The Sun (New York) Newspaper, May 12, 1865, Page 1

THIRTY.TIHIRD VEARS) NUMBER 10,242. na) The Latest Ne a From Washington. THE CONSPIRACY TRIALS. Arra gement of the Court Re Non-Appearance of Prisoners Counsel MRS. SURRATT’S ASPECT. NEWS FROM THE WEST. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. GEN. ROSECRANS VIEWS. “Mexican Emigration’ Denounced. SEVERE STORM IN. PHILADELPHIA. 28 Houses Blowa Down. THE GALE IN THIS VICINITY. GREAT I GE DAMAGE DON Houses Unroofed--Trees Blown Down. &e., &e., &e. From Washington. Trial of the Conspirntors—Why the Court Sits With Closed Deors The Veo ir posing -Mre, Surratt’s Aspects Davis & andbilledThe Mexicae Emigra- tion Movement. (Correspondence af the Sun) Waanrnatos, May 10th, 1866. The trial of the conspirators in the asanssination plot, which fairly commenced here to-day, it is an- Bounced will be conducted with closed doors, and therefore [ shall be unable togive you ech full ac- @ounte of the trial as you desired I should send you There has been much dimatlefaction exprensed at the eourre adopted by the Military Commission which tondacts the trial, and the obnoxious term, “Star Chamber Court’ has been applied tw it, ‘This, however, I am eatisfied is all wreng The Teasons why the trial ie not an open one are good and enffictent.the most forcible one being that there te a large number of witnesses to Le oramine |, and if the papers should publish the testimony taken, other witnerses, not yet examined, would learn what their Predecersors had testified, thus interfering with the ends of justice, There was no way to defeat this sort of thing, but to ait with closed doors, Attorney Gen- eral Speed, in relation to the legality of this act, holds that the President ie the actual ae well as virtual Commander of the Army and Navy in time of war, and that the murder of Mr, Lincoln was committed at @ military post, garrisoned and under the command ef amilitary Governor, The Court consists of the following officers Maior General Hunter, President: he scrompanied Pek Lincoln to Washington in Indl, and returned to piinefield with the co pee, Major Gen, Lew. W ce, of Indiana, Commander of the Derartment of Maryland; one of our most gal- lant soldiers. Major Gen, Foster, of New Hampehire; a general whose bravery in the field Las made hie name a houre- hold word, Major Gen, Kautz, the brilliant cavalry officer Brig, Gen, Aiken,.Chief Q. M, of the Cavaliy De- partment of Tennerser—a shrewd judge of men. Brig, Gen, Howe, of the guard of honor that eccornpanied the corpee to Springfield Gen. Comatock, of Gen, Grant's staff—another close fudge of men, Col, Clendeoin, of the 8th Tl. Cavalry. Gen. Harris, of the Army of the Potomac brs Gen, Joseph Host, Judge Advocate and Re- @order, The room tn which the court elite is a plain, white- washed prison-like spartment in the Arsenal Bulld- ng, about 80 by 4) feet in size, A stairway hae been opened in the north side of this room, and doorways have been cut in the etone partition between the Arenal Building and the cells, by which the prison- ers are brought in—their heade etill muftied in padded hoods, to prevent them from butting their drains out. They are placed in the prisoners’ dock oneatatime. The dock stants against the west wall of the room, on a piatformn about a foot hieh, and eur. rounded by o plain railing, The court sitentalong pine table covered with ollcloth, on the south side of the room, with the President at the head and the Judge Advocate at the foot, There are other tat low, for the prironers’ counsel and the Government report- ere, Though no portion of the evidence is now pers mitted to be mace known, the reporters are carefully preserving it, and it will te Inid before the public when the reeult ie reached, Every person cugaged in the Court room is sworn to keep secret what trans. Pires, until allowed by “authority” to divu they heard on the trial, Some of the connse! by (he various prisoners are menof loyal reputations, and some are not, None of them made their appear. ance atthe Court to-day, and it ie thought here that none of them will. the loyal ones from their aversion to serving in such @ Cause, the die- Joval from feare for their own eafety, perhapa, and from their aversion to the oath of aliegiauce