The New York Herald Newspaper, April 8, 1868, Page 4

CROPS OF 1868. Cheering Reports from All Quarters of the Present Appearance of the Growing Crops of Wheat, Corn, Cotton, Sugar Cane and Fruit. THE ‘The Prospects in the North and East. Late accounts from New England report the snow as disappearing, but we have, as yet, no correct data to form a judgment in regard to the condition of the winter crops. But the same causes that render the Prospects so favorable in the Southern and South- western States will undoubtedly operate in the North, In nearly all the States the heavy,snows have been a most providential agency in remedying the evils con- sequent upon the extraordinary fall dronght. Had the winter been open there is no telling the losses that might have been sustained by farmers, But the moisture from the snow everywhere penetrated the open porous ground, which was protected from the @old by the thick mantle of nature, Now that the long (nolement winter has fairly passed away, we can see that it leaves behind it the promise of richest bounties to the nation, Even the spring fresheta which are attended by incidental injuries to property are by moO means un- mitigated evils, as they will swell the rivers and streams and thus dissipate the fears that were so generally entertained of a dry planting season. The fruit crop everywhere presents the most promising inaications, The intense cold that prevailed to so late a period in the season prevented the trees from budding prematurely. The season is now so far advanced that no extensive injury is likely to occur from future frosts. The Prospect in the West. The Chicago Journal of April 1 has favorable accounts of the coming crops from every part of the Western country. A gentleman who has just been over a good portion of Wisconsin says that he was surprised to find that so much ploughing was done last fall, the weather having been very dry; but the ground was never better for the wheat crop than this spring. If the present weather continues farmers will commence sowing in a few days. March sown wheat always yields the best crop. The Belleville (Il.) Advocate is informed by a gen- tieman of good judgment and reliability, whose busi- ness calls him into all parts of St. Clair and adjoin- ing counties, that the prospects for a heavy crop of wheat are remarkably good—seldom, if ever, better. If the prpapocts continue as good a few weeks longer, the price of wheat must come down. There are in that section, says the Advocate, large quantities of old wheat held for higher prices, Ifthe coming crop bids fair, cach succeeding week must see a decline in the price of that now on hand. The Carrolton (1ll.) Patriot is informed by farmers from all parts of the country that the wheat fields are looking reasonably well—as flattering as ever before at this season. The drought in the fall cut down the acres planted, but this will be more than made good by the sowing of spring wheat. The Springfield (Ohio) Republican, Aprii 2, has been at some pains to learn the state of the crops at the present time in the county, and, allowing for the usual despondency on the subject, our agricultural friends think a fair average U paps may be expected. ‘Wheat has been winter killed in some exposed locali- be but not to an extent which will prove ruinous. he Buffalo Commercial, March 30, learns from some of the commission men of that city that they are informed by their Western correspondents that the winter wheat has better promise than for several years past. The farmers have sown nearly all their spring wheat. If the favorable weather sliall be con- ued the seeding of spring wheat will have been completed for the season. for such account, ays, at this season of the year about as confidently as ts looks for the blue birda, and wishes they were as harutiess as the birds. It intimates that these reports are exaggerated and calculated to do injury to the farmers, who are mis- led by these newspaper accounts to dispose of their grain at low prices, The last Woodstock (Va,) Herald says the wheat crop in that region is looking finély. The few warm days and the rains have acted lke magic. Fields that a short time ago looked barren now present & Most promising appearance. In Rockingham, one of thé greatest wheat growing counties in the South, the fields of wheat are beginning to present a very cheering aspect. The Nashville (Tenn.) Unton gives the following ac- countof the wheat crop in that State :—“We continue to receive vi favorable reports in to the growing wheat: crop in Davidson and Rutherford counties. .An old and experienced farmer said to us yesterday that he had never seen wheat improve 60 rapidly as it had done during the last ten days, and that if no mishap befell the crop between this and harvest we might expect to hear of the lat and finest yield ever PE iio in the State. The Fayetteville. the 5th inst, says the grow- ing wheat of Lincoln county has not beev as severely lured by freezing as was generally supposed. The Tecent warm rains have had a rejuvenating effect, causing a healthy and rapid growth.” Inr ‘d to Williamson county, the Franklin Review of March Says:—“The wheat crop has been very seriously injured by the recent heavy freezes on the low flat lands in this county, while on the hill sides and uplands it has suffered com; ively but little, It is the general opinion with farmers the coming crop will fall very far short of the average. Of Sum- ner county the Gallatin Examiner of the 5th say: We are continually encouraged with favorable ne of the improved condition of the wheat. It is coming out in many fields which were believed to be killed. Who knows but that yet we may have a fine crop. From all we can learn fully double the amount of Wheat was sown this year over that oflast, The Athens Post of the 6th gives the following account of the crop in McMinn county, in East Tennessee:—The reports of damage to the wheat by cold weather were Jargely exaggerated. It is looking finely in every di- rec! timed at least so our friends from the country re- pol The McMinnville nn.) New Era, March says:—“The for @ beautifal wheat crop thror our section of country is truly encourag- ing. if no misfortune overtakes the crop between this and the time of Letpecay we shall have plenty and to spare. The fruitcrop Is so far uninjured, and though the peach and apple trees do not exhibit as great an amount of biooms as ts generally the case, still there are sufficient to indicate a good and healthy crop if not injured by the late frosts.” The Chattanooga Republican, March 26, says:— ‘Mr. John King showed a bunch of wheat from his , Seven miles above the city on the river, which surpasses anything of the kind we have ever seen at this season of the year. The field from which it was taken contains sixty aeres, and the wheat will average from twelve to fifteen inches hign, is very hearty and thriity, and commencing to join, some of the stalks we noticed having three joints. It is the early vo gitton wheat, the seed having been brought from Virginia.” The Republican learns that the wheat crop in the counties of Roane, Rhea and Meigs, especially along the Tennessee river, presents a very promising appearance since the advent of warm weather, and that the farmers are now hopeful of realizing a good yield. The Grimith (Ga.) Star says wheat does not look very promising, owing to the unfavorable weather, but ney improve greatly when the weather becomes dary warm. It makes the following remarks in regard to cotton planting in that section of the State:—“We understand that our farmers are gen- erally making preparations for planting more land in cotton than they expected to plant two months ago, caused, no doubt, by the little spur in the cotton market. ‘This is radically wrong, and our farmers will regret it, Plant provisions—a patch of sorghum, turnips, potatoes, and anything that will sustain life in man or beast, aud the wolf will never come to your door.” The Fort Worth (Texas) Chronicle, March 14, says:— “Most of the farmers in this and adjoining counties and the wheat growing region generally, as is our information, had not sown wheat and other cereals at the time tie grasshoppers made their appearance lust