of tho National Debt. In another part of the paper we give, be- sides the additional subscriptions, a number of communications in relatior to the pro- posed plan to pay the national debt—or pro- posing new plans, These communications, if they will dono more, at least show how lively an interest is taken in this question, and that the people are fully disposed'to consider it in thie’ proper spirit. We proposed yesterday to modify the original plan by making subscribers ‘for certain sums at once free from taxation. It seems possible ,to go-further in this. direction, and make this attractive point of exemption from taxes so tangible and definite that every property owner can realize itas a fact. This could be done by selling exemptions at fixed rates, the price of such exemptions to go with the other contributions for the settlement of the debt. If the Secretary will make this matter official he has in his hands the returns that will enable him to fix the rate of such exemptions very justly. There are men in the country who could afford to purchase. their exemptions at a million dollars each, and the numbér of those who can afford to purchase exemption at even one hundred thousand dollars each is very large. ’ We do not believe that it is desirable to obli- terate the whole national debt. Though we do not go so far a8 those who maintain that a great national debt is @bsolutely advantageous, yet we believe that 9 national debt within certain limits is beneficial to business communities. The limit isa plainone. It must not be a bur- den upon the people. Fix the limit, say at a thonsand millions, and we belfeve that a debt of that amount would be a great, useful element in business transactions. The national banks are unquestionably a great advantage to busi- ness, anda part of the debt would be a pro- por basis for their currency. They will soon need three hundred millions of it. ,Sevon hun- dred miftions we would léavofor the ready and infest of money. by those who found in investment in real estate over troublesome or unbatisfactoty, This would bear. a nominal in- or ogit, us be but two There :would thousand mil- lions to pay, and we would give those, who con-,| tributed towards paying it the additional advan- tage of a preference over all. others for invest- ‘ment if the remainder, which would then be the safest investment in! the world. ‘This plan would ‘obviate "the ‘necessity of making any preparations for the return tospecie payment, 8 specie payment would then come of its own fccount,,.and, indeed, .would. be inevitable within three years. a8 6 Whe Rebel Capitai—What It Was and he Be ‘What It Is, ° . We publish in another partof the Huratp a phic and interesting secount of a recent ‘Fisit to the laterrebel capital, from: the pen of ‘4 gentleman who formerly did business there, and whose position entitled him to get a clear insight into fts present condition. It shows into what a chaos of confiiaton that once prosper- ous city has fallen under the despotic sway of Jeff. Dayis, ‘The wonder is that ‘the people there submitted to it so long. It is evident that every resort was had to false arguments, wicked fabrications and appeals to their pride, to keep:them not only in profound ignorance, bat steady in their ruinous mistakes, Evory- thing that conld mislead them was resorted to in order to secure their fidelity. Up to the lagt moment they were entieels deceived as to their approaching fate. The social condition of the inhabitants was terrible. They were poorly fod, and were com- pélled to give up. to the military authorities one half of, their, scanty stores of daily, pro- visions. Bread and water furnished two of their daily meals, ,Boysu he age of fifteen yoars were torn from their tumulies and'forced into the ranks. The most reapectable women were in- carcerated for woeks at a time in filthy prisons on the mere suspicion of entertaining friendly sentiments towards the Union. Burglaries were ecommon, and personal safety unknowp., We learn from this statement many eurions and amusing trails of the negroos, now suddonly developing their peculiarities, without con- straint—ihe manner in which they are making themselves comfortable on the plantations, and their ideas as to wages and labor. We aleoget an insight into the present temper and tond of thought among the I’. I. ¥.’s, now thoroughly disciplined into a recognition of their defeat, with still a lingering and not unnatnral