Mra. Surratt'sa choice —Hon, Revers hnson, Senn. tor from Maryland —has, | understand, gone to Pitte- burgh on other business, This woman, who ie to all appearances the ugliest prieoner tu the whole lot, ear:ies her head higher than her male companions jo generaldo, She was only secoud to Tooth in activity on the pivht of the murder, passing esound from man to man, aud informing of the plane laid, and even coing Gown into Maryland & at the gee ies had arranged th oot | matter of stopping places of ooth and Harold, to make their exc sure, ° fe @ tall, stout woman, and her face bears ol the indications of a vixeneat (temper when aroused, with an ugly expression shout the mouth, and in ber hard, cold, pray eves, Her two aucliters, ¥ Lo were arrested with her as] wrote you at the time, have been released, it being evident that they knew nothing about the horrible conspirac Ove of them, Ant is ick, and it ie thought she 9.i| not live, or ir ad, 1 have not positively ascers taned herdeath yes. Their father is dead, Their tro r John, who was to have murdered Secretary fianton, fled without making the atiemp’, Lust Siturday, @ man who ie believed to be young furratt. ¥ ae arrested on the farm of Col. W, LH. Loyd, sone aistanee out of Washington, Hecame out of « dense ewounp in that vicinity, and asked @ colored roy the way to New York, The boy did not know, TA Positive Surrender of Dick Taylor | wd the supposed Surrett aeked Lim if there were any soldiers up as that house —mean!ng Col. Boy d's. y ws | The boy said there were none, and the man went ap toward the house, and on the way met Mre, Boyd, wha when she joarned his errand, called her hue hand. Col, Boyd came out, and at once suspecting the man, invited him t come in and have supper. The fellow arsented, and Col, B, took hie bundie, which was {ngeniously constructed, and had @ pistol hidden tn it, On the way to the house the strancer | broke and ran, and thena lively chase ensued—over | fencnn, through fielda, and at one place through « | ereek which the fugitive waded, thourh the water | came up to hie neck, He was caught afier « threo miles’ chase. Recent disclomros while confirming tho statement that was made some weeks ago, that it was the orig- inal intention t capture Mr. Lincoln alive, have alas shown what « diabolical plin thie also was, ae arranced, It was the original purpose to kidnap Mr | Lincoln some night as he was going from the War Departinent to the White House, and eet him of and aerove the Potomac into the hasde of the ener- rilia Mosby. But a thie was found a dif t under taking, a prison had been provided for the President in the hears of the city, in the eubterranean cham- bers of an old house known aa the Van Ness ours,” on Seventeeth street, near the Potomar river. The house je of brick, with brick partitions which run to the same depth as the cellar walla, providing several underground apartments, entered by trap-ioors, one of which hae been used of «@ alave-pen in former yeare—anocther ee an fce-houre, ete In one of those Mr. Lincoln was to have been con- fined in caso they failed toget him over the river The house ls surrounded by « couple of acres of ground, densely filled with trees and shrubbery, and with « high brick wall around the whole-eo that no cries from the imprisoned President conid have reached the ears of passers-by. This house wae the reaidence of aman named Green, who bas had seve ral sone in the rebel army ince the war opened. He fe now a prisoner, and the old boure is guarded by toldiers, laree handbills have teen teaued by Col, Raker, government detective, containing descriptions in the approved “ stop-thief” style, of the personal ap pearance of Jef. Davia, Tucker, Sanders, Clay, Thunpeon, and Cleary-¢tving size, color of heir, eyes, &c., and further aided by wood ente of the vil- laina, taken from photographs. These bille are being cirealated broadcast, not only In this country, bus all over the world, thas familiarizing all people every- where with the personal appearance of these men.and making existence a curse to them should they secaps to other lands, The Mexican emigration movement, which \* now ottracting #6 much attention, will probably eall forth proclarnation from President Johueon before long, warning the poople against « violation of the neutra- lity laws, Mr. Seward and the Cabinet generally are understood to favor this course, ro a to avoid the ne- crenity of dealing with the complaints of France which are likely to reach us. Mr, Beward expects to be able to attend at his Department some time next week, President Johnson and various members of the Cabinet called on him yeaterday, and were wol- comed with acordial grasp of the right hand, thourh the fracture of the right arm is not yot healed wholly His eon, Fred, is doing wellvery slowly, however Nemo. (By Telegraph. Washington, May 11.