fall. Wheat sowing ‘was necessarily deferred The Portsmouth (Ohio) Tribune says a good deal of the wheat crop in that county has been winter killed. The Kenton (Ohio) Republican learns that the pros- ct for a good wheat crop never looked better. The Titin (Ohio) 7rivune says:—“From numerous sources we learn that the wheat in Sen county has not looked so promising for many years as it does this spring. By the gradual and uninterrupted thawing out of the frost the roots have been left undis- turbed, and the blades are springing up with remark- able rap’ and in many flelds where the wheat could scarcely be discovered at the melting of the winter snows a beautiful cover of green now meets the eye.” The Rochester (N. Y.) Express, April 2, is informed yy, farmers from the country that they have seldom, af ever, known the earth so free from moisture at this season of the year as at present. The ground Was very dry at the begining of winter, and the melting snow, with the moderate rains in March, have not filled the swamps nor wet the earth but Jittie below the surface. Soaking, drenching rains are needed, Everybody would be delighted now to see the Genesce active under the excitement of reasonably high water, The flood alarms were long since over, and people dream now of parched tields instead of 1oaming torrents, The Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch, April 2, says the win- ter scems to have been very favorable for wheat. The continuance of cold weather and the heavy snow that covered the ground nearly all the season protected the roots of the wheat sprouts and pre- pared them for a vigorous growth in the early spring. The wheat crop still has many dangers to encounter before the harvest; but it is gratifying to Know that it has not suffered from winter-Kill, the atest of all its enemies, A letter from Galesburg, Knox county, Il, April 1, states that the farming prospects in that section are truly flatieriug. ‘The writer continues:—The spring opened early; we have comparativety little rain, and the weather has been very favorable to the advancement of every kind of husbandry. Not so much grain was sown as usual last fail, on account of the drought. But what was put in looks exceedingly weil, and rye, in particular, never was more mising at this: time of the year. Farmers are progressing finely with their “spring's work.” All the wheat, oats and barley have already n sown, and they are busily engaged in preparing the ground for nm. ‘The amount of the spring Sowing rather exceeds that of former years, aud the spring and fall, taken to- gether, Will about equal the corn crop that is to be planted, Fruit trees of every sort bore the frosts of winter weil, and have come out in good order. A letter from Washington, lowa, March 30, say The farmers in this vicinity anticipate un i good crops, Judging from the weather and the condi- tion of the ground, &c, The amount of winter wheat worth mentioning. What little there is ly killed by the intense cold, dry and windy weather of fall aud winter. Spring wheat has been angis being sown extensively, especially ot ground, and is sprouting ni We expect a plen- Uiful Wheat harvest. Oats, buckwheat, rye and bar- ley are being sparingly sown. Those having the most favorable ground are now preparing for planting corn, Which is our largest crop, A letter from Pana, illinois, March 20, states that the prospect of peacies was never better. Winter wheat was sown late, but promises well, and is of un- usually large breadth. Spring wheat is mostly sown, and some has come up, and there is a great quantity being sown, There were very heavy rains last week; but it is very fue now. Farming has commenced in earnest down in Egypt. A letter from Morgan county, Ilinoia, March 27, ays:—"' The wheat crop in this county promises a (air jeld, But little of the fail wheat has been winter- iiled. Fargiers generally are through sowing spring wheat and oats, Unless something now unseen in- jures the crop, the next harvest will be an abundant one, There are more acres sown in smail grain than on any preceding season. There will be a large corn crop raised here. Owing to the high price of stock and the scarcity of money, many have not been able to supply the stock for grazing, and will culuivaie their meadows.” A letter from Livingston county, Missouri, March 27, says there were ten acres of wheat put in last fall ‘to one in former years, and that it would have far ex- ceeded that but seed was hard to be obtained. Spring was sowed up to the amount of seed attain- able. The mild winter has been very favorable to the winter wheat. There never was so good a pro- spect in any country for a heavy crop. Accounts from Indiana are very encouraging. Farmers in that section who, two or three weeks since, gave discouraging reports, now state that the subsequent rains and warm weather have brought forward the wheat crop very rapidly, and in man; laces where it was supposed to have been killed. @ Superintendent of the Eastern Division of the ledo and Wabash Ratiroad states that along the of his route, and also that of the Belle- Indiana Central and the New Albany heat presents a most encouraging until their exit, which was rather late in the season. A dry cold spell of weather of unusual duration suc- ceeded and until the recent rains there was not moisture enough in the soil to cause grain to sprout, save in @ few localities, It now | well, and though the amount sown for this yea Trop is con- siderably less than usual there will be a surplus should no disaster befall it before harvest time.” The New Orleans 7imes, March 26, says:—“The news from the country is nighly encouraging as to the prospects of the crops, the general industry of ‘the laborers, and the energy and thrift of the plant- ers. From all quarters we hear most cheerful accounts of every description of vegetation. Cane, cotton, corn, ali the smaller crops, including vegeta- bles and fruit, exhibit the most healthy and vigorous condition, The weather has been ail that could be desired by the most exacting cultivators. Besides our feelings, we have other and very delightiul evi- dence of the approach of the season of bloom and maturity, in the presence in our markets and at the fruit stalis of early vegetables and fruit. Yesterday strawberries were quite plentiful in various quarters, some of them even finding their way into our sanc- tum. Green peas, spinach and cucumbers may also be bought by those who can command the means in greenbacks. A letter from Clearfield county, Pa., April 4, says the grain never looked better in that county. ‘The snow fell deep, lay on the ground until the 15th of March, and went od genliy. The truit appears favor- able so far, and we think we will have a good har- vest and plenty of fruit.” A letter from Je@erson county, Ohio, April 4, says “The wheat in this locality looks fine, better than for many years. The peacites are generally killed, except along the river bank, Other fruit sppears to be doing weil and bids fair for good crops. Ploughing, planting and sowing are the order of the day. Pota- toes, oats and early vegetables are already in the ground and more being put in every day.” The Alton (Illinois) Telegraph, “April 2, say “Within the past few days we have seen and versed with farmers and others conversant with the condition of the wheat in Madison, Jersey, Greene and Macoupin counties, embracing, probably, the best wheat section in the State, and their unanimous testimony is to the splendid prospect for a full crop of this great staple." The Erie (Pa.) Despatch, April 6, says “the wheat prospect in Seneca county, Ohio, is more promising than for many years. The gradual and uninterrupted thawing out of the frost, the roots have been left un- disturbed, and the blades are springing up with re- markable activity, and in many is where the wheat couid scarcely be discovered at the melting of the winter snows a beautiful cover of green now meets the eye.” The St. Louis (Mo.) Republican, April 4, learns that ections of Missouri most scourged by drought last year, the appearance of the growing wheat is uite encouraging. Both in this State and Illinois the iry weather of the last halfof the year past some- what interfered