dispo- sition to excuse themselves for their stupendous folly. It appears that there ia quite a disposi- tion in large numbers of those who have been impoverished by the rebellion to come North and cmploy their hands and wits in repairing their losses by diligent labor where lebor is free, honorable and remunerative We also get an idea from this account of the impregnability of Ricbmond per se,as Mr. Tyler used to say, and also of the splendid strategy and persistent bravery and skill of General Grant in capturing the strongest fortified place in the world. We learn, too, the general con- viction among the rebel officers, now going home after taking the oath of allegiance, that they have been soundly whipped, and that it is only fair to acknowledge it; also the anxiety of the people who have been most activo as rebels to know what is to be done with thom, and how they will finally be treated, Now that the inaide of tho rebellion oan be examined, it is evident that it was a great bumbug and muddle from the beginning; that it had no abiding strength beyond that of the deliriom of a patient in a bigh fever, whose @forts may be almost superbuman for a few mo- ments, but soon fall off from exbanstion, It is curious to notise also that as soon as our armies cotersd tho cily the greatest relief waa oxperiensod.” Suepicioa flol, order was rostorod, fraternity was cultivated; and, still stranger, that tho city marke's wore soon ro- plenished with all kinds of wholesomo and even luxurious food at rales cheapor than it will be, to = great extent, with the rebel armies. There will, however, be on both sides considerable bodies of men to whom fic vo- cation of war or new adventures, even in ether cially wilt this be the case with tho rebel mits, at the same time, that whether completed influence the cause of American slavery in our MONDAY" MAY’ 29). 1865. ouve happy maternity, assumed for « time the | character of Satura, wie was woot fo devour his own offspring. j Opening of the Suez Canel—Its Future Results, ‘ Wo publish to-day a filler account of the opening of the Sues canal omtlie 7th of April, by the delegates from tho Clizmbers of Com- mores of all the world, tegether with a bis- tory of this great enterprise, whicti is destined, when finished, to affect so maierially the com- mercial interests, not only of the Old World but ofthe New. The junction of the Mediterranean and Red seas will; when the onal is completed, bring Seuthern Europe to the very door of India, and, being entirely a French work, it will of course, redound greatly to tho glory and prosperity of France, The Southern ports of the French empire, such as. Marscilles, as well ag those of the whole Mediterranean coast, wilt be immensely benefited by it, as they will be- come the: enfrepdls .for the commerce: of the in- terior, bound for Indian and Pacific oceans. The advantages to country in ourtrhffic with India, China and Japan may be easily com- prehended from the fact that the distance from New York to Bombay will be decreased sevén thonsand five hundred miles. Horetofore'we have been compelled to reach our Pacific const and the rich lands of India and Chine by sea round Cape Horn; just as England can only.connect by sea with her Indian possessions, by doubling the Cape of Good Hope. AT! this old fogy mode of navigation will be abolished when the Suez canal becomes navigable’ for ships of large burden. ep * It is a noticeable fact that in the construction of intermarine communications France ‘has always affected the idea of canals; while Eng- Jand, like ourselves, favored railroad connec- tions. While we were confined to the ‘Panama Railroad to,cross the isthmus: the French con- ceived the scheme’ of the Nicaragua canal, to put whick plan on foot the celebrated Mr. Felix Belly was sent out there by Napoleon. The Tehuantepec canal of our own conception, like the Nicaragua, never came to anything, and s0 we are still dependent: for an overland route upon the Panama Raitroad. The distance across the Isthmus of Suez is not much more than that across the Isthmus of Panama. Geo- graphically considered, the two schemes were alike. England was in favor of railroad to Suez, and it will be remembered that the Eng- lish press has from the beginning opposed the canal scheme of Louis Napoleon. It has been sneered at ag an impossibility, and’ remon- strated againstias a danger, at the same time. Tt was urged'that with sucha moans of com- munication