-Mre. Lincoln's health is eo much improved that ehe will leave this city for Chi. cago next Wedneesdty, In the Harrie trial, this aftornoon, prisoner's coun- el offered affidavite that the two rebel roidiers who appeared as witnesses, did pot belong to the company sod reviment that they testified ther were membere of. The Court ordered that the official lite of the regiment in question be produced The conspiracy trial was resumed thie morning as 10 o'clock, Thus far no counsels have appeared for the prisoners, Among thon poetertay arraigned wae the etage carpenter at Ford's theatre, Fdward Spang- ler, who je euppored to have been one of the moet active of the accomplices of Booth, and who attended to bie horse at the back of the theatre, while the vil- lain was doing the bloody deed, It ie ascertained from an official source that the rule adopted by the court for the trial of the aeeaseination conspirators doer not admit, at present, reporters for the prees. General Sherman is now in Riehmond, He rode at the head of the line of ble troops yesterday, as tho Fourteenth Army Corps passed through the streets of that city, The advance of the armies marching home- ward is expected to reach Unis city to-morrow ulght, Their march averages twenty miles a day, The Navy Depertment has ined a general order directing all naval officers to permit veasele with United States Custom-House clearances, to enter all porte within the ines desienated in the President's executive order of April 29, provided they have noth- jug contraband of war on board, Removal of KRemrictions (pon Travel. On the Ath inet, General Halleck | i the follow {nw order, removing restrictions upon travel to and from Richmond : Hranqvantens j Miuirany Division or THR TAMER, Ricumosp, Va., May 8, 1565, Major-General Ord, Commanding the Department | of Virginia GS ERAT All loyal citizens are permitted to come to ond depart from Kichimond «ithout passes or | other re triction than simply recirtering their names ne they land or leave, It le unde siood that paseru- sere have Leen prevented trom leaving without pras- ! es, Any aseumption of authority and dir | orders of this kind will be severely puutehes, wilece that no further ohetrvctons of this kind free tranit he permitted. Kehet officers and dlers who go to loyal staves without pic You to role er authority, | will do eo at thelr peril, Very reepectiully | H.W. Thaturen, Major-Ccneral Commanding, Official copy: J.C. Kenton, A. A, Gen, } a | The Virginia Railroads, General Halleck has iseued the following important | order | Richmond, Va. May 8.— All railroads in the De- partineat of Virginia, when vo lonser re ,uied for | wilttary pu e. Will, with thelr roiling retook. mae chine: ud tunterials, be turned over tothe officrre OL their recpective conpaniey provided that such officers have takea the oath of allegiance to the Lover Ste. But euch ceivery will uot prevent the forteituie of suy stock in esid companies which may be owned b persons who do not come wikhiae 6 prowtalr ay ue ot the Amnesty P.oeluuiation, prof Major General bi, W. HALLEck, nt Adjuiant General, Important From Cairo, Positive Surrender eof Dick Taylor. Cairo, May 9th. The following divpatch waa re- ceived at Headquartere at Mewphia, from Gen, Can- by, ma Senavobia, on the 6th: Heavgr anrers Miivary Drvision oF Wear) Misaissivvt, Cursoneiie, May 4th, § Lieutenant-General Taylor has this day surrender- ed to me with the forces under his command, on sub- stantially the rame terms as those accepted by Gen, * [Stened,) E. B. 8. Canwy, Mai.