with the work of seeding down to winter wheat; but farmers made great efforts to overcome the disadvantage, and it is bel an unusual breadth of ed grain. The promise of the peach crop is now very good. The trees are apparently in as full bloom as they were last spring, which opened upon the most productive peach season we have known for many years. Within the last five years the culture of the vine has been greatly extended in Missouri; and, with a good season for grapes, we may expect a large addition to even the great yield of the past year. A sugar planter in Bayou Goula, L&., March 21, one of the great sugar growing ions in the State, fur- nishes the following information:—Planting is over. The seed cane, with the ex ‘ion of that put up badly or too a has kept well. The rattoons are magnificent. Fi a has already a “stand,” and with it spring planting bids fair to make a “dead heat.” The men are working better and more cheerfully than at any time since the war. They make their own contracts and, so far as they are concerned, the “occupation” of the Bureau agent “4s gone.” More favorable weather for planting pur- poses has never been known. For the next five years fair sugar—and everybody can make that—will command ten cents or more, can be made at eight cents, Wait until the plantations are stocked ca cane, and then we shall again see the good old mes, ‘The Lexington (Miss.) Advertiser, April 1, says Most of the farmers there have finished planting corn, The Lafayette (Miss.) Chronicle, after describing the beautiful weather, says of the farmers:—‘ Most ort are through pI ing corn, and will soon be- gin ing What has proven to be the rain of the country—the hated cotton; but we opine this year experiment will be sufficient evidence that nothing is to be made in its culture with free rs." The Liberty (Miss.) Herald, March 29, says:—‘ We have had beautiful weather for farming for the past two or three weeks, and from all we can learn our farmers have not been slow to improve it. The appearance, with Hardly an exception. " ‘he Toledo (Ohio) Commercial says:—“The breadth of ground sown last fall was largely in excess of the revious and every promise is now fair for a and heavy crop.” e learn from the lowa papers that winter wheat ks well ey id ry on all pasts of the staie regard 0} jattering. A who has just been over a large por- tion of Wisconsin informs the Chicago Republican he was surprised to find that so much ploughing done last fall, the weather having been very dry, it he says the ground was never better for the crop than ft is this spring. A lent writing from South Paas, Iil., frays:—‘‘There was never such @ show for peaches as pow.” The Wilmington (Del.) Republican remarks:— «The peach crop this season bide fair to be a more pro- table one than that of last year,”’ when it was very The Springfeld (111.) Journal has received most accounts of the winter wheat through men and ining counties. It adds:—We ere ed by thowe who have been out through the that the t never looked better. snow and steady cold, weather of the winter Protected, and now it shows itself irmiy mndition. Many wheat fields are Prospects im the South and Senthwest. A Richmond (Va.) paper, April 2, observes in many @f tts contemporaries giowing accounts of the culti- ‘Wetion and prospects of the wheat crop. It looks ploughs have been Spy constantly, and the seed fora large crop of corn is already in the ground, All of our famers express letermination to raise an abun- dance of the crops, and if they succeed in doing this we have no fear whatever of future suffer ing.’ “ive Woodville (Miss.) Republican of March 29, says:—‘There never was a better season for planting than we have had for the past month, Corn is grow- ing finely, and planters are now patting cotton in the hob ae pretty gencrally. More corn has been plan’ than ever before, and with an average season there will be an abundance raised. An Un- my Ag pe pay of Spe productions has been aloes and garden vegeta- bles of all kinds.”’ be ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT TO MURDER A Youna LADY.— An atrocious and mysterious attempt was made in Chicago, on the 2d instant, by an unknown woman, to murder Miss Josephine Comstock, daughter of one of the city officials, A woman: came to Mr. Com. stock's resldouce aud reported that a lady friend of Miss Comstock had been thrown from her carriage and severely injured, and requested her dance. She at once started company with the unknown visitor, Lb gd conducted @ long distance into an ‘un! part of the suba when, without further vocation or explan: the woman turned upon her, eavy cleaver which had been concealed er cloak, and commenced an attack upon the unfortunate girl. The were continued until the approach of a carriage the would be murderess to fy to was taken home, but ber recovers is NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1868.--TRIPLE SHERT. CORPORATION ADVERTISING. The Board of Audit and the City Journals, HERALD, ‘The following i the decision of the Board of Audit in the matter of the New York HeRaLD vs. the City:— This claim, amounting in the aggregate to $23,450 10, is made for advertising for the Common Council, the Boards of Councilmen and Aldermen, the Mayor, Comptroller, Commissioner of Taxes, Street Commissioner and City Inspector. It is proved that the work was done and performed in the New Yor« HERALD for these several Boards and De- partments, during @ period extending from the 2d of March, 1864, to the 25th of May, 1866, except only @ Single item—to wit, “Notice to taxpayers, $180"—ad- vertised on the 12th of January, 1863, for the Com- missioner of Taxes and Asseasments, This item is made chargeable to the county, instead of the oity, by section 9 of chapter 302 of the Laws of 1859, and Is, erefore, transferred tothe claim before us pre- sented by the claimant it the county. During the whole period wien the claim under Sonenernnen, acorued the aay Sone ities: one e four newspapers the largest circulation, designated by the Mayor and Come troller, under the pro’ ns of chapter 227 of the Laws of 1863 a8 one of the oficial papers in which the advertisements, notices and official proceedings should be published, when authorized as required by Ww. ‘The third section of that act ts in the following words:— No portion of the sums which shall hereafter be ratsed tax or asseasment in the city and county of New York shal de paid for advertising, exeept the eame shall have been in- curred for advertisements in the newspapers authorized the Mayor and Comptroller of said city, who shall designate y cireulation, and any ax four papers having the largest dail others ih thelr discretion, uot to exceed ten in Previous to the Passage of the act of 1863, the des- ignation of official papers for such publications was made by the Common Council without any restric- tion as to number or the extent of circulation. In the judgment of this Board the act of 1863 took away the power of designation from the Common Council, and was intended to invest it, and did in- vest it, exclusively in the Mayor and Comptrolier— whose discretion in that regard was expressly re- stricted to the selection of four papers having the largest circulation, and six others, without regard to the extent of circulation. An elaborate opinion ex- pressing the views of this Board on this point has been given in the case of the Journal af Commerce. it is unnecessary to repeat it here. ‘The NEw YoRK HERALD, being one of the newspa- pers selected by the Mayor and Comptroller, was the proper organ for official publications. The tax ayy acts for the years 1863, 1864, 1865 and 1866 limited the appropriations for advertising in the oficial papers, The sums Serer aied have been wholly exhausted, and a portion of them have been oe to and received by the New York HERALD. ‘he claim before us 1s for the balance remaining w paid after the SDPTORELA MONS Were exhausted, al- though much of the evee was done before. ‘The objection has been made that this Board, being empowered to allow only those claims which are legal or equitable in the judicial sense, cannot allow such as exceed the yearly appropriations in the tax levy: that the same statutory defence which might be