at her disposal, France could send a fleet from Toulon, and before the news of its sailing was known it ‘would be" investing the most prominent ports, of British India. The dame would be true ‘of our-ficets if we had a navigable canal through ‘the: Isthmus of Pan- ama. We too, in case of war, could start from Pensacola and be thundering at the gates of Bonibay and Calcutta in a short time, ; The London ‘Times, predicts that, the Suez ‘canal can hardly be made available, because it is’ constructed upon ‘shifting sands; but it ad- ‘or not, or whether fleets: can ‘pass through sit, “the French acquire a*footing there.mpon the most central and commanding. point of the Old World,” and that the Power which occupies a position on the isthmus “can at least maintain a force there in the face of three opposing con- tiaents, and stop the road to India.” The opposition of the British press to the French plan can thus: be readily understood. The London. Times, however, insinuates that Eng- land would have approved of the work only that it had to be constructed by slave labor, and “on that account alone she could not take part in the work.” We wonder the scrupulous Times did not think of that idea when it was supporting with all its late rebellion. ‘The canal, however, is now constructed. The waters of the Mediterrancan commingle with of the Red Sea. Africa is an island. e southern coasts of Asta, with ll the islands the South Pacific, from: Japan to Australia, M1 soon be approachable withorit long and ngerous voyares round Capo Horu,and the pe of Good Hope—fort tukes only twonty- ‘four hours to go from the Mediterranean\to the rt of Sudz; and, however mach England way squirm at the point which France has gained in “stopping the road to India,” all the rest of the civilized world will rejoice at what must be regarded as a great triumph of science and ‘ap agent of commercial enterprise. Next Four or Juty a Day or Nariovan |ANKSGIVING-We have mentioned the fact t Thursday next is to be observed asa day of national humiliation and prayer. This being probably the last chapter of our nation’s lamen- tations on account of the rebellion, we may now look for some days ot joy and gladness, We therefore expect a proclamation from Presi- dent Jobnson appointing Tuesday, tho 4ib of July next, as a day of national thankagiving and praise, in glorification for the suppression of the rebellion, the restoration of peace, and asa humble token of devout thankfulness to Providence for still “preserving us as a ni- tion.” No more befitting day than the coming anniversary of our national independence could be solected by the President for the occasion of national thanksgiving. We mighthave in New York a parade of all our returned volunteers and velerans, who, united with our local mili- tary, would present a display eclipsing in mag- nificenve and magnitude the late two days’ ro- view in Washington. Our city authorities should bestir themselves in this matter, and not shffer next Independence Day to pass without proper and glorious commemoration. Apanvonen Reve Estarea.—The attempt now being made by the owners of rebel lands in Virginia and other States to dispossess. tho freedmen who had settled upon them after their abandonment, without giving them compensa- tion for the crops grown by thelr labor, has led to a very proper order from the Whr Depart ment. It is directed that all lands so circum- slanced shall be retained in possession of the freedmen until the growing crops shall be so- cured for their benefit, unless an amicablo ar- rangement for their immediate transfer oan be come to with them. ‘Thia ia no more than just, and is sound policy in another pointof view, as it will serve to pave tho way for the new rela- Hons which the plantors and the freedmen ara about to occupy towards cach othor, greaé wealth and solidity. But a fow months’! remove; His true cowrse is to rest bis case ago those places wore in the height of the } with the ppople, asutbe advocate, judge and suoceesfiul career which has attended them | jury, They have confidence in his ability and’ s'nce the-ooumenoement. of the war. So long } skill, and if he only allows them to settle his as hostilities were kept upon American soll 80 | ease: for him, he neod ave no fear of the long did splendid. opportunities present them- | pegult, They will soe that his fame is not svlves tothe tradors of’Matamoros to grow | tarnished by any hasty attacks of