-Gen, General Weshburne has also received @ dispatch of the same iunport from Gea, Canby, dated et Mobile, May oy, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 1 | | | whose advancement hitherto bas r The Monroe Doctrine. Gen. Kosecrans’ Views. Boston, May 11.-.Maj..Gien, Rosserane visited the Representatives’ Hall, im the State House, toatay, and a6 the ciose of the scasion made 4 spoech. earl “T perceivet in laree letters ‘in the newspaper, today, that Sien. Rosecrans it going wo raise twenty- | five thourand men to goto Mexico!’ (jen, Koseerane | fe not going to do any euch thine, (Applause) Gen, Rosecrans thinks that the soidiers ho have foneht this great battie for freedom hare done it «ith more Patriotic motives then have ever ime be ore CApplanse) And T do not think that our roune men, whe have dietinguished themeolves in the ay all time, will permit themarives to | mi should he imisiod, from their hieh and nto any bueccaneering exp me The Genera! furt bile opfaion directing ou peaceful inductr “Thawe tak use Tanw, he aunethineg « y er omen t been sufficient ition, Bat if you exan the metin the adverticon i find t are third-rate fellows who worth @ epap, and that cur common so worth a do¥en of therm,” (Loud applauar Atthe clove ef the epeech, three rousine chara were given for General Rosecrans and taree for the Army of the Carmberiand, From St. Domingo ‘The Kepublic Restored. Adviers received yeeterday from San Pompe ap to the (thof April, announce the complete eatabliah tment of the Dominican republic. The « reionsof the National convention terminated op the Among tte decrease waa one eranting a ce uncouditional amnesty vot diere wore to all Dominicans who may etill be in the enemy's camps, excepting the high efeil or military funetionaries enilty of complicity in the anneration fntrigues; the military who may have fought under the Spanieh fiag,and all those newspaper writers who have ataneously and anjuatifiably op: posed the restoration of the republic A Apenish steamer had arrived et Ban Domingo with an order from Madrid for the evacuation of the Spanish troops, who. in nceordance therewith, left the island repub- He on the 30th of March News Items {Dy Telegraph te the Now York them) In Washington the sale of Rooth's photographa ie prohibited Linwy Paisow and Castle Thunder are both near. ly empty Avsotuen line of steamers ia about to renew ite tr pe betwoen Baltimore and Richmond All but four of the forts encircling Washington are to be placed on « peace footing, A vanwen in Rratiieboro, Vermont sound and fresh, grown in 1963, + han apples Te keps ther to fier and packed them in walnut saw luat, Two blacklegs in Burlington county, N. J. have bern collecting funde for e Lincoln monument and pocketing them. Fx -Besaton Jouy Part, it seema, is not dead after ail. Porson Brownlow haa written to tel the poor old man he can come bowe if he waute to Epwin Roorn, tne private letter toe friend in Washington, announces it as Lis deterinination to quit the stage forever, CaTtL® are coming into Vermont quite freely from Canada, an! s downward teudeucy iu the price of meat is preticted, Faark (icine, of Toledo, waa climbing pickets fence tie other nivb’, when he tell, and hie necktie catching a picket, be was choked to deat Gronon Sasxpens, whose disappearance from Montroa! haa been announced, is stated to have returned! there last Moniny over @ Tatery-Tonre young men and bova were arrested last Sunday, as Allew ¥, Pe. for | about church ak nee of worship. pers, They were fined $2 aud comte An insane ledy in Albany leaped from a third story Window tothe groun’, Inet Saterday, and when picked! up she was found unlajured, but had recovered her reason, Tum tria! of Mies Harris for the murder ofa De. partment clerk, bas be omtponed until nextterm, n consequence of the absener of an important wit- ness Her health !s semoualy affected, Tur Sanbusky Rromrry sayn that out of the two thousant eight hundred Confederate prisoners on Jobneon's Is'and all but thirty five have askod per> mission to take the amnesty oath Tus “National Dress Reform Assoctation’’ ite annus] mooting in Rochester June tid {a the society of wornen who want short skirta pants, ete, to be worn by women everywhere Tun Richmond market is utterly bare of fishing tackle. Lime, elec, is very soarce, Bore was brought in the country, last Monday, for #60 bar