in- terposed in an action at law—to wit, that there was no unexpended appropriations Spnlicable to the claim—is Gy obligatory on this Board. Tn our opinion this objection, while it ought to be considered, and have weight in connection with other circumstances, is not controlling and impera- tive in the present case, The act under which this Board is organized, in the enumeration of claims which it is forbidden to entertain, expresslv excludes from the prohibition those which have “been re- jected by any court or judge for the want of an ap- propriation or fund to mect the same.” A Jortiori, this Board may entertain claims which have not thus been rejected, although a like defence might have been interposed had they been prosecuted “before any court or judge.’” When the authority to contract an obligation for any object is solely derived from and conferred by the law or ordinance making and limiting the appropriation, it is admitted that claims, under such authority, but in excess of the appropriation, cannot be sustained and should not be allowed. But such is not this case. The power to authorize pias 3 publications of official proceetinee by the municipal government of New York is conferred by the charter and by special statutes, besides the annual tax levy acts. Nay, many of the most im- portant measures in the administration of the muni- cipal government can only be egal conducted through the medium of public notices in the official newspapers. It is only necessary to cite a few of the provisions of law to illustrate this proposition. he thirty- seventh section of the charter of 1857 provides * (hat the clerks of the respective Boards shall publish all ordinances and amendments of ordinances which shail be passed, and also the proceedings, in the newspapers which may be employed by the corpora- tion.” By the same section any ordinance which shall contemplate any specific improvement or in- volving the ‘sale, disposition or appropriation of public property, or the expenditure of public moneys or income therefrom, or lay any tax or assessment,” shall, “before the same shalt be sent to the other Board, and immediately after the adjournment of the Board at which the same shall have been passed, be Published with the ayes and noes, &c., &c.,” as part Of the proceedings. Again, it is provided in the thirty-eighth section:— “All contracts shall be entered into by the appro- priate heads of departments, and shall be founded on sealed bids or proposals made in compliance with pub- lic notice, advertised in such of the newspapers of the city as may be etaployed by the Corporation for the urpose, said notice to be published for at least ten be in each of the newspapers so employed, and all such contracts, when given, shall be given to the lowest bidaer, &c.”” Provisions of the like import, regulating the sale of the property of the Corporation, the leasing of docks and wharves and other property belonging to the city; also requiring the publication, by the Comptrol- ler, of “a full and detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Corporation, for the Infor- mation of the citizens of New York,” and affecting other necessary measures of municipal government, might be multiplied, The foregoing will suffice. ‘To hold that the power and duty to publish in the official papers designated in obedieace to a manda- tory statute was suspended when the appropriations in the tax levy acts were exhausted, would have been to hold that all these pradent and necessary measures of frequent and unforeseen occurrence should also be suspended. Because no rem could be obtained in such ¢ ctions at law it ‘has been the custom axing power of the Legislature, and peciat appropriations in the annual y e manifest dificuity of hearing and deciding these applications for relief may be found the leading motive to the creation of boards of audit, and investing them with authority to hear and allow claims which could not be paid for want of ade- quate appropriations, but which were, nevertheless, just or equitable, it does not follow that every advertisement which the New York HkRALD or any other oficial Corpora- tion paper may choose to publish, as emanating from the Common Council, Boards of Commissioners, or heads of departments, is legally chargeable to the city treasury. It must appear that what has been published has the sanction of law. If the advertise- ment, on critical investigation, shall be found to re- late to a subject, not having the authority of any law expressly or by necessary implication requiring or permitting the publication, the claim py'o tanto, must be disallowed. Guided by these principles, this Board has inves- tigated the items of the account under consideration, and the prices charged therefor. Nearly the whole of the claim has, in this manner, been found legal, for which an action at law could’ be sustained, pro- vided the unexpended appropriation for advertising had been large cnough to cover it. By far the largest Portion of the claim has accrued in the publication of the ns proceedings of the Common Council, and the several boards comprising it. It has been proved before us that the whole of this portion of it has been critically examined, and found correct, by the assis- tant auditor of accounts, in the department of finan By the cranky ascond section of the city charter, this oMcer belongs to the “audit reau,” upon which bureau is devolved the dut; revise, audit, and settle ali accounts in whic! = is concerned as debtor or creditor.” it has been urged by the Counsel for the Corpora- tion that “the provisions of law only authorize the pont tion of those matters upon which a yote is "—“that there is no ‘proceeding’ by @ body except by a vote of ita members,” do not concur in this view. Until the Legislatare, or at least the Common Council, shall prescribe and limit the portion of the daily transactions of the tive Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen which shall constitute the proceedings for publication, it will be impossible for the publishers of newspapers to make any discrimination, They should publish what the clerks furnish for publication, and which formed a part of what transpired before and was in- cluded in the official action of their respective Boards, It may be that portions of these ore ings might be omitted without detriment to the pub- lic interests and in @ manner to secure to the citl- zens all needful information of the dally transac. tions of the Hee overnment, but this Board of Audit is not authorized to inaugurate any snch re- ‘ount occurs five small items for adver- tising, done under the authority of the Mayor's Office, amounting in the aggregate io $67 74. Only one of these items ia properly chargeable inst the city, to wit, the following:—“October 21, 1 Proclama- = rtd for detecting the murderer of Dantel Natty, . An ordinance of the city, to wit, section two of chapter one, revised ordinances of 1366, authorizes the Mayor to make proclamation, and offer reward for the apprehension of criminals, and therefore to incur the expense of publication, The other items are not within the express or in- eldental aivecianes i ALE Mayor, Justi se city, mitting adve e expense ¢l and must be disallowed. ‘If really anthorized by that (which was not directly proved), ‘could only be paid for out of the appropriat ingencies, iil wer and dis to the lative i at his disposal for conti cretion under that appropriation lunited a of money #0 it his Sear items the Common stating the time and place of its meeting to hear and receive information on the subject referred to it, A single example will idustrate this distinction:— On the 16th of February, 1865, the Committee on Ordinanoes had before it the subject of storing petroleum oif and other axplesive ‘substances, notice was published of the time and place of meet- ing and all persons interested were invited to be Present. It is obvious that the duty devolved on the connie required this proceeding. 