officials. But rich and wax fat. Everybody who wanted to | if ho undertakos to carry on the controversy make lots of money in o hurry rushed to this | bimaelf he may soon find’ himself a moro .orea- Mexican Babylon. Those who arrived there in | ture of a small fiction, Ho lad better imitace the earlier stages of tlie rebellion were very | the example and’ silence of his best friend, snecessful, and their representations to absent | Lieutenant Generali Grant. frieads were so delightfat that shoals ef needy adventurers flocked aftor them, expecting to,j,, OPEN THE Prison Doons:—Now that not the reap. @ like: golden. Barvest, ‘These people vestige-of an armed: force: iw hostile attitude te. hever fore moment effected that tho war was | the government exists, President Jobnson could, Closing up rapidly, that the rebéltion had al- | Bot perform: 4; more humane: act than to throw’ ready regeived its deatt blow, and that, with:}'pe0 the prisom doors:to:sll who have been im the cessntion: of hostilities, the prospority ot | Prisoned” for ‘civil chases, not... essentially.” Matamoros would speedily. depart, Yet such | Criminal, growing: out. of the Isle, rebellion... was really the case, , ? Many citizens.are- now confined against whomme With the fall of Wilmington the fate of Bag- |'2° accusations have been made, or who are!’ dad and Matamoros was decided. The closing | 4gnorant of the cwuse- of ‘their arrest: © Those of that rebel port was a sad affliction to the | me should be at once set at liberty, or at least: contraband tenders of the Mexican border, as it | havo their cases tennaferred to civil tribunala, eame home to-them and affected them in their | having. jurisdictiom within the limite whore». own line’ of business. ‘They trombled lest the | their offences: are: aiTeged to. have beem come fate of Wilmington should be that of Matamoros, | Mitte®.’ "A preliminary step in this direction: and then it was that eome of the adventurers, | bis beem made by the War Department, inithe- - began to see that their Hine was about run ont, | Order relensing from confinement all persons. The train of enuses and effect are well depicted: | otdered to be iusprisoned by military tribunal by our ‘eorrespondent. Gold and cotton soon: | for civil offences, Let, President Jobnsom ie, began do fall, and as nearly all demand from | timzutsb the earler days of bis ing a , the interior of Texas wos cut off, business: be~| BY opening the prison doors to all smalli came stagdant, and the prospesity of the pince | imocuous offenders nod S00n passed away, ever more promptly tham its | Tp» Cowme Day or Hummiation.—President wealth had been accumulated. Johnson having assigned by official prosiama- There is now little or no trade at Matwmo- } tion Thursday next, June 1, a8 a day off special ros, and there is nothing there to invite speon- | humiliation in consequence of the assassination... latore, except the probability of am of the lamented Lincoln, the dccasiom will, of ment by the imperialists or liberals {o assist course, be properly observed all. over the, ne them in the trenches, with a poor prospect of | United States, Although evéry city-and village pay. Instead of adventurers rushing to Bag-| pas already mourned in befitting manner the dad now, those who are there are doing their | sojomn’event, yet no’ general or national com- | very best to get away, leaving their goods in | memoration of it has occurred. ‘Therefore the? “The quotations in the London: money market show {increased confidence and some improve- ment in Amprican, securities, United States five-twenties being’ quoted at 64% 9 65. The surrender of Johnston's army did’ not produce any marked effect, that event baving beca re- j garded as @ foregone conclusions” . however, that which refers to thé rebel loan, the hands of agents to be sold at any sacrifice. The surrender of Kisby Smith and the last remnants of the rebel armies is another severe. blow to these Mexican cities. What with the ravages of war in their midst and the total ces- sation of the immense trade they formerly held with the rebels, they will shortly relapse into total insignificance and be entirely» tien ‘as commercial centres of the Mexican republic. “Confederate Bondholders in Furope. * Our advices from Enrope are. interesting. » The mostextraordinary part of the news nf coming day of bumilialion an@ prayer wilh afford the American people throughout the . length and breadth of the land am opportunity, . to unite in one grand and wniversal,song, of , lamentation for the loss which befell the nation, in the nntimely desth of the Fate President: “Tt: will be a general day of mowrning and suspen- 4 sion of business—the last.sad day, we hope and - trust, our people will be called upon to. observe. from any sorrowful causesarising from the late 5 rebellion. 