rel, A well-stock:d livery stable 18 also in gre demand, Tho Wato saya a fortune isto be made in Such an satablishment there Tee Philetelphia Levuen's Washington corres- pondent Sthat if the Mexic ** etuigration project gains much further hoaiway, the Govern- ment will interfere and put it down, threateuiuy penalties against those who refuse to obey ius dice hatos, Tur profanity in the London clubs over the final defeat of the rebellion is saiite be awfil, John 11) swears particularly at his own government for deceiving itself and bim asto the prospect of the rebellion, and vetting ther ail into a serspe with Awerice by their sympathy with the South holds This It ia revorted that a requ sition has been made by the Governmeut upon the Canadian authoriwes for H. H, Dodd, who was convicted of tr nat Indi avopol. }Burimer, by the Millsary Coromisaion, 4 escaped frous the Posteutfive building, ip which he was confined. fo frequent have been the robberies of colorad people ou * Tl tu Richrnond, a locality bear Fifth street, that ihe negroes have dubbed tho tpot The Robbers’ Retreat." A tolitery guard bas recently been statioue! in the vicinity, butthe Cesperadoes dodge term, aud coutinue their depre- dations ‘ =) eae 2, 1865. Cha LLOR SHACK ELPORD of the CT anceryCourt of Tennessee, ob @ writ of habeas corpus ste! out by nals of | Gun. Onn has lesued an order at Richmond as | follows: Vol w applying tor Clerkahiy The military authorisics of the depar ment unt .unate- ly have nocivi, business weerein Ietes cau be employed, [histo be hoped & reciv | aed Jhon Wilsoos ed st, when @! Cau earu their living who so dosire 4 S fal» Cowwrneran hes the following an- ptr iy ret rence t) an advertisement in wher columu it w seen that the Anthruc 1 Co. in this city have announced # reducti n of peven dollars a ion from this date tu the price of this coal—a reduction we is UUprececdented in the bistory of the coal trate.’* Ture has teen a fau in the vicinity of Rome, 1 eclah excepling three or four serivta accidents to some ofthe ridera, Ainong te persons slightly Inyu ed was Miss Harries Hosmer's groom, Mise Chwrlotte Cushman had @ borse which took prize, and another which came in second best in another race, News comes from London fifiy-tourth year, of Geuers! Kmety, who wi of the leaders «f the Iun-aerian relellios who, with Kossuth, found » refuge in Turkey, Kaety, after the failure of the Hungarian sirug- gle for independence, entered the Turkish army, and, under the name of Ismual! Pasha, took @ proin- inent part in the defence of Kara, Bi Crimesu war Kwoty bad lived 4 Eugland, ace or series of races ings went off with great of the death, in his ene | | ara decid He. Cyrus Winston, a colored man, with a view to cet possession of bis four m/ nor chikiren held in bond. edt that the recent amendment of the Cy stitution of Tennessee abolishing slavery was valli, an| therefore oricted the chiliren t be given t the father DY sot Preaitent Lincola two enormous Vast Winter, aud when notified of the gis Mr. Lincoln said be hoped thay were not sentative, or he never would vets dinner from either of | therm: hankagiving « one sont h live turkey for the orramion, and Tad entered 6u vee hement provest neaiunt wringing hia neck, that the idles of eating } ei, Lhe little fel- low declare! th y bad as good a right to li¥e an anybesly, and the po mpered gobbler remain- ed in the presideut's wounds, Miss Mecoon, the ant Henan.” or of ** John Halifax, Gen« we arried! ab Ratt on the 2th nit, to Mr. Clee, of Ginagow e story runs that this gentien who ja tauch er than the au- Shoresa, Wage carortwo ago the wletim of arall+ ¥ ace ‘ to a hotel he wa ch he lost Whe e ble, and the peop! abouts bir the ad iresaof Mine Moloch, gent for thes lady, Who reeovnizing « ith whom ehe bad kuown ase toy derly, Phe denou- eulent nm Tos estoundiog’s A respe Herd the other day put from the wall "rout Lit ‘a house ; and this te bot one often thousand follies, The entire stairway upon which Colonel! Ellsworth waa killed, taken ry fs something man waa no- his pocket @ brick jo Alexandra, hse Leen cus inv psaud carrot away, The tree, at the foot of h dekles shot Key, to Washington, has been barked ani cut tne tb itisdead, The ost tree under which General Girent talked