2. eecee Sis an int band r repo! ei Rg ke | account of the claimants are Hi brought within this rule by adequate proof, produced before the Boa lowe in the New York The rate chi ee hee adyertisi he rate char; for adye Hype a Sag oa ar (refiner is in nm rs ied tat as are discrimination has made ai ration, The Mayor and Comptroller, by chapter 227 of the laws of 1863, had no discretion which would persis them to exclude the NEw York Heratp in lesignating the official papers. They were required to select four daily papers having the largest circu- lation. The New York HERALD the largest cir- culation of all, and the rate for advertising, while it does not exceed the usual and ordi rate required by that paper, can form no proper objection to the allowance of the claim. The foregoing opinion defines the rules and prin- ciples which the Board has adopted in determi the amount of the allowance to the New YORK HERALD, to wit:—$23,226 06, and other offictal news- Pa} selected according to law. claim is also made by the New YORK HERALD against the county for advertising during a period extending from the 19th of February, 1863, to the 7th of November, 1865, amounting in the aggregate to $573 60, To this amount should be transferred and added the Sle ing item erroneously entered in the account inst the city, viz.:—January 12, 1863, notice of Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments to taxpayers, $180, This item of $180 is made a county charge by section nine of chapter 302 of the Laws of 1859. An item for the publication of the Mayor’s veto on the 19th of February, Sis $30, is authorized by sec- tion two of chapter 321 of the Laws of 1858. None of the other items appear to have the sanction of any statute or to come within the pauelples defined in the opinion given by the Board of Audit in the case of the fribune Inst county, The Board has allowed, therefore, of this claim the sum of $210, and disallowed the batance, It has been urged in behalf of some of the official pa- pers that interest should be computed on the sums allowed for advertising. The Boards have decided otherwise, Every publisher of a newspaper must be assumed to have Known that his demand for advertising could not be liquidated until duly audited by an accounting oficer. the case of the HERALD very few objec- tionable items appear in the claim; but in the cases of many other official papers the claims have been largely reduced on examination by these Boards. ere is no intrinsic equity in this class of cases, and certainly no implied contract, but the opposite, to justify Boards of Audit in disregarding the general rule of law, which awards interest only to liquidated claims, or such a8 are capable of liquidation by a simple computation of figures, ‘TRIBUNE. The eee ate isthe decision in the matter of the claim of the Tribune Association against the county of New York:— This claim, amounting in the aggregate to $12,644 87, is made for the publication of notices, proceedings of the Board of Cay eng advertising and the like, in the New York 7rivune, from time to time, over a period extending from December 16, 1862, to December 28, 1866, It is proved that the ser- vices and printing, specified in items in the bills laid before us, have been fully done and performed, as charged, and that the prices claimed were the usual prices, and are reasonabie and just. ‘wo circum- stances must concur to entitle the claimants to a report favorable to their demand:— 1, The public officers or boards for whom the work in question was performed must have been clothed with legal authority to order it inserted in the New York Tribune, for and in behalf of the county of New York. 2. [t must further appear that such order was given to the Tribune Association. In respect to the first item of the account, to wit, “For advertising statement of City Canvagsers, December 16, 1862, $148,’ the only proof given that the Zribune had been selected to perform this work is presented in a resolution of the Board of City Canvassers, held on Monday, December 15, 1862, wherein the Tribune is selected as one of the Dee erepers ea wnioe the “oificial canvass” should be published, In the distribution of powers in the government of the city and county of New York the city canvassers are required to canvass the votes cast for ‘charter officers’’—(Sec. 63 of the Charter.) The publication of the canvass, when completed, was chargeable to the city and not to the county, and should, therefore, be transferred to the account against the city. In respect to all the other items, it ts clearly established that the New York Z7ribune was one of the se- lected city newspapers in which they might be published, if the authority existed ‘to pub- lish them at all, By chapter 227 Gf the Laws of 1863, the Mayor and Comptroller were authorized to desig- nate ten newspapers for advertising in the city and county of New York. The New York Zribune was one of the newspapers so selected on the 13th June, 1863. By chapter 646 of the Laws of 1865, it was en- acted that the newspapers selected by the Mayor and Comptrotier in 1363 should continue to be the oficial newspapers of the city and county of New York. Under the authority of these acts the Tribune was continuously an official newspaper of the county of New York from the 13th June, 1863, to the 28th’ De- cember, 1866, and has been so continued since. But it does not follow that the matters published in the ig oad during that period, and particularly specified In the account before us, constitute the basis of any legal or equitable demand against the county. On looking over the items it will be seen that ne: all of them are for the publication of the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, by which we under- stand the ordinary routine of proceedings, exclud- ing those special and particular proceedings, which, by the general laws of the State, applicable to all the Boards of Supervisors in all the counhes, are required to be published “in one or more newspapers,” The Board of Supervisors have no authority to order the publication of their pro- ceedings, except such as is expressly conferred by the laws of the Legislature. Cnapter 369 of the laws of 1839 provides for the publication in detail of all the accounts audited by the Board of Supervisors; also accounts audited by town officers. A subse- quent statute makes it necessary to publish the per- sonal accounts of the Supervisors. Another statute provides for the publication in newspapers of the laws of the Legislature which are of local interest in the county or locality where such laws are expected to operate; also for the like publication of all acts of the Legisiature which are of general interest. An- other statute provides for the publication in news- papers of the determination and statement of the election of county ofticers and members of Assembly. Some other inatters pertaining to the proceedings and action of the Board of Supervisors are aiso re- quired to be advertised; for instance, the ob- jections of the Mayor oftcially communicated by veto; but we shall look in vain for any law investing such boards with specific or incidental authority to direct the publication in ced dpy of their ordi- nary and general proceedings. In this particular the Supervisors of New York, previous to 1865, have had no more authority than the Supervisors of any other county. It is true thatin the acts providing for a county tax levy, in years preceding 1865, a sum was authorized to be raised ‘for advertising;” but it can- not be successfully maintained that any authority was thereby conferred to incur @ ae, for adver- tising beyond the amount specified in the tax levy. Indeed, it might be plausibly insisted that a simple appropriation of money “for advertising” did not confer a discretionary power to expend such money for any other objects than those defined in the laws as proper objects for such expenditure. But claim now under consideration remains unpaid, although the special amounts authorized in the tax levy ng be raised for advertising has been wholly expended. Yhat legal or equitable claim on the county has the Tribune Association for payment? No resolution of the Board of Supervisors is introduced directing the advertisements of proceedings, even if they had an: discretionary power in the premises, But they hi no such discretionary power. We must find the sanc- tion for this claim in the laws of the Legisiature. In chapter 646 of the laws of 1865, known