4 Sacre Concert ar St. » Srxrany's “ Civrot The, sacred concert at St. Staphen'¥ church, the: proceeds of » ewhich ar’ to 56 applied tthe enlargement of the churthy” | which {3 now in progress, passed off last evening before a one-third.lioute, The ontertaininent opened with da / yorkan sympuony by Mr, Max Braiten, which was fol-° ‘lowed by a quartstte, defective in time, lod, by Madame’ De Liissan, The solo, cqntralto “Ave Mapia,". by Ma JAnsoluta, was wall sung. cc Next: followed &-diuoby 2. BMpdame Adeliaa Mario Ceili and Signor Ardavank “Phi” negotiated in Europe ‘on cotton securities. The Joan was never at any time © very solid’or rée- liable’ investment;’ but as long as the’ con-: federacy continued to linger throngh its pain- ‘ful existence there were a few capitalists .who were foolaenough to throw their money away | but tho material of tho Indy's voice BAS HIF 105 on it. Its fluctuations wera quite remarkable, Sometimes it stood at 90 or 95, then receded to 40 and 50, and now it stands -at 12 and 14. Most people, even those who are con- sidered good financiers, are astonished at this curious exhibition of vitality in the rebel loan. They argue that now that the rebellion ia over, its armies conquered and dispersed, and its principal leaders brought Into submis- sion, the rebel loan and overything con- nected with it should come down with a crash, and be no more heard of, except asa thing of the past. They cannot understand . how it is that foreign capitalists will still iste Arat'appcaranco in ‘the United States of Madame yMpelé ' celtt, who lis mentioned ag oR. of “the > Imperiat Mexican opera. This Indy's vo'oe, «judging tt ~ not only in tho duo but subsequently in’ the soto’ guam A, Dilecta,” ia not pleasing. The broken surfaces of theine oe torior af the church may have added somo barshueds; ‘of tho shrill and nasal accent of the: German for the Pee tnpltow'and ronnd tones of thé Italian.” ‘The sdlo, “Ruth and Naomiy’ by Miss Louise Gaskell, was received by the audience with an inclination to,appland. Messra Otto Fleming and H. Millard sang solos, The solo with ‘piano and violin obligato, “ Aw: Maria,” by Madame De Lussan, Here Mollenhanor and Mr. George W. Morgan, was a fine piece of harmony! The choruses, at ‘differ. ont times, were sustained by the church choir. po Between the first and second parts of the programme the Rev. Dr, Cummings read.a poem .on ‘Religion and Music," From a single bearing we can hardly speak critically, but at soveral points a little smoothing dows. of the rythm and motre would greatly add to the har- mony of the vorse, San Franciaco Minstrets.—Ono of the most artistt- think of ‘an investment which everybody on this side of the water knows to be practically dead. But the matter id very easily oxplained. The rebel loan is based om largo quantitics of cotton supposed to be stored in different parts of the Southern States; and European bond- holders, through the ravings and bombast of Mason and Slidell, the London Jndexwnd other cognate rebel organs, are led to believe that this cotton is slill in existence, and that it will eventually be applied to the payment of rebel liabilities, The faith of ‘capitalists in this fanciful theory is what gives a semblance of life to the loan. s But our friends-on the other side of the water are somewhat mistaken about this matter. They scem to have forgotten that by the terms of surrender of all the rebel armies, forts, ships, guna, arsenals and munitions of war, there is no property of any kind whatever be- longing to the exploded confederacy. There is not a bale of cotton other than private property thronghout the South which does not now be- long to the United States government. Tho rebels and their so-called confederacy are com- pletely played out, and those who were credu- lous enough to believe in their “promises to pay” must now pocket the consequences, They have no money nor anything representing it. Their bonds—-including those based on cotton— are just about as valuable as their Treasury notes, which are fast being gathered up by