with Pemberton, eud arranged the tern surrender of Vicksough baa been auoihila- ted, aud recently « party dug iute the round ten fees for the rocta of the bistoric oak, An elm trea which Abrabem Lincoln planted stands in front of bie old house in Springtiel!, Of course in will be Worn 1D | loves and destroyed, The New Loan. Almost Fiftees Millions and « Half Sold Vosterday, May il reporte the the Beven-Thirty Loan tovlay at The largest Western subscriptions Philadelphra, subscriptions to $15,411,500, were Hy National Bank of a ” ajay Cooke Chicago 857), 000 Bt. Louis 41,100 The following were the largest Eastern subscrip- tions Henry Claws & Co,, New York 81, 1,000 4th Nationa: Ban ork 1. lonvoe dat : be LOa,oo det id 4 Philadelphia TMYO0) im bl “ Harttond + Sev va bo bd Iewton . « 800,000 ad hx * Providence. seese 280,000 W.. Cross, Worveater, + ¥83,000 Ist National Hank of Jersey City 200,000 Among the #abser'pitone were $80,000 by the Freedmen's Savings Bank of South Carolina, and 10,762 individual sulweriptiona for amounte of @40 and $100, The Storm, Twenty-Cight Houses Kiowa Down ta Philadelphia. Philadelphia, May 11. During a violent thunder storm this afternoon, a row of twenty-eleht houses fa the northern section of the city yras blown down, Fortunately nobody was Injured, BROOD » DINFATEN Philadel; hia, May 11.~A tornado paseed over the northwestern part of thecity at So'clonk this after. noon, dolux cousiderable damage to the Fairmount Park, where it prostraved inany of the finest trees, and caused daniage the amount of $15,000 or $20, 000, Alout thirty houses were blown down in the 19th Ward, There was considerable consternation among the inhabitants, The rain poured down in torrente. Only one persun« boy — as far as ie known, war killed Defeat ef tho Hoston Vetropolitan Police Boston, May 11. The Metropoliton Potlee bill waa defeated in the Mamachuretts House of Kopresenta- tives lastnight, on lke proposed passage tor engross monk The St. Albans Kaiders May 11. 3.8. Grege, one of the Bt Albans raiders, who waa not rearrested after Judge Coursal’s decision, waa arrested today on Judie Suotrh's warrant for robbing the National Rank, Ho wo remanded till Saturday to allow the Council to consult the United Suites authoritios, LOCAL NEWS. MEW YORK AND THE VICINITY, Montreal A Hiavy Stonm,—Last evening about 644 o'clock, the heavens became overcast with a deep black eloud, like a pall, and the darkness that sudden. ly settled over the city, was eucceoded by a furious story of rain and wind, secompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, and the muttering of dietant thu In Brooklyn, where the wind had « fuller eweep, the damace done war very exfenalve. In this city @ frame house in 46th street. near Tenth avenue, oceus piled asa hoop ekirt factory by Wm, Herne, was biowe down by the Ligh wind ‘There were reveral jwcsone in the bouseat the time, bu’ none were tujured, The dawage done anounted to $15, Much damage was done io Central Park aud vicinity. The house of Patrick MeMallin whieh oveupled a porition on the bill-side, was Iter. ally capsized, and broken to pieces, car dietrers among the family an arin broken ing tnuch One of the children had Several other houses in that viel- nity, which are perched upon rocks with very little to boid feet by, were injured by the gale Ninth avenue, near Filty-ninth Anewning in treet, under which had taken @ evernl person ter from the stormy, wos blown down, ood & man gamed Hooper war badly injured atout the bl lu the Cential Paik several trees were proetiated, and more or leas Injury done to tt eceutly plauted trees, A gen tlemau who waa pausing along Uhirty-fourth egret met with aia ular wecideut, His bat having blo | off, he started [a pureuit, when he eturbled and teil striking upon the curbetone ond pushing the handle of bis amore nto hie meu cking out eome of bis upy th A reporter who aaw the occurienuc 6, suye he swore some ot the hat, bub would not give his name, decliniue the nor of appeating in print, Bome of shipplog in the bay witued tovether, and some darnnce wae done amoug the schooners by the larcer verrels getting afoul ot them, The Fr and other war yorrole in the Larbor were ap undisturbed by the blow, Alony Weeat atreet, a tow lumber piles were tepp ed over, but no serious dain. wee waedoue thatcould be leasued yesterday evening, Txe Working Women’s lrorective + Removal.