as the City Tax Levy act (which went into effect on the Ist of May of that year), there is inserted in the first section the Mp oetesapire coded gue qpyrtated, yt 38 news; a a Compirolier ofthe city of New York in the’, and by virtue of the authority vested in said oficers by bection 2 of chapter 227, Inwa of 1863, shall continue to be the official papers ofthe ol ‘and county of New York, in which Drinted and pablished the proceedings of the Common Coun- cll, the Board of Supervisors, and all advertisements and no- Lices by law required to be published by the different heads of departments, poards of ina ra in and for the city and county of New York. In this act is found the solit: mandate of the een to publish the proceed of the Board of Supervisors. It is the only statute in which the claimants can place a legal uitable foundation for the advertisements of the “proceedings of the Bo: ”” Clearly this statute is not retrospective, The law went into operation on the Ist day of May, 1865, and all of the account for the publication of and under ped pg anterior to that date, amounting to $3,206 82, must disallowed, The portion of the account containing of like character, which occurred subsequent to that date, is allowed, In the account occurs the following item:— 1866, March 27.—Publishing Mr. Crane's ‘h, $33 75. It appears that this s] h was made before ® committee of the Board, and related to the build. ing ofthe new Court House. It formed no part of the proceedings of the Board, Neither the committee nor the Board had authority to ging this speech at the expense of the oon ‘This item is disallowed, The evidence sustains the balance of the account, which is allowed at the sum of $9,405 30, The Tridune Association against the City.—This claim amounts in the aggregate to $3,235 70 for ad- vertising done for the various departments of the city government between the 10th July, 1863, and the 1st January, 1867. That portion of it which accrued vious to the 18th December, 1865, was prosecuted in an action at law in the Supreme Court, It there appeared and was admitted that it accrued for pub- is ing and advertising the official proceedings of ¢ Boards of Aldermen and Councilmen of the cit; of New York, and that such publications an advertisements were reasonabiy worth the sum $1,724 90. The defence to the claim was the want riation and funds eee ‘On this defence lone the claim was by the court, This clat therefore, comes expressly within e of the acts constitui infon of the Board, prepared in the case of the gw YORK H#RALD, Ces been applied, The whole of it is thus ascertained to be legal and just except one item, to wit: “1966, June 4, advertising Senate Railroad Committee, $23 20,” in respect to which the Board has been provided with no adequate evidence {ustity ing its allowance. The te claim allowed the Tribune Association thus ascertained, includ- ing an item of $148, erroneously entered in the claim against the county, is fixed at $3,360 50, JOURNAL OF COMMEROR. ‘The Board of Audit decides the claims of the Jour. Soncky corneneres easinat the city and against the ows:— The Vl of itae olaime is for paversising laring $ ending onthe Sist day of December, 1866. The amount of the whole claim against the city during ary Het tages ut paymente hare been § , jut payments have made the! which, with in! e rhyviek uted in the same inanner as on the debit side of the pecans amounts to $4,636 34, The balance claimed agai the city is the sum of $868 55, It is @ sufficient ground for the disallowance of the claim by this Board that a suit was commenced thereon in the Supreme Court ed the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonaity of city early in 1867, and that the same has not been discontinu but is still pending undetermined. But inasmu as that objection might be removed the discontinuance of the suit, and the been heard by the Board and submitted, itis expedient to consider the claim on its merits, A careful examination of the account discloses that the oe henird made thereon exceed the segregate of the items which accrued previons to the 25th of April, 1863, that being the ‘ate of the passage of chapter 227 of the laws of 1863 regulating the selection of oclal newspapers in the city and county of New ‘The second section of that act contains the follow- ing provision:— No portion of the sums which shall hereafter be raised b; tax or assessment inthe clty and county of New York shall be Paid for advertiaing, except the same shall have been received for advortisersontain the hewspapers authorized by the Mayor and Comptroller of the aaid city, who shall designate four papers baving the largest daily elrculation and any six others discretion, not to exceed ten in all We are confronted in the outset by the objection that the Journal ef Commerce is not one of the daily newspapers selected by the Mayor and Comptroller as an official ir under the provisions of the sec- tion just cited. If such selection is indis) the right to charge the claim on the city treasury, then i¢ must be concedea that all thar which accrued sul juent to the passage of the of 1863 must be disallowed, because the sums which have been paid being in excess of the amount which had accrued previous to that time, and not having been applied to any particular pa of the ac- count, cannot be taken to satisfy a part which is clearly without the sanction of the law. Can the claim be sustained on any legal or equitable ind? It has been argued in some of the cases similar! situated, that i chapter 163 of the laws of 1862 it is enacted that the Mayor, Aldermen and Common- alty of New York may, from year, transfer the sur- plus revenues of the sinking fund to the tund known us the general fund of the corporation; that these revenues are derived from real estate, ferry leases, &c., &c., the property of the corporation, and are not included in the revenues derived from taxes or assess- ments; and that the Common Council has suinorihy to Le ieee these revenues to the payment of ad- vertising in papers other than those designated by the Mayor and Comptroller, despite the provisions of one er 227 of the Laws of 1863, prohibiting the application of taxes and assessments to that pur- pose. This Board has been furnished with an opinion sustaining this argament, given by the Cor- poration Counsel in 1864, But there is insuperable difficulty in the practical application of the argu- ment, because the revenues raised by assessment and taxes have been mingled with the surplus reve- nues of the sinking fund. No separation and ceesin appropriation of these last named revenues for vertising have ever been made. Ifthe Common Coun- ctl cannot be restrained by the Legislature from ap- plying the revenues derived from the property of the Corporaton to payment for advertisingin any or all of the newspapers published in the city, it ought to appear that these revenues have been 80 appro- priated Lenin and precisely, Appropriations, preceding the expenditure of these revenues for printing, are required by section thirty-one of the be 2 charter, which contains the fol- lowing claase:—“‘No money shall be drawn from the treasury exept the same shall have been pe ipeuly SORT se the purpose for which it is rawn. ‘The thirty-fifth section of the miscellaneous pro- visions of the city ordinances also Srelles to the question. That section is in the following words:— It shall not be lawful for the several departments of the city, and those having charge of expenditures, to make con- tracts or incur expenditures authorized by the Common Conn- cil to an amount exceeding the several appropriations mad lunless an appropriation aufilcient to cover such excess abail have been made by the n Council. Clearly, it was the intention of the Legislature to restrict the number of official newspapers in the city and county of New York, and the power of the Com- mon Council in respect to their selection, as well as the sums to be expended for advertising. ‘The City Tax ld acts of 1865 and 1866 contain the following prohibition, which is applicable to advertisements and et other object and purpose of expenditure capone ity for which a specific provision is made ese a The said several sums shall be applied only