en- terprising ragmen for transmission to the paper mills, whence they will come ont regenerated as printing paper for the newspapers—the only useful mission they will ever fulfil. As for the monoys sent to Europe by Reagan, Davis and other rebels, there is no danger of any of it being applied to the payment of the holders of rebel scrip. This is the general prog of the swindling concern, sent out of the cally succeasful entorprises in the minstrelay line that has ever been started in this city is that of the new troupe which is performing under tho above title at Hol- . lor's Salle. Although new to us ap far as their designa-\ tion is concerned, they are not go in fact, as Al} the mem- bers of the company aro eetablishod favorites: Wam- bold, the popular tenor; Billy Birch, the great wump’ \ orator, and Charley Backus, tho best mimic on ¢he sthge, are bo well known to our public that it i¢ unneceasary te, expatiate on their individual merits. United ip the, same troupe, under tho able direction of Mr. Bernard, they offer to the public a combivation that cannot easily be matchod. City Intelligence. Tur Rerors oy Uxcuaumen Lerrens.—The official ordor upon the subject of furnishing to the public stamped. envelopes, bearing a printed roquest for the return of unclaimed lettors, has already beon published. It is am important matter, and all business men will be pleased to learn that tho preparations are alroady being made to have it put in operation here, as well asin other cities, ‘at no very distant date, The envelopes, properly printed, containing the address o° the party using them, the re quest to return, and the stamp, are to be fvrnished with~ ont further expense than previously attending the pure chase of ordinary government envelopes. The work {3 to be done in New York. This means that it will be well don», One great objection to the use of stampod envelopes has also been obv ated by tye pena | postmasters to refrnd the postage on all misdii Sp cimens brought to them, Lrerany Exenoisrs—The literary exorcisos of the St. John’s Debating Socicty, Fordham, will take place om Wednesday, May 31, The exercises will commence at eloven o'clock a. M. The cars leave Twonty-maxth atroot for the college at ten A. M. Tre FewaLe Ant Derantuny? or tie Coorm UN10n.— This evening, at cight o'clock, the fifth annual recep- tion of the pupils of the Fomale Art eet Cooper Union ia to take place, Tho exerciges w' an interosting charactor. On Wednesday, from ten A- M. until five P. B., admiasion can be obidin dined to the ex- hibition rooms without tickets. Fine im Avexon A—Annrer or A May Ow Susrictom ‘or Arson.—About one o'clock on Sunday morning afire was discovered in the lager bier saloon No, 4 avenue A. ‘The alarm was given, and the firemen soon arrived and extinguished tho fire. It appeared to have originated behind the bar, and in the vicinity of the gas meter. The sioon has boon lately purchased by F. W. Boontgen, who was hoard to leavo the promises about helf an hour the fire was discovered. The damage to wait be about $50; insured for $400 in the Rei , they can qominand, country on private deposit for the benefit of | ance Company, The basement ts occupied ee such of the rebels as might be fortunate enough | Moning 9% ag eg fey Soe, Coe %, “rhe to escape the clutches of the law. The number |. building is Neel ‘about $26. Caer NE boo ha Seventeenth pre.fnct, arrested that may escape will fortunately be very small; clon of argon. ‘He wan taken % the Basex eseet but the division of the spoits will be 80 much | bya oS tactanipation | He tho ire Marshals the larger, and to the advantage of those Who | run i ast Twnrennr Senses. —Abdot two o'cloole get off. But tho prospect for the rebel bond- | on Sunday morning a fire broke out tot the distiiery of holders is very gloomy. Their investments | A. Simms & Brother, 263 East Thirtoenth street, and bo- fore tho flames were aubdued tho three upper floors were must now go for nothing. Not one single cent Harced out. ‘Tho Whiskey in the collar was not Injured, of their money will they over sce Again, and | 51. cisms estimates his toss at about $16,000. Ho in ine Now there ts no holp for them, and they mast : rt of the building being used for @ Pee bers wo wore akon ouluntnjured, These submit to their loss with the best grace that mises were also b rn d about two you : Re ort. pre tho present firo is not known, bi Bauer! tuna the matior wndor lavostigation, i