-La consejuence of the Locreased nuwuber of young ven applying for work and legal advice and protection, the Working Women's Pio teetive Union have been obliged to remove from 13 Chambere «'reet, © more commodious apartment. at Ru White sticet, one duor east of Breadway, where smployersof female labor are invited to apply tor operatives in all branches of trade. ‘The work of the ladies, who arysuiwusly kive (helt Unto Inding | PRICK ONE CENT IN GOLD TWO CENTS IN CURRENCY | lime and services to the work of the (nioa, deserves | the encouragement of all who are aware how the nith | @rto almost unprotected Working Wowen of Now York, are obliged to accept pitifully email surus for their dailr labor, One old lady over slaty years at Ace. rerently exhil Ited sore cotton drawers, for whick heretiployer agreed to pay eight cants apeir, She ook wv steen pair just before Lee's army was eur } renderet, and was aced on the work when Presi* | dent Lincs death paraivsed business operations for ten ov week, Meantine the poor old womam | Compleve Werk nod, afte the funeral, toa a toherempiovers, Th eteles refused to pay the eaght i ir aw acroe’, but offered hor Mreconte per pair, eaying “What wae all we cam afford to pay now t season has becun Tt tn needions t atthe war ta ower, and the dalt any that the ot Will be looked after by the * siinof the old Indw ar” ottcort of the Pro fective Union; and hor dues collected for ber withe lout charre, even to the very Inst cent she may rightfully claim, Ike is one of the objects of the Union to “protect working-women in all cases eiiniker to the above, Cithzens coneraly can materially amiss the Union, if they would apply at No, 30 White street, whenever they are in ques of female operatives in any branch of trade, or if they can furnieh one or two days’ employment tor stame stresses, their orders will be promptly atte 1s without any other charge than a siinple * rewinder'® that the working-wormen they employ ahall bo ade quately pald for the labor (hey perform Tur New Turek Cent Preece Phese new colus have made their appearance la thie cityé aud may be commended for their beauty, They ase manufactured of nickel and copper, in euch propors tlons that they are warranted not to tarnish, Tha new coin fea manifest Improvement upon tte amallos? prototype Reing the sizeof a ailver dime, tt bears on one aide the head of the Goddess of Liberty, care rounded by the worde “| nited Ktater of Amerioag 1565, On the reverse aide, the numerals “TTL” ome closed ina wroath, Altogether it tse neat coin, butt when sliver comer to be clreuiated again, it is likely to create rome confusion, unless the authorities change the size and style of the dimes, Cnampgce or Commence—Excrtine Diss evsaton ov Ten Commiscation Question... The Chamber of Commerce met yoatorday, and the re« port of the «pecial committee on the conflecation of rebel cotton was discumed at length, This reporw cialis in subetanes, that Southern debtors owning cotton, sliould be allowed to use it to pay thelr North- ern debts, and that it should not be liable te confie- cation Col, Cankling, a member of the committes, anid he would read a letter placed in bis hands by the com= mittes, In order to remove certain misapprehansionts aud caure the question to be better understood, The report, he anid, eluply recommends that Northern creditors should be permitted to collect their debta Jebtors when cotton ts fonud in thos ehande Ile then read the letter, omitting naines, It said that the writer had bought cot ton to pay bie Northern debta and that the U fg Tronsury agent had taken hiscotten from him, Ie desired advice as to the beat ection to take, Captain Marshall inquired as to the loyalty of the writer of the letter Col, Conkiiug Koew nothing of his loyalty, farther than wae expressed in the letter Capt. Marshall atated that in bis opinion, if tha cotton our armies captured te the bona de property of the Goverpment, our merchants have oo more Hight to touch it. than they have to put their hands right into the Treasury. The majority of the com— mittee holds, that if any of the captured cotton bow longs to men