to the objects and purposes for which the ame are hereby appropriated, and neither sald Corporation nor any member or officer thereof, nor any department, head of department or other official,’ shall incur any lability for any of the objects and eified to an amount beyond the sum #0 appro- In the act of 1865 ts found this farther provision:— however, that the newspapers selected and ap- inted by’ the Rope and Comptrolier of the city of New aa 1 cers ‘ork, in the year lor and by virtue of the authority veated in those off section® of chapter 227, Laws of 1886, ahall continue to be the oficial papers of the city and county of New York, in which shall be printed and published the proceedings of the Common Connell, the Board of Super. adv visors, and all ertisements and notices by law required to be published by the beads of men da of Com. missioners and other public oficers in and for the county of jew Yor! The following extract from section one of the City Tax Levy act of 1866, chapter 876, is explicit and con- clusive on the point of the legislative intent:— * Advertising for the Common Council #30,000, provided that no portion of the sums which shall hereafter be raised by tax ind assessment, or from any other source, shall be paid for advert except the same shall be incurred for advertise- ments authorized by the Mayor, Comptroller and Corporation Counsel of sald city, or any two of them. The obvious ued sie of the ow bag tb as ex ‘pres sed in the acts just cited, has been to relleve the city and county of New York from the burden of heavy expenditures for advertising, and to accomplish th: by confining the power over the selection of oficial papers to a few prominent and responsible public Pitcers. The Tax Levy acts in the years 1863, 1: 1865 and 1866 provided the te sum of $210, for advertising; all of which has been expended, and yet there are now pending before the Boards of Audit claims which accrued previous to January 1, 1867, of twenty-eight papers other than the nine designated by the Mayor and Compares under the provisions ofthe acts of 1863, 1565 and 1866, amounting in the aggregate to $183,564 54. The claims for unpaid balances to the nine official papers amount in the aggregate to the further sam of $102,072 95. Instead of seeking by ingenious argument to evade the obvi- ous intention of the Legislature, it is rather the duty of the Boards of Audit, in disposing of these large and numerous claims, to sustain and give effect to that intention, it ts urged that the Boards of Audit are authorized by the laws under which they are constituted to re- port an allowance, notwithstanding the want of an appropriation or fund to satisfy claims like the one under consideration, Grant it, But it cannot be properly urged that the Boards should not take the want of an appropriation inte account and give tt complete effect when required to fulfil the plain in- tention of the Legislature where it may done without contravening other provisions of law or im- peding or suspending the public business, Whatever questions be started as to the con- stitutional power of the lature to impose re- strictions on the municipal government of New York city in appropriating and paying out the revenue de- rived from certain productive property belonging to the city, no doubt can be justly en' ined that the revenue afforded by taxation and assessments is liarly subject to the contro! of the State Legisla- ure. All the claims considered and allowed by this board are to be paid out of revenues derived from taxation. | Indeed, the whole Jurisdiction of the Board is in aid of and dependent on the taxing power of the State. The Board can render no judgment what- ever enforceable against the prperty, of the city nor in an action at law or equity the courts. The claims which are allowed must be reported to the Board of Supervisors, who ae required to impose taxes to satisfy them, It seems to be a logical and necessary deduction from this view of the law that the reports of the Board, which can only be satisfied by taxes col- lected under State au ity, cannot be rendered in favor of claims for advertisements and publications made in pewspapers employel in violation of the laws of the Legislature. The foregoing considerations require the disallow. ance of the claim in question, even thot the Board had been furnished with transcripts of the adver- tisements made in the Journel af Commerce, and it had appeared that they were >roper subjects for ad- vertising in the offi gat the expense of tie city. But the claimant failed to produce a single one of the advertisements for which Le aye is demanded, or to give evideice of their contents, and omitted all direct proof that the publication was authorized by the Common Vouncil in a single in- stance. it the city 1s disallowed, The whole claim agains' against the county A claim has also been preset PI of New York, in behalf of th» same paper, for the sum te fn unpaid balance of an ac- come Board ot 8 #f the county, like the is prohibited by Common Council of ol ie provisions of chapter ot he Laws of 1863 from paying moneys raised by tax or assessment, from advertising except in the oMtial papers selected by the Mayor and Comptroller. Che moneys exper by its authority caa only be ‘aised by tax or asseas- ment. That Board has no inciental legislative power or discretion on the subject Coy of the owner- ship us Property, and the righ/ to dispose of revenues accruing therefrom. These” considerations are ‘onclusive against this claim, and all others similarty situated, But it may be further stated inst the tlaim of the Journal of merce that for which advertisements be directed by Board of Supervisors are ex. = defined in public statites to in the lecision prepared by the Bowd of Auditin the case as oy York Tribune. abe mn given & or that they were the adi case relate to those subj authorized by in the Supreme Conrt, prosecuted against ac ‘men and Commonualty of New York, aud See usreigeoe be. Alth the account tains & number of it ns oT period of Ae tras at aati as n miuch of the demand as accrued arian to the pas of the 221, 1863, cuts daanecg™ oe a of NOTES ON ART. Seeemiaenen ee ‘The “fierce democracte” of Athens was 80 jealous of personal superiority as to ostracise the best oltt- zens. Modern democratic tendencies towards the French name and the American fact of social equality are accompanied at Paris and in New York by = similar jealousy of individual pre-eminence, Whes @ crushing equality invests almost all characters with & common livery everybody is as “remarkabie” = man as his neighbay one deems himself as good as “any other man,” aad the representation of origin- ality and eccentricity is left to the caricaturist, while the portrait painter is debarred from the wide ang fertile field open to him only when the population is Jess equal or when some exigency favors the free dis play of strong characteristic differences. Portraits painting can rarely rise above mere di unless the monotonous level of modern life broken up by such a convulsion as our late war, for instance, which developed the rough personal energy of the soldier, compelling ‘unanimous recognition of superiority and supplying the portrait painter and the historical painter with numerous figures for pictures of the highest ordex, A thoughtful writer says that “when a great an@ illustrious member of a class is well presented on canvas we seein his portrait the vicar of his class mates.” Surely no more conspicuous type of heroes of his class—the heroes of the late war—could be se lected than General Grant. It is, therefore, not sur prising that Knoedler’s Gallery was thronged with vie- itors on Saturday afternoon, when two portraits of General Grant—the one in oil and the other an artist’s proof of an engraving of it—were exhibited at a pri- vate view. Both these works are by Mr. Wm. E. Mare shall, whose celebrity both as a painter and an en- graver was confirmed by his superb portrait of the late President Lincoln. That portrait had prepared us to expect that his portralt of General Grant would also be excellent. It has been deservedly praised by the relatives and intimate friends of the General as the best and most lifelike portrait of him