who are indebted to Northern merchanw rehante’ ciaima ought to be considered. the Committos "Yor; thate right.” great one, and can oly be decid isso wuch opportuaity for ree ebte with property already for- nt, that ik wee upeale to re ai tray ahoul! ask it ravi he wae member of the ro absent from the city, bes favored the report, deeining ile maia recon tlons to be Just He thought rebel who had taken the oath of allewianceand proposed to be loyal aboukdl be allowed to pay hie dobte to loyal menu with auch property asbe had, The policy of the Present wag hot averse to the polley of (he commit He propossd thet acomnmitioe be appolr ed to lay taets of the care before the Govesmment, with a view to lnmedh ale action, sien Tirara Walbridee offered sane correepondence: thet bad passed betwen hinwell and the secietary of the lreasory, The general's lettor, under date of New York, May 6, inaddremed to Hon. Hugh MeCat- loch, and mentions the site of the proeonut dlecuson. anong the merchants, and asks the Secrotary awe expression © any views be may sh tomake known on the subject, Secrotary Me~ eof Washington, May 9, saya that wor tables y of en as CoD saber of Commeres in the etty of New to grea’ consideration, and will re epartinent upon all subjects atfout. intereste of the country, Permits ruxwest that there m wy politions lownl questions, as well as commercial quost te eemidered lu connection with the cotton, which. has been captured by our armies .n Houthern cithes, in regard to which (admitting even that they come within the proper ephere of act! by the Chamber), gomrmittals, at the present time, woold be mexpe~ dient.” Gen, Walbridge said that both the Proadens fod the Secretary of the Trearury had promised that the commercial tnteresta of the coantry would be fully courkdered im all questions relating wo rebels” pper by ¥ r Ae thonght it an extrordinary proceeding for winber to hold correspondence with the Goverie onton a question that was before the Chamber, Mr, Opdy ke had become eatiefiod that (he pollc of the Government waseven in advance of thet atvo~ cated by (he report, All persons reading on this side of the Mineisetppi, end owning cottom, may bring it te market, and ell it, paying twenty-five percent, of the value of it tute th J operty iniebt be rold without * payne Tole, te thought, wae a virtual endin f the ap tien o the confiscation laws, corbalniy in reference to nene~ ra property 01 pn who are loy So tar asthe Baw vannah cotton and also cotton captured iu otherelties, and now partly disposed of, should be concerned, Mr. Opdyke had no doubt that the same policy eubstan~ tially woald be mopiod, He favored secepting the FOP Sones IL. Grinnell opposed the acceptance of the report at thie tine, as impolite and in bad taste, me, however, to Tnited Stat Preasury, Orher nt. Ti noueht be cousidesed certain that the government would noveranaounce the confiseation laws annulled, and uever ought todo it, It should (6 held over such releie ae Laat, of Kavaunah, who were ready to take the oath of allegiance when they could not aved t but «iu ought t ad tobe haueed bheber than | Tinian, (aud applauees tb realy ater |} dovne all they eomla tor the reboll and tallng, to | label their rwith the names of tt edite nd then ® wat they were very un , ? ir debi! Thiethey did whea our armies we o Woarchiog Upon them, and there wae te crea, Ther poperty ehould be teldly cont aeste M.. Chittenden wished to knew f Mr Gelonell woud permit Lamar top tothe Honk ot the Republic with ¥,u0U Duss as bodes tod | todo, | Mr, Grinnel exece | Te aaid that c u C heam@etou, of wht w ou ite way to thie city, 9 ee tt ww the J teaeur and the proceeds pat inte p hure,) Various tarthe and finally @ rer Gen, Walbridge, that The thankeof th committer ‘ remarks wert ition was wl pit rhe elven to the rpecind Juminus rep | cent libers J ernmeut for trade recently ke eee the | nition of the cotton quee be the @ han UnNeCewBAL y {Trae OPENING F es of the new gram mar echool No. 55, on yt Twentieth street, nem: Mixth aveaue, wok piace yer ay alternoon, Th be in charge ort L Wawre ‘Jur CITIZEN, organ o! the Citizens’ Associa: tion, hae passed into the bards of Colonel G, Halpine (* Miles O' Reilly"), Contyrned on ‘ha lal wage, | ached w ul tS we.