that has been painted. We hardly need add that the work. manship of the engraving is exquisite. In style and treatment It evinces great originality. ful distribution of light and shade compensates for the absence of color. At firat the necessary absenos of color makes the face seem sicklied over with a paler cast of thought than we are accustomed to as- sociate with it. e head, moreover, appears longer than in most previous portraits of General Grant. For a moment the suspicion arises that in pene idealize his subject and to elevate it to the hig! heroic degree the artist has been tempted to sacri fice somewhat the Cromwellian conception of fidelity to the identical living f and to portray the vio- torious General as he will figure in the imagination of future poets rather than as he appears in the eyes of his contemporaries—smoking his brier-roos pe in camp, or @ cigarashe drives rane slong ennsylvania avenue. But the artist says he is well aware that the portrait dif fers widely from any other representation of General Grant mow before the public. And he might have added that this, perhaps, is go be- cause of the unusual opportunities, which he has improved, of thoroughly studying his subject, and also because of his persistent and successful endea- vors to express the noblest characteristics, inclad- ing especially the indomitable will of the illustrious orignal. Mr. Huntington, President of the National Academy of Design, pronounces Mr. Marshall’s en- raved portrait to be a “grand head of General Grant.” and Mr. Durand commends its “ many fine artistic qualities.” It will unquestionably rank with Mr. Marshall’s engraving of oln a8 @ historical portrait of the first order. Mr. Ehninger has completed a portrait of the late Dr. Anthon, of Columbia College, and Mr. Stone bas completed a portrait of Mr. ter Wallack in the character of Don Felix, in “The Wonder.” Both these ortraits have been sent to the Institution of the National Academy of Design. Among the art events of the present week the sale of Mr. S. P. Avery will be prominent, Intending to change his location after May 1, Mr. Avery will sell atauction at his gailery, 82 Fifth avenue, on the evenings of Thursday and Friday next all his works of art, consisting mainly of productions by cel French artists. When this collection was first ex- hibited it received general praise. A second “private view” of the collection was offered Monday evening, when we found that its attractions have been greatly increased by the addition of about fifty new pieces, mostly furnished to the order of Mr. Avery. Besides the foreign pictures there is also the landscape, ‘‘Tunxis River,” by J. M. Hart. It will be remembered that this painti was one of the “Paris Exposition pictures’ and was afterwards, together with the others, exhibited at the Academy of Design. One of the most Seine ees, in the gallery the statue of the “Girl Rei »” by Tantardini, of Milan, par- chased out of the Italian section of the Exposihon. There is also the picture by Meissonier, already no- ticed in these columns. These, and the “Orpheus,” by Jalabert, and subjects by Bouguereau, Merle, Landelle, Toulemouche, Baugniet, Béranger, Zama- cols, and other eminent artists, unite in forming sale of more than ordinary interest, Some of the hewest works are those by Kuwasseg, Herbsthoffer, aud one by Gide, for which he recelved a medal. it is Mr. Avery's intention, we believe, to retire to smaller and more cosey quarters, Here he will conduct his business in the same manner as before he made his recent trip vo Europe in charge of the vine, the fev t Net ich will figure mong the few foreign pictures which will in the coming exhibition of the Academy of Design will be two portraits by Cabanel, the distinguished French artist to whom was awarded one of the eight id medals of honor at the Paris Exposition. There his life size full length portrait of the Emperor Was & prominent attraction in the section of the Beaux Arts. The pictures are life size heads of the inventor of the reaper, Mr. R. H. McCormick, and of his wife, The one of Mr. McCormick is a striking likeness, painted with at care and skilfully modelled. The artist has introduced the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor given by the Emperor to Mr. McCormick in recognition of his great invention. ‘The portrait of the lady is a picture of great retinement, simple and classical in treatment, with the character delicately ren- dered, doing justice to the fuir original, and sin- gularly like the bust of this lady modelled some twe years ago by Mr. E. D. Paimer, "It is seldom that our exhibitions contain portraits by foreign artists, and the comparison will at least be interesting. Mr. Byron M. Pickett, a young sculptor who has won his way by earnest, conscientious work, has now at his studio in No. 696 Broadway a full figure in clay of Cinderella. The pose of the girl is light and grace- ful. The face is wry with tender thought and varied emotion, as if she were watching her sisters going to the ball, wondering what it will be like, and almost envyin; them: The fairy godmother has not yet PI the tattered dress affords gitmpses of her rounded, delicate form. Another interesting sab- Pe is a small figure of “Little Red Riding Hood.’ ‘he face is parti tga A sine childlike, pleasing an@ so trustful that no wonder the wolf easily 1m; upon her. Mrs, Pickett’s best work, ‘/énone,” hes been sent to the Academy of Design for the forth- coming exhibition. It has been lately purchased by Mr. Rufus F. Frost, Mayor of Chelsea, Mass, Mr. Hesse has completed an admirable bust of oy Janauschek, the celebrated German tr ienne. A Panorama of the War, comprising forty elaborate paintings, drawn with strict topographical and hie torical accuracy, and highly commended by letters from General Grant, Major Generals Thomas, McPher- son and other distinguished officers, is now on exhi- bition at No. 964 Broadway. ‘The programme offers a review of eae battles and incidents of the war, from Fort Sumter tothe surrender. The graphio delineations and explanations with which Miss Sallie Brownson Goodrich accompanies the exhibition ad@ greatly to its interest. Ail who have witnessed ang of the scenes which are here represented wili be sur- Prised to see how vividly they are recalled to the memory, and we cannot easily conceive of a happier method of successfully teaching history to the youtee ful mind than such an exhibition as this. "WAY. GAZETTE. WASHINGTON, April 7, 1868. Commodore James Alden has been detached from duty on the Examining Board, of which Commodore Winslow is President, and placed on waiting orders. Paymaster ©. W. Abbot has been detached from the Contocook and from duty as paymaster of the pot Aulantic squadron, and ordered to settle ac- coun Commodore Willfam Ri: Taylor has been or- dered to duty on the Examining Board, from which Commodore Alden has been detached; and Paymaster J. D. Murray has been ordered to the Contocook, in place of Paymaster Abbot, He will also be fleet pay- master of the squadron. Cadet Engineer J. P. Wilson has resigned. The navy bulletin to-day announces that Liew. tenant Marston Niles has been ordered to report for duty to Rear Admiral H. K. Hotf, commanding North Atiantic squadron. rst Assistant Engineer b. A. Develin has been detached from the naval rendea- vous in New York and ordered to the Naval Academy, and First Assistant cr George J. Burknay been relieved from the Academy to suce Mr. Develin at New York. re Second Assistant Basinger i é fare nat ose nN OY snares. ir 5 ave been honorably dischat Second Assistant Engineer Wiiliam 4 Neal is de- tached from the Ammonoosuc and ordered to the Tuscarora at San Francisco. a We have received later intelligence from Sante Cruz relating to the corvette Monongahela, whic the ship artizans failed to launch a few weeks since. Another effort was to have been made on the 21st of Maroh, but the gencral impression prevatling wae that It would not succeed. Tt is generally thought that the vessei must be condemned, dismantied and a opian She is 30 firmly fixed in — bed Lehn ne api wes at the disposal of the naval 5 structor who was sent from Boston to launch hee will prove tusuilcieut (or tue Luruese.